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