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