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