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