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