Or. Admin. Code § 856-010-0018 - Pilot Trainee Selection - Columbia River Bar Pilots
(1) Individuals interested in qualifying as a
candidate to train for licensure on the Columbia River Bar pilotage ground
shall contact the Board to receive forms and information describing the
application, evaluation and selection processes.
(2) Candidates qualified to submit
application for Columbia River Bar Pilot Trainee Selection shall first be
required to successfully complete a physical agility work-test at a nationally
recognized, independent, certified facility designated by the Board. Candidate
participation in all further evaluation and selection processes is predicated
on successful completion of the physical agility work-test.
(3) Successful completion of a simulator
evaluation, administered by a nationally recognized, independent, marine
education and training facility designated by the Board. The evaluation is
pass/fail.
(4) Trainee selection
shall be in accordance with selection criteria and procedures, based upon
numerical ranking, promulgated by the Board.
(5) Numerical ranking shall be based upon a
point system, with points for providing the following documentation:
(a) Federal license as Master, any ocean, any
gross tons (unlimited Master's license) and two years' seatime as Master of an
ocean-going merchant ship of no less than 5000 gross tons - 25 points
(b) Signed certification of a 3-day
familiarization visit to Astoria -- 10 points
(6) Interview: Each applicant shall be
offered the opportunity to participate in periodic interviews conducted by the
Board. Each person interviewed shall be assigned from 0 to 25 points based upon
the following guidelines: potential as an asset to the pilotage system;
stress/environment; personal relations; experience; and other factors deemed
relevant by the Board. Applicants who do not have the two years' seatime
required by (5)(a) may interview if they have one year seatime experience and
demonstrate that they are currently employed in a capacity in which they are
earning the required seatime experience.
(7) At such times as vacancies may be
forecast or occur within the register of pilots, the Board shall offer the
highest ranked individual or individuals the opportunity to be selected for
training on the Columbia River Bar pursuant to OAR
856-010-0010(7).
The individual selected for training must accept or decline the invitation to
train within 30 days of notification. Failing to do so will cause their name to
go to the bottom of the ranked applicants' list.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 776
Stats. Implemented: ORS 776.115
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.