New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 64 - RULES OF THE NEW JERSEY MARITIME PILOT AND DOCKING PILOT COMMISSION › Subchapter 5 - DOCKING PILOT APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM › Section 16:64-5.4 - Docking pilot apprenticeship program

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 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
				10 vessels and the raising of anchor of 10 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.