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