Transport Canada certification of Naval skills

[Colin Parkinson]

If I've learned one thing from of dealing with Transport Canada...

Its that they almost never have any idea what they're doing.

If you don't like the answer you get, don't get frustrated and give up, come back another day and talk to someone else, or call another office and ask the same question.

Answers provided may seem completely random, keep asking until you get the one you want.

Transport Canada will absolutely recognize some naval training and sea time.

It was so bad in Vancouver that everyone was going to the Nanaimo office for exams, till they forbade it. It took TC 25 years to figure out seatime on hovercraft, despite being the biggest user of them.....

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Imagine a guy with a 350 ton ticket that goes into a job where he can't keep his competence requirement up, the ticket expires. A few years later, his department gets a 17' rubber boat, now said individual must get his SVOP to run a commercial/government vessel. Does his 350 ton ticket count?, nope, he must take the 4-5 day course, where they assist the instructor in teaching the course....

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