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The lowest level Captains License is the Operator Uninspected Passenger Vessel (OUPV) course. This license was for many years termed the "6 Pack License". It is best to avoid the use of this old term, which came from the ability to carry six passengers for hire. This is a 56 hour course, which is the academic portion required to obtain your USCG OUPV Captains license. After completion of the course and the exam, which follows, the student may take their CSA Diploma and other required documentation to any REC office for the issue of the appropriate license. If the student has the necessary time on the water and meets the other requirements of the Coast Guard they may be licensed to carry up to six passengers for hire on an uninspected vessel. This is a popular initial license for operators of small dive boats, launches, and other minor commercial vessels, which never carry more than six passengers.
The OUPV Coast Guard Licensing Course is a required total of 56 hours. There is homework to be completed, and you will need to review and study. Your Coast Guard License Exams will be conducted at the conclusion of the course.
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The 100 ton Master Mate Course is a required 80 hours. We offer the OUPV at 56 hours and the Upgrade to 100 Ton Master is an additional 24 hours. There is homework to be completed, to help you study. Your Coast Guard License exams will be conducted at the conclusion of the course.
At the California Sailing Academy the course is offered in many different formats. Most common are classes held from approximately 9:30 am to 5pm for a couple of weeks. However, weeknights and weekend courses are offered as well.
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These courses include all the required subjects for the licenses, such as coastal piloting, marlinspike seamanship, Inland and International Rules of the road, heavy weather operation, firefighting and much more. You will have thoroughly covered all the material needed for your licensing exams. The U.S. Coast Guard requires that you attend class the minimum number of hours that we have stated is the length of our courses. These courses are not taught by sitting in front of a computer answering questions but are conducted in an interactive classroom format.
All courses meet the necessary requirements of the United States Coast Guard and contain the exact same material along with the students being tested by identical exams. The exams for your license will be given at the end of each course. In case you do not pass an exam the first time, you are given the opportunity to complete two more exam retakes, which must be completed within 90 days of the course.
At the conclusion of the License courses you will sit for the written exam for your U.S. Coast Guard License. Upon successful passing of the course and the exams you will be able to take your Coast Guard School Certificate to the U.S. Coast Guard with your other completed forms and requirements, for issuance of your appropriate "Captains License". This certificate must be submitted to the USCG within 1 year for licensing.
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The courses contain the following:
1. In OUPV a 16 hour in depth study of the Rules of the Road.
2. A very complete 26.5 hour study of Deck General for the OUPV course and 7 more hours for the 100 Ton Upgrade. The 200 Ton Upgrade course will contain another 23 hours of class on Deck General.
3. Navigation General will be covered very completely in a 5 hour course for OUPV. Another 7 hours of study 100 Ton Upgrade and another hour for 200 Ton Upgrade.
4. A very thorough 17 hour study of Piloting will be included in the OUPV course. Another 7 hours in the 100 Ton Upgrade course and another 2.5 hours for the 200 Ton Upgrade course.
5. The Sail and Towing endorsement will each be four hours in length.
These endorsements will be offered following the above courses.
The U. S. Coast Guard approved exams will test all factors 1 through 5 above.
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Upon successful completion of the course you will be theoretically proficient at the level the course was designed to cover. You will have a good understanding of the Rules of the Road. You will have an extended knowledge of Deck General information including Engineering, Seamanship, Stability, Vessel Maneuvering and Fire Fighting concepts. During the Navigation General section you will learn the use of charts and the publications issued which amplify on the chart information. You will learn more about weather indicators vital to the operation of a vessel. The in-depth Piloting course will teach you from deduced reckoning through plotting LOPs, determining current and compensating for same. You will learn of the equipment available to the mariner.
At the end of the course there will be another 4 hours of instruction offered for the sailing and towing endorsements. These courses will teach the fundamentals of each.
Upon successful completion of the course and exam you will have fulfilled your academic qualification for the appropriate License of OUPV, Master 100 Tons, or Master 200 Tons.
When taught at UCLA this course is a University Accredited course of 4 credit hours per semester.
Feel free to email or call us if you have further questions.
Email:info@californiasailingacademy.com
CALIFORNIA SAILING ACADEMY
Approved Coast Guard School
P.O box 10294
Marina del Rey, Ca 90295
310/310-1909 PHONE
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