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http://www.usps.org/eddept/boc/main.htm#Advantages_for_Members

Buzzards Bay Sail and Power Squadron has several member's certified by USPS to qualify you for Inland, Coastal, Advanced Coastal and Offshore Navigation. We provide and teach all of the training courses needed to achieve your certification. Join us now and become a proficient boater.

Background and Overview

With the Boat Operator's Certification Program, USPS will certify USPS members at various levels of recreational boating proficiency.  We expect that these certifications will be recognized across the boating community, both domestically and internationally.  In the United States, The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has asked congress to authorize the Transportation Secretary to establish requirements for standards of proficiency for recreational boaters.  We intend to have USPS certification accepted as the above proof and be accepted as the national certificate for the USA.

Regarding international recognition, we plan to have USPS certifications meet the requirements of UN Resolution 40, International Certificate for the Operation of Pleasure Craft with the additional knowledge and testing of the CEVNI (European code for inland waterways) navigation rules.

USPS currently plans four levels of Boat Operator Certification:

• Inland Navigator

• Coastal Navigator

• Advanced Coastal Navigator

• Offshore Navigator

Advantages for Members

A certificate of operator proficiency will be of value to USPS members when:

• Renting, chartering or leasing a boat, especially in another country

• Obtaining insurance

• Engaging in competition

• Speaking in public

• Testifying as an expert witness

• Lobbying

• Serving on an advisory panel

• Being quoted in the media

• Being introduced in a public setting

• Publishing articles or books

• Building confidence in your own abilities

• Learning to teach others OTW