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 16:64-5.3 - Qualifications

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A person seeking to be considered by the
				Commission as an apprentice shall submit a completed application form and a fee
				of $ 500.00 to the Commission to cover administrative costs of the
				Commission.
(b) Applicants shall
				provide to the Commission at the time of application:
1.An authorization executed by the applicant
				permitting the Commission to obtain from the United States Coast Guard
				information pertaining to the applicant's Coast Guard license and records;
2.Satisfactory evidence of having
				participated in a United States Department of Transportation required drug
				screening and testing program for no less than two years prior to application;
3.Satisfactory evidence of
				successful completion of a driver's license and criminal background check;
4.A United States Coast Guard form
				demonstrating examination within the last year by a licensed physician in a
				manner prescribed by the United States Coast Guard and stating that the
				applicant has been declared competent by the physician to perform the duties of
				a docking pilot;
5.Written
				documentation that the applicant has at least 10 years' experience in the
				maritime industry, five years of which shall have been served as a licensed
				mate or master in the towing industry:
i.Attendance at an approved United States
				maritime college may satisfy up to four years of the foregoing 10-year
				requirement;
6.Satisfactory evidence of having the ability
				to read, write, and speak fluent English;
7.At least two written references and
				background checks as may be directed by the Commission, to demonstrate good
				moral character;
8.Satisfactory
				evidence of United States citizenship;
9.Satisfactory evidence of having visual
				acuity correctable to 20/20 in each eye;
10. Evidence of being able to satisfactorily
				pass one of the following tests for color perception without the use of color
				sensing lenses:
i.Pseudoisochromatic Plates
				(Dvornine 2nd Edition; AOC; revised edition or AOC-HRR; Ishihara 16-, 24-, or
				38-plate editions);
ii.Eldride-Green Color Perception Lantern;
iii.Farnworth Lantern;
iv.Keystone Orthoscope;
v.Keystone Telebinocular;
vi.SAMCTT (School of Aviation Medicine Color
				Threshold Tester);
viiTitmus
				Optical Vision Tester; or
viii.
				Williams Lantern;
11. A
				Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) issued by the U.S.
				Department of Homeland Security;
12. A current first class pilot's license or
				first class pilot endorsement to a license issued by the United States Coast
				Guard authorizing the piloting of vessels of any tonnage and endorsed for at
				least one section of the waters for which pilotage service may be
				required;
13. A current unlimited
				radar observer's certificate as required by the United States Coast Guard;
				and
14. A completed Physician's
				Certification form with a written description of a pilot's duties and a list of
				all medications taken by the pilot which shall be signed and dated by the
				physician.