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