S.C. Code Ann. § 54-15-60 – Board of examiners for Charleston

(A) The commissioners of pilotage for the port of Charleston shall organize a board of examiners for the port of three nautical men, at least one of whom must be licensed for the port under Sections 54-15-120 and 54-15-130. No one is eligible for examination by the board of examiners until he satisfactorily completes his apprenticeship for the port.
(B) The board of examiners shall examine eligible applicants as to their competency to work or manage vessels and generally to discharge the duties of a pilot. Examinations for license are oral, written, and by demonstration and include the following requisites:
1. (1) rules of the road;
2. (2) use of a compass;
3. (3) set of currents;
4. (4) boarding of vessels in heavy weather;
5. (5) bearings of noted objects, numbers, shapes, and colors of buoys;
6. (6) use of the sextant;
7. (7) other matters the commissioners of pilotage for the port include in the examination.
(C) No license or branch may be granted to a person unless he has received a certificate of his competency signed by a majority of the board of examiners.