Small Boat Safety

This course provides you with the basics of safe boating knowledge, and a lifetime certification; your Operator’s Card is issued after successful completion of the test. Recreational boating regulations require all recreational motorized boat operators to obtain a Pleasure Craft Operator Card and you need proof of competency to operate a motorized boat. As of 2009, these regulations are in effect for all Recreational Motorized Boaters as well as Personal Watercrafts. This is a Transport Canada Accredited Boating Safety Course. Topics include:

• Canada Shipping Act
• Small Vessel Regulations
• Collision Regulations
• Charts and Publications Regulations
• Criminal Code of Canada
• Responding to Emergencies
• Trip Preparations
• Canadian Buoyage System (Aids to Navigation)
• Acting Responsibly

To help you prepare for the course, review the Safe Boating Guide by Transport Canada before the first class. You may also find the Office of Boating Safety information useful.