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