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