Career Details : Pilots, Ship

Description

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.

Experience

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Education

A bachelor's degree is the minimum formal education required for these occupations. However, many also require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Training

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Tasks

Navigates ship to avoid reefs, outlying shoals, and other hazards, utilizing aids to navigation, such as lighthouses and buoys.

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• Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters
• Ship and Boat Captains

Important Abilities

• Far Vision
• Spatial Orientation
• Night Vision
• Depth Perception
• Control Precision

General Work Activities

• Operating Vehicles or Equipment
• Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
• Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Communicating With Other Workers

Important Skills

• Operation and Control
• Judgment and Decision Making
• Monitoring
• Systems Perception
• Operation Monitoring

Frequent Work Context

• Responsible for Others' Health & Safety
• Consequence of Error
• Frustrating Circumstances
• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Degree of Automation

Related Majors

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Business Administration/Marine Transportation
Marine Engineering Technology
Marine Environmental Science
Marine Operations
Marine Science
Marine Sciences
Marine Studies
Marine Technology
Marine Transportation
Marine/Environmental Science

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