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