Atlantic Pilotage Authority Regulations

19 The examinations conducted by the Board of Examiners may include questions relating to

• (a) local knowledge of the pilotage area in which the applicant intends to perform pilotage duties or for which the holder’s licence or pilotage certificate was issued, including knowledge of tides, currents, depths of water, anchorages, aids to navigation and the marine traffic regulating system;

• (b) practical knowledge of the interpretation of radar;

• (c) knowledge of the harbour and other marine regulations that apply in the pilotage area in which the applicant intends to perform pilotage duties or for which the holder’s licence or pilotage certificate was issued, including, insofar as they apply in that pilotage area, knowledge of the Collision Regulations, the Act and the regulations made under it;

• (d) knowledge of the handling of ships that are within the tonnage restriction for the class of licence or pilotage certificate held or applied for; and

• (e) the duties, responsibilities and obligations of a pilot including the use of modern navigational instruments for pilotage purposes.