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