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