Will “Speedboat Driver” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
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Job Description
Command ships to steer them into and out of harbors, estuaries, straits, or sounds, or on rivers, lakes, or bays. Must be licensed by U.S. Coast Guard with limitations indicating class and tonnage of vessels for which license is valid and route and waters that may be piloted.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 53-5021.03
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Pilots, Ship”.
Also Known As…
- Pilots, Ship
- Towboat Pilot
- State Pilot
- Ship Pilot
- River Pilot
- Relief Docking Master
- Pilot
- Marine Pilot
- Harbor Pilot
- Docking Pilot
- Boat Pilot
- Towing Pilot
- Steamboat Pilot
- School Boat Driver
- Relief Pilot
- Package Line Relief Operator
- Master Pilot
- Maritime Pilot
- Ferryboat Pilot
- Ferry Pilot
- Canal Driver
- Barge Pilot
- Bar Pilot
- Area Relief Pilot
Tasks for “Speedboat Driver”
- Direct courses and speeds of ships, based on specialized knowledge of local winds, weather, water depths, tides, currents, and hazards.
- Prevent ships under their navigational control from engaging in unsafe operations.
- Learn to operate new technology systems and procedures, through the use of instruction, simulators, or models.
- Relieve crew members on tugs or launches.
- Give directions to crew members who are steering ships.
- Set ships' courses that avoid reefs, outlying shoals, or other hazards, using navigational aids, such as lighthouses or buoys.
- Advise ships' masters on harbor rules and customs procedures.
- Provide assistance to vessels approaching or leaving seacoasts, navigating harbors, or docking and undocking.
- Serve as a vessel's docking master upon arrival at a port or when at a berth.
- Operate ship-to-shore radios to exchange information needed for ship operations.
- Provide assistance in maritime rescue operations.
- Maintain or repair boats or equipment.
- Report to appropriate authorities any violations of federal or state pilotage laws.
- Make nautical maps.
- Consult maps, charts, weather reports, or navigation equipment to determine and direct ship movements.
- Oversee cargo storage on or below decks.
- Maintain ship logs.
- Steer ships into or out of berths or signal tugboat captains to berth or unberth ships.
Related Technology & Tools
- Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
- Thermal protective aids TPA
- Tugboats
- Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
- Rescue slings
- Pilot ladders
- Life jackets
- Personal computers
- Chemical tankers
- Surveillance binoculars
- Desktop computers
- Ferries
- Voyage management systems VMS
- Ship-to-shore radios
- Immersion suits
- Two way radios
- Wind gauges
- Cruise ships
- Safety harnesses
- Oil tanker ships
- Bulk carriers
- Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
- Dynamic positioning DP systems
- Shipboard radar
- Container ships
- Differential global positioning satellite DGPS positioning systems
- Mechanical pilot hoists
- Laptop computers
- Echo sounders
- Integrated bridge systems
- Global positioning systems GPS
- Navigational compasses
- Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral
- Log book software
- Maptech The CAPN
- Navigational chart software