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