Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 96 - PILOTAGE
Subchapter 6 - REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSE
Section 16-96-25 - Requirements for deputy port pilot license
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 16-96-25
Current through August, 2024
(a) An applicant for a deputy port pilot license shall file an application with the director at least sixty days prior to a scheduled deputy port pilot examination. The applicant shall:
(1) Be eighteen years of age
or older;
(2) Possess a current
United States coast guard license as master of steam and motor vessels of any
gross tonnage upon oceans issued by the United States coast guard;
(3) Possess a United States coast guard
endorsement as a first-class pilot for all deep draft harbors where pilot
services are provided in the State; and
(4) Possess the following experience:
(A) Four years of ocean or coastwise service
as a licensed deck officer, including at least one year as chief officer, on
vessels of one thousand or more gross tons; or
(B) Two years of ocean or coastwise service
as a licensed deck officer on vessels of one thousand gross tons or more, plus
one year of pilot service, docking registered or enrolled vessels of at least
five thousand gross tons; and
(C)
The requirement to have served at least one year as chief officer may be
substituted on a month-for-month basis by experience as a master of tugs,
engaged in docking and undocking vessels of five thousand gross tons or more;
and
(D) A minimum of fifty round
trips in and out of Honolulu harbor to and from the various piers as an
observer. Twenty-five of these trips shall have been on vessels over five
thousand gross tons and at least ten shall have been during hours of
darkness.
(b) The applicant shall submit a certificate of physical examination, dated no earlier than sixty days prior to the date of filing, and pass a written examination approved by the director and administered by the department.
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