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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”
- Operate ship-to-shore radios to exchange information needed for ship operations.
- 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.
- Report to appropriate authorities any violations of federal or state pilotage laws.
- Relieve crew members on tugs or launches.
- Provide assistance to vessels approaching or leaving seacoasts, navigating harbors, or docking and undocking.
- Advise ships' masters on harbor rules and customs procedures.
- 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.
- 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.
- Maintain ship logs.
- Prevent ships under their navigational control from engaging in unsafe operations.
- Give directions to crew members who are steering ships.
- 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.
- Make nautical maps.
- Oversee cargo storage on or below decks.
Related Technology & Tools
- Cruise ships
- Global positioning systems GPS
- Tugboats
- Safety harnesses
- Laptop computers
- Rescue slings
- Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
- Personal computers
- Desktop computers
- Life jackets
- Ship-to-shore radios
- Ferries
- Container ships
- Wind gauges
- Bulk carriers
- Surveillance binoculars
- Two way radios
- Thermal protective aids TPA
- Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
- Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
- Pilot ladders
- Differential global positioning satellite DGPS positioning systems
- Integrated bridge systems
- Navigational compasses
- Chemical tankers
- Dynamic positioning DP systems
- Immersion suits
- Shipboard radar
- Mechanical pilot hoists
- Voyage management systems VMS
- Oil tanker ships
- Echo sounders
- Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral
- Log book software
- Navigational chart software
- Maptech The CAPN