California Code of Regulations › Title 7 - Harbors and Navigation › Division 2 - State Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun › Article 4 - Training Programs › Section 214 - Pilot Trainee Training Program

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) In order to
				be considered for licensing as a pilot, a pilot trainee must successfully
				complete the training program conducted and supervised by the Pilot Evaluation
				Committee for the Board. The Board shall issue a certificate of completion to a
				pilot trainee only when it determines that the trainee has successfully
				completed the pilot trainee training program. The Board may rely upon, but
				shall not be bound by the recommendations of its Pilot Evaluation Committee in
				determining whether a trainee has successfully completed the training program
				or whether or when the trainee should be licensed as a pilot. The Board is not
				required to license an individual as a pilot at any time after issuance of the
				certificate of completion authorized by this subsection. If a license is
				issued, it shall be issued to the most qualified trainee who has successfully
				completed the training program. Order of completion of the program is not the
				determining factor.
(b) The
				training program prescribed herein shall include the following topics:
(1) area geography;
(2) port and waterway
				configuration;
(3) hydrography
				(channel depths and widths, bottom configuration);
(4) hydrology and hydraulics;
(5) tides and currents;
(6) winds and weather;
(7) aids to navigation (interaction with and
				information they convey);
(8)
				bottom composition;
(9) marine
				facilities;
(10) other traffic and
				operations (including commercial fishing vessels, recreational boating,
				dredging and marine regattas);
(11)
				air draft (for bridges and overhead wires);
(12) communications;
(13) applicable laws, rules and
				regulations;
(14) marine traffic
				regulation (including Vessel Traffic Service);
(15) local and seasonal traffic patterns and
				densities;
(16) ship maneuvering
				behavior for all vessel types to be piloted including hydrodynamic interactions
				with respect to other vessels, facilities and channel bathymetry;
(17) advantages, limitations and effect on
				shiphandling of various types of main propulsion and auxiliary maneuvering
				machinery;
(18) shiphandling for
				piloting, anchoring, docking and undocking, maneuvering with and without the
				aid of tugs and emergency situations;
(19) tug control (for maneuvering
				assistance);
(20) use of ground
				tackle to aid maneuvering;
(21)
				navigation systems (traditional and electronic);
(22) radar systems (manual and automated);
				and
(23) marine and environmental
				safety requirements;
(24) The
				causes and hazards of fatigue, the means of avoiding or alleviating fatigue,
				the responsibility of pilots and trainees to ensure that they are rested prior
				to an assignment, the need for a sufficient recovery period after awakening,
				and the duty of pilots and trainees to refuse an assignment if they are too
				fatigued to complete an assignment safely.