Boatmaster Certificate

When you learn to drive a car you take lessons - you learn to operate the vehicle in good weather and in bad, you learn the traffic signs and rules of the road - boating requires no less.

 

If anything goes wrong you can't get out and walk, and the next stop may well be Australia, Antarctica or America! Every year the lives of rescuers are put at risk going to the aid of incompetent and ill-equipped boaties. You will enjoy your boating more with the confidence gained by achieving your NZ Boatmaster Certificate.

 

 

 

Qualification:

Course Syllabus includes:

  • Navigational marks
  • Lifesaving and safety equipment
  • Potential causes of fire on board vessels
  • Fire prevention techniques and fire extinguishers
  • International distress signals
  • Magnetic compass
  • Tidal heights and streams
  • The use of tide tables
  • Small boat handling
  • Weather
  • Boating accidents and how to avoid them
  • The Maritime Transport Act and Maritime Rules

Plus much more.

 

On successful completion of this course, candidates will receive the NZ Boatmaster Certificate

 

Should the candidate complete a statutory declaration detailing 100 hours of time spent on the water the certificate will be endorsed by Coastguard.

2012 Start Dates:

10 May, Thursday 7 pm - 10 pm for 11 weeks

Class Size

Maximum course numbers = 15

 

Entry requirements

Open. No sea time is required to gain the NZ Boatmaster Certificate.

However, should the candidate complete a statutory declaration detailing 100 hours+ of any time spent on the water the certificate will be endorsed by Coastguard.

 

Fees:

NZ$345.00 per person includes Coastguard levy, GST and equipment use

 

Accreditation

Course approved by Royal NZ Coastguard.

 

Further Information & Enrolments

Please click here to request an information/enrolment pack.

Contact Info

Telephone: 09 425 8493 Fax: 09 425 8928

Email: info@mti.net.nz

Street Address: 11 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth

Postal Address: PO Box 414, Warkworth

Freephone:

 

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References

Maritime Seafood Educators Association Aotearoa

Royal New Zealand Navy

RYA

Coastguard Boating Education

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