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