COURSE DETAILS
SCOPE
The Upgrade OUPV to Master Captain’s License Course upgrades your captain’s license from an OUPV to a Master Captain’s License up to 100 tons, which allows you to take more than six paying passengers.
Students who successfully complete this course will have demonstrated a comprehensive knowledge of the applicable regulations and operational procedures necessary to safely and effectively operate a vessel of up to 100 Gross Tons in the Near Coastal/Inland/Great Lakes Environment.
100 Ton Captain’s License classes include training on:
- Navigation
- Tidal calculations
- International and inland rules of the road
- Coastal pilotage
- Meteorology
- Anchoring and mooring
- Marlinespike
- Docking and undocking
- Buoyage systems
- Safety
- Voyage and passage planning
- General ship knowledge regulations
- Stability and vessel construction
- Seamanship
A mariner who successfully completes the course within 1 year of application will satisfy the professional examination requirements for national officer endorsements as Master of near coastal self-propelled vessels of less than 100 GRT.
NOTE: This course will also satisfy exam requirements for:
- Master Less Than 100 GRT Great Lakes and/or inland
- OUPV or Mate Less than 100 GRT near coastal, and Great Lakes and/or inland
Types of Master’s Licenses
There are 3 different Master Licenses a mariner may qualify for, such as the Master Inland or Master Near Coastal. Both the amount of sea service time and the size of vessels you have been on will influence the license you are eligible for. Master licenses are tonnage-rated at:
- 25 GT (gross tons)
- 50 GT
- 100 GT
You are not required to advance through the different licenses one at a time. If you meet the USCG requirements for the Master 100GT Near Coastal, you will receive that license as your first license.
The level you receive is based on vessel tonnage experience per 46 CFR 11.422. Our course and exam will remain the same.
License Requirements
- Master Inland: 360 days underway experience since age 16; 90 of those 360 days in the last 3 years.
- Master Inland/OUPV Near Coastal: 360 days underway experience since age 16; 90 of those 360 days in the last 3 years; 90 of those 360 days outside the boundary lines.
- Master Near Coastal: 720 days underway experience since age 16; 90 of those 720 days in the last 3 years; 360 of those 720 days outside the boundary lines.
PREREQUISITES
OUPV license or certificate
CERTIFICATES
A mariner who successfully completes this Upgrade OUPV to Master 100 Tons course within one year of application will satisfy the examination requirements of 46 CFR 11.201(j)(1) for the original issuance of any one of the following endorsements:
- Upgrade from OUPV to Master of vessels of less than 100 GRT upon Near Coastal, or Great Lakes and Inland, or Inland waters, PROVIDED the applicant holds an OUPV endorsement or has met the examination requirements for OUPV within one year of application; OR
- Increase in scope from Master of vessels of less than 100 GRT upon Great Lakes and Inland, or Inland waters to Master of vessels of less than 100 GRT upon Near Coastal waters.
