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Training for Safe Recreational BoatingCourses - Winter 2012
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Boat Pro -extra info
The main thing is that passing Boat Pro gives you the PCOC, which is now mandatory for almost all boaters using a motorized vessel.
Boat Pro is sometimes offered over several days, or all on one Saturday, finishing mid-afternoon.
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Note! Why get the card from the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons?
Other organizations offer training and testing to receive the PCOC. We have the following advantages:
- we can replace lost cards; our organization is likely to be around for a long, long time, and in the future can re-issue lost cards (perhaps with an administration fee); few other "providers" can honestly make that claim;
- this course is viewed as the best in Canada (according to our own former Training Officer! - and he's right!);
- Boat Pro qualifies its graduates for associate membership in the CPS.
Boating Course -extra info
Graduates can become members, save hugely on their boat insurance, and progress to Members Courses (see above). It has all new course materials for 2010, and upon graduation includes the PCOC.
"Boating" is the Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons' premier course for the recreational boater.
- This is the "classical" entry course into CPS, usually held one evening a week. It requires some homework. It contains more detail, of course, than Boat Pro, and is a pre-requisite for the other CPS "core" courses.
- Boating qualifies its graduates for full membership in the CPS.
- Graduating from Boating comes with one year's free membership in the CPS.
Registration for 2012 Winter Courses
Wed. Dec. 14th, and Wed. Jan. 11,
both 6:30-8:00 p.m., TISS, Room 102
All courses are offered and will be run if numbers warrant, beginning within 2 weeks of registration, at 7:00 p.m., room numbers and dates above. If you miss registration by a few weeks, still feel free to call.
Class dates and Rooms are subject to change.
Payment for courses are due on Registration night.
We will run any course subject to enrolment numbers.
Click Bridge to contact a training officer for further information.
(Training Officer: Ralph Ogilvie [613-925-0720].)
Online course registration also available.
What's a PCOC and why should you care?
The Pleasure Craft Operator Card must by law be carried on your person when operating a powerboat. Our PCOC includes a 1-year membership in the Brockville Power and Sail Squadron, and is recognized by the US Coast Guard.
You get the card by passing Boat Pro (or Boating)!
PCOC information as per the Transport Canada web site, 2005 July:
| How this applies to operators of pleasure craft fitted with a motor and used for recreational purposes | Date at which proof of competency required on board |
| All operators born after April 1, 1983 | September 15, 1999 |
| All operators of craft under 4 m in length, including personal watercraft | September 15, 2002 |
| All operators | September 15, 2009 |
So, these requirements were phased in over ten years. More details can be found at the Transport Canada Office of Boating Safety.
(Note: there are also age restrictions, unrelated to the PCOC, which basically say that i) no one may operate a boat with an engine with more than 7.5 KW (10 hp) until the age of 12, nor ii) with 30 KW (40 hp) or a PWC until the age of 16. Again, see the Transport Canada site for details.)
Brockville CPS Courses
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Sailing provides the knowledge required to operate a sailboat safely. Building upon the skills gained in Seamanship, this course will acquaint the beginner sailor with day-sailing in protected waters, and allow experienced sailors to sharpen their skills.
Emphasis is placed on how a sailboat works and the special terminology associated with sailboats and sailing, as well as practical seamanship. While there is no chart work or navigation, the particular problems of piloting under sail, and making progress to windward are discussed.
This complete package with CD, and the new Digital Selective Calling, will prepare you for the Restricted Operator Certificate (Maritime) with DSC Endorsement exam.
To operate a maritime radio, you need the certificate. It is the law! The Maritime Radio course teaches emergency radio procedures, as well as everyday operating techniques.
Learn all about the uses of marine radios, choice of frequencies, operation, phonetic alphabet, procedural words and phrases, as well as Digital Selective Calling and the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System, (DSC/GMDSS). All mariners, including recreational boaters, will want to take advantage of the many features and capabilities of this innovative form “automatic” radio.
Secure your lifeline. Be sure that you and your family take the Maritime Radio course.
(Enforcement Officials will continue to ask to see your licence this year. Fines far exceed the cost of the course.)
This course takes over where Navigating with GPS leaves off.It will introduce you to Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers.
With this course you will learn simple explanations of the system which makes GPS such an effective navigational aid, and methods of extracting the maximum navigational information from your equipment. Improved position information, course planning and real time speed/direction data improves your boating safety and cruise enjoyment, while reducing transit time and fuel consumption. Learn about the different kinds of electronic charting, how they were developed, their advantages and disadvantages, and how to use them. Get the latest information about connecting your GPS to a laptop, desktop, PDA or tablet computer, and navigational programs.
The Approved Boating Handbook and the seminar prepares you for the Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) exam. The best of the PCOC seminars available, this highly acclaimed seminar was one of the first to be accredited by the Canadian Coast Guard.
Whether you take the seminar or simply use the handbook as a study guide, upon successful completion of the exam, you will receive a one-year complimentary Associate Membership to CPS, with benefits.
Crossing the border? CPS is a provider of safe boating courses approved by both Transport Canada and the U.S. National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.
Get your Pleasure Craft Operator Card from CPS.
More below.
Whether you are interested in powerboats, sailing vessels or kayaks, this course is for you! The Boating Course provides in depth boat operation and safety training. As well, you will experience the challenge of plotting and navigation.
Successful completion of the accredited midterm exam will allow you to receive your Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC). By passing the final Boating Course exam you will join Canada’s largest association of recreational boating enthusiasts with the benefits of a full CPS membership.
More below.
The Seamanship Course builds on techniques introduced in the Boating Course.
This course offers: interpretation of charts, the DR plot, bearings, fixes, running fixes, Collision Regulations, and plotting and labeling in True and Magnetic. Seamanship explains the hazards of weather, wind, waves, tides, and tidal currents and how to deal with them. This course helps the student to acquire the skills to deal with life-threatening situations.
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-first posted,: 2002-05-11
-updated: 2012-04-24