Pilots, Ship
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.
Also called: Docking Pilot, Harbor Pilot, Pilot, River Pilot
Knowledge:
- movement of people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road
- law and government
- public safety and security
- teaching and course design
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
Abilites:
- know where things are around you
- imagine how something will look after it is moved around or changed
- see details that are far away
- decide which thing is closer or farther away from you or decide how far away it is from you
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- do two or more things at the same time
- quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Leadership
- Dependability
- Stress Tolerance
- Self Control
- Persistence
- Independence
Technology:
Route navigation software
- Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral
- Maptech The CAPN
Data base user interface and query software
