Title:

Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessel (OUPV)

Number:

D-010

Summary:

This course provides training to mariners seeking their US Coast Guard Operators License as Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV) upon Great Lakes, Inland and/or Near Coastal waters as specified in 46 CFR Part 10.

ü Course Approved for Workforce Development

ü Course Approved for Veterans Education and Training

Class Size:

12 Students  Pre-registration is required to hold your seat

Length:

66 Hours (10 Days)

Cost:

$1,145.00

The price of the courses include your own copy of the Navigation Rules of the Road, essential Weems & Plath® navigation plotting tools, plotting pencil, quality eraser, use of all classroom text books, charts and the testing fee normally paid to the US Coast Guard.

Prerequisites:

All applicants for an original issue of any USCG License are required to have completed an approved or accepted First Aid and CPR course within one year of application to the USCG. Our USCG/STCW approved First Aid and CPR course is offered on the Saturday following each OUPV and Master 25, 50 and 100 GRT course.

Schedule:

Call to be placed on our waiting list in the event of a last minute cancellation or for additional course dates

To Register:

Call 1-800-642-CMTI  or Register On-Line

Course Details:

This course provides training to mariners seeking their US Coast Guard Operators License as Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV) upon Great Lakes, Inland and/or Near Coastal waters as specified in 46 CFR Part 10. It satisfies the classroom instruction and examination requirements listed in 46 CFR 10.910, Table 10.910-2 in lieu of taking examinations at a US Coast Guard Regional Examination Center (REC).

The OUPV course is principally intended for candidates for licensing as Operators of Uninspected Passenger Vessels. Ideally, students attending this course should have competed a minimum period of one year underway on vessels with ninety days of that experience acquired during the three years previous to enrollment, and preferably have gained some experience of watch standing on the relevant waters.

This course will also be of value to others operating vessels on the water who may not be seeking US Coast Guard licenses, or whose experience is not up to the minimum requirements established under ideal conditions. Because of this, entry standards can be adjusted to suite the particular circumstances. In most cases, the students for each course will normally have backgrounds that meet or exceed the ideal entry standards stated above.

The course is divided into three sections covering the following topics:

Rules of the Road – 20.5 hours

• General – covers the basic rules, definitions and fog signals for both International and Inland Rules

• Lights and Shapes – covers all of the possible lighting configurations as well as the day shapes required to be displayed on certain vessels

• Steering and Sailing Rules and miscellaneous topics – this section covers the rules concerning meeting, crossing and overtaking situations and the sound signals associated with each as well as the hierarchy and penalty provisions associated with violations of the rules.

Basic Navigation – 28.0 hours

• Working with time

• Speed, distance and time

• Chart Interpretation

• Navigation Publications and Notice to Mariners

• Aids to Navigation

• Magnetic Compass Errors and Corrections

• Determining Magnetic Compass Deviation

• Obtaining and plotting visual bearings

• Dead Reckoning

• Set and Drift of the current

• Course to steer and Leeway

• Fixing vessel position – visual and electronic

• Relative bearings and running fixes

• Calculating Tide and Currents

• Practical plotting exercises

• Characteristics of Weather Systems

General Subjects For Deck Seamanship and Safety – 19.5 hours

• Fire prevention and control

• National Maritime Law and Regulations including Pollution Prevention Regulations

• Basic Marlinespike Seamanship

• Ship/Vessel maneuvering and handling – single screw, twin screw, mooring, anchoring, heavy weather operation, narrow channel and shallow water operations

• Onboard Emergency Procedures

• Radio Telephone Communications
   

Examination:

Four examinations are administered on the final day of the course.  The examinations are similar in format and content to the examinations given at the US Coast Guard Regional Examination Centers (RECs) and are accepted by the U.S. Coast Guard in lieu of their exams.  The four exams, number of questions and minimum passing score are as follow: