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