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