What does a pilot do?

A person who leads a ship in and out of a port and across a river, strait or coast is called a pilot.

Pilots are also called "pilots" and "pilots". A person who guides a ship to sail safely in a certain navigation area, dock at a wharf or pass through a ship lock and other restricted waters. Employees need to have relevant professional learning experience, second mate and third mate work experience, and be promoted to first mate and captain after passing the examination, with strong communication skills and solid professional knowledge.

They need to use their professional knowledge to judge the sea breeze and ocean current, so as to ensure that the fleet maintains the best position under the influence of sea breeze and ocean current and strive to improve the sailing speed; It is also responsible for piloting ships entering the port and guiding the outer turn of the dock; After the pilot ship drops the rope ladder, it needs to go to the bridge through the rope ladder first, and command the ship to enter and leave the port through the password.

Career prospects of pilots:

As a special skill talent, pilots are rarely recruited from abroad. However, in recent years, Shanghai Port, Changjiang Port, Lianyungang and other ports have foreign recruitment places. The reason is that the port is developing rapidly and there is a great demand for pilots, but the training speed of pilots is slow and can't keep up with the demand.

It is understood that with the development of Shanghai Shipping Center, the number of ships berthing at ports has increased rapidly. Ships entering and leaving the Yangtze River increase at a rate of about 20% every year. The number of ships imported in a month is almost equivalent to that in the mid-1990s, and the number of ships is getting bigger and bigger.

In the past, 50,000-ton ships were already big ships, and now they are all huge ships with 200,000 tons and 300,000 tons. However, while the workload has greatly increased, the number of pilots in each pilot station has hardly increased, and there are only 150 senior pilots in the country. The average age of pilots has reached 45, and the shortage of personnel is very serious.