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53-5021.03 — Pilots, Ship

The current Tools and Technology examples for this occupation are listed below. Please add your suggested examples to the appropriate category. When you are finished, click the Send Feedback button at the bottom of this page.

Tools

Anemometers
  • Wind gauges
Binoculars
  • Surveillance binoculars
Cargo or container ships
  • Bulk carriers
  • Container ships
Cinch rescue loops
  • Rescue slings
Cruise ships
Depth gauges
  • Echo sounders
Desktop computers
Direction finding compasses
  • Navigational compasses
Insulated clothing for cold environments
  • Thermal protective aids TPA
Insulated or flotation suits
  • Immersion suits
Ladders
  • Pilot ladders
Life vests or preservers
  • Life jackets
Manlift or personnel lift
  • Mechanical pilot hoists
Marine craft communications systems
  • Ship-to-shore radios
  • Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
Notebook computers
  • Laptop computers
Passenger or automobile ferries
  • Ferries
Personal computers
Radarbased surveillance systems
  • Shipboard radar
Safety harnesses or belts
  • Safety harnesses
Tankers
  • Chemical tankers
  • Oil tanker ships
Tug boats
  • Tugboats
Two way radios
Vehicle navigation systems
  • Dynamic positioning DP systems
  • Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
  • Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
  • Integrated bridge systems
  • Voyage management systems VMS
Vehicular global positioning systems
  • Differential global positioning satellite DGPS positioning systems
  • Global positioning systems GPS

Technology

Data base user interface and query software
  • Log book software
Route navigation software
  • Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral
  • Maptech The CAPN
  • Navigational chart software

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