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”
- Prevent ships under their navigational control from engaging in unsafe operations.
- Make nautical maps.
- Oversee cargo storage on or below decks.
- Learn to operate new technology systems and procedures, through the use of instruction, simulators, or models.
- Relieve crew members on tugs or launches.
- Serve as a vessel's docking master upon arrival at a port or when at a berth.
- Steer ships into or out of berths or signal tugboat captains to berth or unberth ships.
- Direct courses and speeds of ships, based on specialized knowledge of local winds, weather, water depths, tides, currents, and hazards.
- Maintain ship logs.
- Maintain or repair boats or equipment.
- Consult maps, charts, weather reports, or navigation equipment to determine and direct ship movements.
- Provide assistance in maritime rescue operations.
- Operate ship-to-shore radios to exchange information needed for ship operations.
- Report to appropriate authorities any violations of federal or state pilotage laws.
- Give directions to crew members who are steering ships.
- Provide assistance to vessels approaching or leaving seacoasts, navigating harbors, or docking and undocking.
- Advise ships' masters on harbor rules and customs procedures.
- Set ships' courses that avoid reefs, outlying shoals, or other hazards, using navigational aids, such as lighthouses or buoys.
Related Technology & Tools
- Global positioning systems GPS
- Immersion suits
- Cruise ships
- Echo sounders
- Wind gauges
- Dynamic positioning DP systems
- Mechanical pilot hoists
- Personal computers
- Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
- Laptop computers
- Pilot ladders
- Desktop computers
- Bulk carriers
- Surveillance binoculars
- Ferries
- Differential global positioning satellite DGPS positioning systems
- Thermal protective aids TPA
- Shipboard radar
- Integrated bridge systems
- Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
- Voyage management systems VMS
- Container ships
- Ship-to-shore radios
- Two way radios
- Navigational compasses
- Tugboats
- Life jackets
- Safety harnesses
- Rescue slings
- Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
- Oil tanker ships
- Chemical tankers
- Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral
- Maptech The CAPN
- Log book software
- Navigational chart software