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