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