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