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