Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) The docking pilot apprenticeship shall be served under the supervision of an Independent Pilots Association or Ship Docking company or both, which shall be responsible for assuring that each apprentice is fully instructed in such manner as to fully qualify him or her in every respect to perform the duties of a docking pilot. The apprenticeship program will be served over a minimum term of two years.
(b) A course of study for the apprentice shall be submitted by the Independent Pilots Association or Ship Docking company or both. It shall describe the practical and classroom training to be provided to the docking pilot apprentice. After review, the Commission shall approve the course of study if it meets the requirements of this chapter.
(c) During the apprenticeship, all docking pilot apprentices must:
1. Observe a minimum of 200 dockings, undockings, or in-harbor movements assisted by a tugboat or tugboats on the bridge of a ship not less than 10,000 gross tons in pilotage waters, at least 50 of which shall be done during hours of darkness. With respect to each such docking, undocking, or movement, the docking pilot apprentice shall remain on the bridge of the ship during the entire time the ship is being piloted by a docking pilot. If, in the judgment of the docking pilot, the docking pilot apprentice possesses the requisite skill to conduct a docking, undocking, or transit under supervision of the docking pilot, the docking pilot may permit the apprentice to do so;
2.After meeting the requirements of (c)1 above to the satisfaction of a docking pilot, complete a minimum of 25 dockings, undockings, or in-harbor movements, on pilotage waters, assisted by a tugboat or tugboats, of ships not less than 10,000 gross tons while under the supervision of a licensed docking pilot, at least 25 percent of which shall be performed during hours of darkness.
i.With respect to each docking and undocking, the apprentice shall, under the supervision of a docking pilot, pilot the ship to the satisfaction of a docking pilot;
3.Observe from the bridge the anchoring of 20 vessels and the raising of anchor of 20 vessels of not less than 10,000 gross tons in pilotage waters;
4. Provide written documentation signed by the docking pilot under whose authority the apprentice is working, of the movements required by (c)1 through 3 above, on a form proscribed by the Commission;
5. Comply with the annual medical examination requirements in 16:64-7.4;
6. Make annual appearances before the Commission to review the docking pilot apprentices education, training, progress, and state of health; and
7. If a docking pilot apprentice is absent from duty for more than 30 consecutive calendar days, the Independent Pilots Association shall report the absence to the Commission, and the Commission may, after consultation with the Independent Pilots Association, require the docking pilot apprentice to make up the time lost.
(d)After successfully completing the requirements of (c) above, the apprentice shall sit for an examination conducted and approved by the Commission.
(e)A passing grade on the exam shall be 70 percent on all written sections, except Rules of the Road, which shall be 90 percent. Any charts drawn by the apprentice shall be graded on a pass/fail basis.
