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