Job Description:

• 1) Dispatches PILOT, SHIP to ships entering or leaving port: Writes order showing name of ship, berth, tugboat company, and time of arrival or departure, and notifies PILOT, SHIP and pilot boat operator of assignment.

• 2) Obtains receipt of pilotage from pilot upon return from ship.

• 3) Records charges on receipt, using tariff book as guide.

• 4) Compiles reports of activities, such as number of ships piloted and charges made.

• 5) Keeps records of ships entering port, showing owner, name of ship, displacement tonnage, agent, and country of registration.

• 6) May be required to possess radiotelephone operator's license issued by Federal Communications Commission, and operate radar to fix position and speed of ships entering and leaving port.