Also called: Registered Great Lakes Pilot
Boards foreign ships entering the Great Lakes and guides them through tricky channels, rivers, and locks.
A Great Lakes pilot climbs aboard an ocean ship near Montreal or Detroit and steers it through the St. Lawrence Seaway or the narrow Detroit River, then hands off to the next pilot.
Pilotage rates are federally regulated.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 10 years after high school. Years as a licensed deck officer plus Coast Guard pilot registration.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Marine Transportation, Maritime Studies.
Growing about average. Only a few dozen U.S. registered pilots.
Low risk for 10 years. Electronic charts help, but law requires a registered pilot's local knowledge through the St. Lawrence, rivers and locks.
Classes: Physics, Trigonometry, Earth science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 53-5021.
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