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