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