Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 856 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, OREGON BOARD OF MARITIME PILOTS › Division 15 - TRAINING AND LICENSING › Section 856-015-0011 - Pilot Licensing Requirements - Columbia & Willamette River Pilotage Ground - Grade "C" License

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 A Grade "C" pilot license issued by the Board authorizes the holder to pilot
			 vessels under 600 feet length overall (L.O.A.) on the Columbia & Willamette
			 River pilotage ground, except a Grade "C" pilot shall not pilot tankers or
			 vessels with a deaft of 38 or greater. Additional restrictions, grades, and
			 degrees of licenses for the Columbia & Willamette River pilotage ground are
			 contained in 856-015-0035.
(2) In addition to the requirements in
			 856-015-0010(1), (2), (3), (4) and
			 (5) to qualify for a Grade "C" license over
			 the Columbia & Willamette River pilotage ground, the applicant shall, prior
			 to taking the written training assessment required under
			 856-015-0010(1):
(a) Hold a valid trainee license for the
			 Columbia & Willamette River pilotage ground for at least 270
			 days.
(b) Complete at least six
			 trips under the supervision of an unlimited state-licensed pilot while on the
			 bridge of a ship of not less than 500 feet L.O.A. into the upper harbor in
			 Portland above the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, including at least one
			 trip in each direction. The training course monitor may defer satisfaction of
			 the requirement for trips through the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge if
			 insufficient training trip opportunities through that bridge are available,
			 provided that any license issued without fully satisfying this subsection will
			 be restricted to below the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge until the
			 requirements of this subsection are fully satisfied, and provided further that
			 the holder of such a restricted license must complete the requirements at the
			 earliest opportunity training trips through the Burlington Northern Railroad
			 Bridge are available.
(c) Complete
			 at least 110 transits while on the bridge of a ship of not less than 500 feet
			 L.O.A. within the 270 days preceding the examination, with at least 70 of these
			 transits made under the supervision of an unlimited state-licensed pilot and at
			 least 80 of the transits completed within 150 days after the first transit is
			 completed. When combining trip segments to establish a transit, each trip
			 segment may be used only once.
(d)
			 Complete at least six (6) trips under the supervision of an unlimited
			 state-licensed pilot within the 270 days preceding the examination while on the
			 bridge of a ship of not less than 500 feet L.O.A. in a combination of the
			 following directions, with at least three (3) trips in each direction:
(A) From the Willamette River, turning east
			 (upstream) into the Columbia River; and
(B) From the Columbia River upstream of the
			 mouth of the Willamette River, turning south into the Willamette
			 River.
(e) Complete at
			 least ten (10) trips in either direction between Astoria and Longview or Kalama
			 under the supervision of an unlimited state-licensed pilot.
(f) Complete at least four (4) trips from
			 dock to dock or anchor to dock while on ships not less than 500 feet L.O.A.
			 while under the supervision of an unlimited state-licensed pilot, with each
			 such trip requiring a 180 degree turn before docking.
(g) Train at least 25 additional days as
			 directed by the training course monitor, with assignments chosen at the
			 discretion of the training course monitor that may include, but need not be
			 limited to, shipboard training, electronic navigation training, manned model
			 training, attendance at meetings with maritime-related governmental agencies or
			 exposure to maritime related administrative activities.
(h) Present recommendations from the training
			 course monitor and from at least ten (10) unlimited state-licensed pilots who
			 participated in the training, certifying that the applicant has demonstrated
			 sufficient knowledge and shiphandling skills to pilot ocean-going ships up to
			 600 feet L.O.A. on the pilotage ground.