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