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