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