And again, arriving into port after being at sea for several days (or weeks). I am aboard the ship for the most exciting part of every voyage. Two of our pilots are “hawse-pipers” from the industry. An individual must sit for the one day competitive exam and, if you score the highest score, you are assigned an apprentice license and begin a four year training program.Ī college education is not required. This test is rarely given (every few years), when a new pilot trainee is required. Lastly, you must complete, 50 round trips of Honolulu Harbor, 10 of these round trips at night.įrom the time I passed my Third Mate exam with the US Coast Guard, it took me nine years to obtain all these requirements before I could apply to sit for the ‘STATE PILOT EXAMINATION’. You do NOT have to have sailed as a Master, but you must show working as a Chief Mate one year at sea. To be a pilot here in the state of Hawai‘i, (the requirements are different everywhere) each applicant for the job must possess an “Unlimited Tonnage, Any Ocean Master’s license.” You must also have Federal Pilotage endorsements for all seven commercial ports where we work. When the vessel is leaving port, we do the same job by navigating the ship out from the harbor and safely out to sea.ĮDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO BE A HARBOR PILOT: We then navigate the vessel safely from out at sea to her assigned place alongside the pier. We board the vessels out at sea in a safe position (the ‘pilot station’), then take over the control of the vessel from the Captain and ship’s crew. As a Harbor Pilot licensed by the State of Hawai‘i and the US Coast Guard, a pilot is assigned to every large commercial vessel and all foreign vessels that transit the waters of all commercial harbors throughout the State of Hawai‘i.
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