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STAR Center to offer Great Lakes Open Water Pilotage Preparatory Program beginning January 23, 2017
Officers who successfully complete this program will be eligible for jobs available with AMO-contracted companies operating vessels on the Great Lakes, and will have the requisite knowledge and USCG endorsements to be employed as a first class pilot in the five Great Lakes Pilotage Regions.
Officers enrolled in the program will gain knowledge of and proficiency in the pilotage endorsement requirements for the 'Local Knowledge' and 'Chart Sketch' portions of the USCG pilotage exams. Upon attaining knowledge and proficiency in the required areas, officers will be prepared to sit for the USCG pilotage exams for each of the five Great Lakes Pilotage Regions.
Program Entry standards
Program participants must have completed, or be in the process of completing, their required round trips and have submitted a USCG application or received approval to sit for Great Lakes pilotage exams.
Those who are eligible but who do not have a USCG approval letter to sit for the pilotage exams should submit their application to the USCG as soon as possible.
For additional information on the program, contact:
Jerry Pannell
STAR Center Director of Member Training and Officer Development
Office: (800) 445-4522 Ext. 7507
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