How do they match: Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels

Command or supervise operations of ships and water vessels, such as tugboats and ferryboats. Required to hold license issued by U.S. Coast Guard.

Direct courses and speeds of ships, based on specialized knowledge of local winds, weather, water depths, tides, currents, and hazards.
Direct or coordinate crew members or workers performing activities such as loading or unloading cargo, steering vessels, operating engines, or operating, maintaining, or repairing ship equipment.
Dock or undock vessels, sometimes maneuvering through narrow spaces, such as locks.
Inspect vessels to ensure efficient and safe operation of vessels and equipment and conformance to regulations.
Measure depths of water, using depth-measuring equipment.
Serve as a vessel's docking master upon arrival at a port or at a berth.
Signal passing vessels, using whistles, flashing lights, flags, or radios.
Stand watches on vessels during specified periods while vessels are under way.
Steer and operate vessels, using radios, depth finders, radars, lights, buoys, or lighthouses.

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