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