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