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Title 12 . Professional and Vocational Regulations
Chapter 56 . Big Game Guides and Transporters
Section 83. Continuing education requirements

12 AAC 56.083. Continuing education requirements

(a) Repealed 5/31/2000.

(b) A marine pilot with a VLCC endorsement applying for license renewal for a license period that begins on or after January 1, 2001, shall document that the marine pilot has satisfactorily completed a manned model course during one of the three biennial license periods immediately preceding the license period for which renewal is sought.

(c) A deputy marine pilot or marine pilot must receive a pilot performance monitoring with at least a satisfactory rating each calendar year in which the pilot engages in piloting vessels for 30 days or more. A pilot performance monitoring shall be conducted

(1) by a marine pilot holding a training pilot endorsement issued under 12 AAC 56.016 for the region in which the pilot being monitored is licensed;

(2) in accordance with a board approved training program of a recognized marine pilot organization in the pilotage region in which the pilot being monitored is licensed;

(3) by the monitor observing the pilot's performance and documenting the performance for each item on the monitoring form; the monitoring form shall be approved by the board and shall reflect that the performance monitoring included the following criteria:

(A) a pre-planning conference during which route planning, deviation from planned route, docking and undocking maneuvers, tides, currents, and weather are discussed;

(B) ship handling skills;

(C) local knowledge;

(D) bridge resource management (BRM) skills; and

(E) decision making;

(4) by the monitor holding a debriefing conference with the pilot that includes a discussion of the pilot's observed performance.

(d) A marine pilot or deputy marine pilot attending a board approved simulator based pilot performance evaluation shall deliver to the facility's person in charge of training, copies of all pilot performance monitorings received in the last four years.

(e) A marine pilot or deputy marine pilot applying for license renewal for a license period that begins on or after January 1, 2003, shall document that the pilot has satisfactorily completed a board approved simulator based training and pilot performance evaluation within one of the three biennial license periods immediately preceding the license period for which renewal is sought.

History: Eff. 4/7/95, Register 134; am 5/29/96, Register 138; am 6/16/96, Register 138; am 1/23/99, Register 149; am 3/21/99, Register 149; am 5/31/2000, Register 154

Authority: AS 08.62.040

AS 08.62.100

AS 08.62.120


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