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The Approved Boating Handbook
and the seminar prepares you for the Pleasure Craft
Operator Card (PCOC) exam. The best of the PCOC
seminars available, this highly acclaimed seminar
was one of the first to be accredited by the
Canadian Coast Guard.
Whether you take the seminar or
simply use the handbook as a study guide, upon
successful completion of the exam, you will receive
a one-year complimentary Associate Membership to
CPS, with its benefits.
Crossing the border? CPS is a
provider of safe boating courses approved by both
Transport Canada and the U.S. National Association
of State Boating Law Administrators.
Get the Pleasure Craft Operator
Card today from CPS.
Canadian Power and Sail Squadron's
Boating Basics
course provides you with the basics of legal and safe boating practices to
standards prescribed by the Canadian Coast Guard. The 8-hour course overview is
intended for the operators and crews of small vessels and covers a wide range of subjects including
types and characteristics of boats, mandatory and suggested on-board safety
equipment, emergency equipment and procedures, marine rules of the road,
Canadian aids to navigation , boat maintenance and weather tips.
BOATING BASICS MANUAL CONTENTS
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Know Your Boat
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Equipping Your Boat
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Safety Awareness
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Marine Rules of the Road
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The Canadian Aids to
Navigation System
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Trailering/Transporting
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Getting Under Way
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Anchoring
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Docking
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Locks
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Water-Related Activities
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Preventive Maintenance
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Be Weather Wise
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Trip Plan
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Glossary
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References
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After passing the
Boating Basics
course exam you
will receive a Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) valid for life as permanent
proof of boating competency and you will be eligible to become a CPS Associate
member.
Past Boating Course Graduates may obtain a
PCOC Card
by calling CPS National Headquarters @ 1-888-277-2628 toll free, with a
payment of $20.00.
For Boating Basics
Course schedule, location and cost information click
on
Boating Basics Course Details. The PCOC card is
good for life, valid in the USA,
Successful
candidates receive 1 year CPS Associate
Membership.
For further enquiries or to sign up
for the BOATING BASICS course contact
Jack Wainwright at
Basics@BurnabySquadron.Com
, (604) 434-3280 or Bev Estock at
Basics2@BurnabySquadron.Com , (604)
520-1490 . Enquiries will be responded
to within 24 hours.
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