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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.
- Learn to operate new technology systems and procedures, through the use of instruction, simulators, or models.
- Provide assistance in maritime rescue operations.
- Make nautical maps.
- Maintain ship logs.
- 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.
- 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.
- Serve as a vessel's docking master upon arrival at a port or when at a berth.
- Operate ship-to-shore radios to exchange information needed for ship operations.
- Advise ships' masters on harbor rules and customs procedures.
- Relieve crew members on tugs or launches.
- Direct courses and speeds of ships, based on specialized knowledge of local winds, weather, water depths, tides, currents, and hazards.
- Maintain or repair boats or equipment.
- Give directions to crew members who are steering ships.
- Oversee cargo storage on or below decks.
Related Technology & Tools
- Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
- Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
- Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
- Rescue slings
- Safety harnesses
- Thermal protective aids TPA
- Oil tanker ships
- Personal computers
- Voyage management systems VMS
- Chemical tankers
- Integrated bridge systems
- Ferries
- Laptop computers
- Bulk carriers
- Global positioning systems GPS
- Desktop computers
- Mechanical pilot hoists
- Echo sounders
- Pilot ladders
- Navigational compasses
- Wind gauges
- Immersion suits
- Tugboats
- Two way radios
- Surveillance binoculars
- Shipboard radar
- Cruise ships
- Differential global positioning satellite DGPS positioning systems
- Container ships
- Ship-to-shore radios
- Life jackets
- Dynamic positioning DP systems
- Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral
- Maptech The CAPN
- Navigational chart software
- Log book software