Command ships to steer them into and out of harbors, estuaries, straits, and sounds, and on rivers, lakes, and 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.
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- Advise ships' masters on harbor rules and customs procedures.
- Consult maps, charts, weather reports, and navigation equipment to determine and direct ship movements.
- Direct courses and speeds of ships, based on specialized knowledge of local winds, weather, water depths, tides, currents, and hazards.
- Give directions to crew members who are steering ships.
- Learn to operate new technology systems and procedures, through the use of instruction, simulators, and models.
- Maintain and repair boats and equipment.
- Maintain ship logs.
- Make nautical maps.
- Operate ship-to-shore radios to exchange information needed for ship operations.
- Oversee cargo storage on or below decks.
- Prevent ships under their navigational control from engaging in unsafe operations.
- Provide assistance in maritime rescue operations.
- Provide assistance to vessels approaching or leaving seacoasts, navigating harbors, and docking and undocking.
- Relieve crew members on tugs and launches.
- Report to appropriate authorities any violations of federal or state pilotage laws.
- Serve as a vessel's docking master upon arrival at a port and when at a berth.
- Set ships' courses that avoid reefs, outlying shoals, and other hazards, utilizing navigational aids such as lighthouses and buoys.
- Steer ships into and out of berths, or signal tugboat captains to berth and unberth ships.
- calculate sighting of land using chart or sounding devices
- captain water vessels
- compute position, set course, or determine speed of vessel
- direct and coordinate activities of workers or staff
- direct course or speed of ship
- explain traffic or transportation situations concisely
- identify positions of celestial bodies for navigational purposes
- measure water depth
- monitor sonar or navigational aids
- operate emergency fire or rescue equipment
- operate navigation technology or equipment
- order helmsperson to steer vessel
- perform safety inspections in transportation setting
- read maps
- read navigation charts
- recognize reefs, shoals, or other hazards by navigation aids
- steer boat or ship
- supervise crew aboard ship
- transport passengers or cargo
- understand admiralty law
- understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
- use established traffic or transportation procedures
- use geographic positioning system (GPS)
- use interpersonal communication techniques
- use knowledge of seamanship or boat handling
- use knowledge of tides and currents
- use local or regional geographical knowledge to transportation
- use two-way radio or mobile phone
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