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