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