Marine Personnel Regulations Requirements for Small non-Pleasure
Vessels
General
Section 211 of
the Marine
Personnel Regulations requires that every boat that is required to carry an inspection certificate
is also required to carry a Safe Manning Document, setting
out the numbers of crew and their qualifications.
Section 9 of the
Vessel Certificate Regulations specifies that the following boats must
carry Canadian Vessel Inspection Certificates:
• Vessels of 15 gross tonnage or less that carry more than 12 passengers
• Vessels of more than 15 gross tonnage
• Pleasure craft and commercial river rafts are exempt.
The operator certification
requirements for boats not required to carry a Safe Manning Document are set out below.
Master / Operator Requirements
The following table
shows the operator requirements according to section 212 of the Marine Personnel
Regulations for boats < 15 GT operating in certain areas.
Passenger-Carrying Vessels ( 12 passengers)
Near
Coastal 2 (NC2)
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Vessel
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Near Coastal 1
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> 2 Nm.
from shore
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2 Nm. from shore
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Sheltered
Waters
|
|
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> 5 GT
|
Master 150 GT
|
Limited
Master < 60 GT
|
Limited
Master < 60 GT
|
Limited
Master < 60 GT
|
|
|
5 GT and >
8m
|
Domestic
|
SVOP
|
SVOP
|
SVOP
|
|
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> 6
passengers and 8
m
|
if endorsed for
|
SVOP
|
SVOP
|
SVOP
|
|
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< 6 passengers and 8 m
|
limited,contiguous waters
|
SVOP
|
SVOP
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PCOC
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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SVOP (Small
Vessel Operator Proficiency)
PCOC (Pleasure Craft Operator Card)
There are also regulations for workboats and Fishing
boats.
This table is for the
convenience of users. If any discrepancy is found between the Marine Personnel
Regulations and the table, the Regulations shall
prevail.
Implementation dates for the table are as
follows
Passenger-carrying boat < 5 GT or
< 8m Nov 7, 2009
All other operators must comply with
the requirements on the coming into force of the regulations.
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