Victorian Numbered Regulations

MARINE REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 180 OF 2009) - SCHEDULE 7

SCHEDULE 7

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Regulation 308

QUALIFYING SEA SERVICE AND TRAINING FOR THE LAKES ENTRANCE BAR

Prerequisite qualifying sea service

    1     An applicant for an endorsement on a certificate of competency to operate a trading vessel carrying passengers across the Lakes Entrance Bar must have completed a minimum of 20 outwards crossings and 20 inwards crossings of the Lakes Entrance Bar.

    2     On each crossing of the Lakes Entrance Bar, the applicant must be at the helm and in charge of a trading or fishing vessel.

    3     Of the trips specified in clause 1, not more than 2 trips in any 24-hour period shall be counted as qualifying sea service.

Training

    4     An applicant for an endorsement on a certificate of competency to operate a trading vessel carrying passengers across the Lakes Entrance Bar must complete a training course approved by the Director that covers local knowledge, operating guidelines and vessel and passenger safety.

    5     The course shall include but not be limited to the following—

        (a)     local knowledge, including lights, charted depths, channels, local dangers, tidal flows, navigation leads, beacons and topmarks;

        (b)     VHF radio communication procedures;

        (c)     passenger briefing and control;

        (d)     person overboard response procedures;

        (e)     occupational health and safety;

        (f)     boat operation and handling techniques specific to the Lakes Entrance Bar;

        (g)     guidelines and rules for crossing the Lakes Entrance Bar;
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        (h)     local meteorological and tidal conditions;

              (i)     emergency contingency planning.

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