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