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