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