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