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”
- Report to appropriate authorities any violations of federal or state pilotage laws.
- 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.
- 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.
- Oversee cargo storage on or below decks.
- Make nautical maps.
- Advise ships' masters on harbor rules and customs procedures.
- 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.
- Provide assistance in maritime rescue operations.
- Maintain or repair boats or equipment.
- Provide assistance to vessels approaching or leaving seacoasts, navigating harbors, or docking and undocking.
- 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.
- Give directions to crew members who are steering ships.
- Learn to operate new technology systems and procedures, through the use of instruction, simulators, or models.
- Maintain ship logs.
Related Technology & Tools
- Chemical tankers
- Dynamic positioning DP systems
- Ship-to-shore radios
- Voyage management systems VMS
- Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
- Oil tanker ships
- Integrated bridge systems
- Container ships
- Differential global positioning satellite DGPS positioning systems
- Two way radios
- Laptop computers
- Echo sounders
- Life jackets
- Global positioning systems GPS
- Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
- Shipboard radar
- Immersion suits
- Tugboats
- Wind gauges
- Safety harnesses
- Cruise ships
- Mechanical pilot hoists
- Pilot ladders
- Surveillance binoculars
- Ferries
- Thermal protective aids TPA
- Navigational compasses
- Personal computers
- Desktop computers
- Rescue slings
- Bulk carriers
- Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
- Maptech The CAPN
- Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral
- Navigational chart software
- Log book software