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