Will “Barge Pilot” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
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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
- Bar Pilot
- Area Relief Pilot
Tasks for “Barge Pilot”
- Provide assistance in maritime rescue operations.
- Consult maps, charts, weather reports, or navigation equipment to determine and direct ship movements.
- Make nautical maps.
- Relieve crew members on tugs or launches.
- Operate ship-to-shore radios to exchange information needed for ship operations.
- 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.
- Maintain ship logs.
- 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.
- Oversee cargo storage on or below decks.
- Maintain or repair boats or equipment.
- Report to appropriate authorities any violations of federal or state pilotage laws.
- 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.
- Prevent ships under their navigational control from engaging in unsafe operations.
- Give directions to crew members who are steering ships.
- Steer ships into or out of berths or signal tugboat captains to berth or unberth ships.
Related Technology & Tools
- Chemical tankers
- Desktop computers
- Surveillance binoculars
- Container ships
- Immersion suits
- Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
- Rescue slings
- Differential global positioning satellite DGPS positioning systems
- Pilot ladders
- Ship-to-shore radios
- Voyage management systems VMS
- Life jackets
- Ferries
- Navigational compasses
- Oil tanker ships
- Cruise ships
- Dynamic positioning DP systems
- Global positioning systems GPS
- Two way radios
- Tugboats
- Shipboard radar
- Integrated bridge systems
- Laptop computers
- Mechanical pilot hoists
- Wind gauges
- Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
- Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
- Thermal protective aids TPA
- Bulk carriers
- Personal computers
- Safety harnesses
- Echo sounders
- Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral
- Maptech The CAPN
- Log book software
- Navigational chart software