Boater Exam Leading Provider Of Accredited Training For Boaters In Canada And USA

Boating safety is an important issue. In Canada during 1997, power boating related deaths exceeded swimming related deaths. Deaths from recreational power boating totaled 73 fatalities. Males between 18 and 24 years are the key age group involved in these incidents. Boater Exam is focused on boat safety.

All course content and exam arrangements have been given approval by the necessary government agencies and authorities. For example, in Canada, BE course content and test processes are approved by the national body, Transport Canada. In the USA, BE course content and test procedures satisfy the standards set by the US National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) based in Lexington, Kentucky, and is also acknowledged by the Coast Guard. BE is headquartered in Ottawa and, in Canada, it has offices, testing or training centers in more than 60 separate locations.

BE is based in Ottawa, Ontario. In Canada it has offices and training centers in over 60 locations including Calgary in Alberta; Abbotsford, Delta, Langley, Maple Ridge, Port Moody and Richmond in British Columbia; Frederiction in New Brunswick; Halifax, Port Hawksbury and New Glasgow in Nova Scotia; Ajax, Barrie, Belleville, Brantford, Brockville, Burlington, Cambridge, Collingwood, Espanola, Fort Erie, Gananoque, Grimsby, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, Lindsay, Midland, Milton, New Market, Noelville, North Bay, Oakville, Oshawa, Ottawa, Owen Sound, Peterborough, Pickering, Picton, Sault Sainte Marie, Simcoe, St Catharines, Sudbury, Temagami, Toronto (Vaughan), Trenton, Welland and Whitby in Ontario; Charlottetown and Summerside in Prince Edward Island; Regina in Saskatchewan; Ancienne-Lorette, Brossard, Charlesbourg, Chateauguay, Drummondville, Laval, Levis, Longueuil, Montreal, Repentigny, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, St Eustache, Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, St-Hyacinthe and St-Jerome in Quebec.

BE boating courses allow pleasure boaters to satisfy mandatory safety education standards and obtain necessary certification or licensing. Courses are designed for both novice and experienced boaters. Online resources include a a lengthy study guide and brief exam practice test. The official exams may be taken online at any time, day or night 24×7. If a candidate fails an exam, the candidate may re-sit the exam, free of charge, once per calendar day.

BE conventional on-site classroom courses last about three hours. Once successfully completed, boaters are issued an interim PCOC in Canada and a temporary state license in the USA. Permanent documents are sent via ordinary mail to their home address within three weeks.

The duration of the bricks-and-mortar classroom course is approximately three hours. Upon successful completion, Canadian boaters are issued with a temporary or interim Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) and USA boaters are issued with a temporary license. Permanent documentation is subsequently mailed to their home address. The online course is self-paced according to the preference of individual students. Upon successful completion, a permanent Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) is subsequently sent to the home address of Canadian boaters. Similarly, a permanent state license is subsequnetly sent to the home address of US boaters.

The Canadian BE online safe boating test satisfies all Office of Boating Safety requirements regarding Internet testing. The PCOC issued to successful candidates is identical to that issued by candidates that pass the exam in a conventional classroom setting. The online test may be completed anywhere at any time, except at the home of a boater candidate. Most candidates take the test at work, at the home of a friend, family member or their supervisor.

The online test may be sat or completed at any location provided it is not the home residence of the sitting candidate. Most boaters sit the online test at their place of work or at the home of another family member, friend or supervisor.

Fishing is a wonderful past-time and makes for a relaxing holiday. Canada laws now require all pleasure craft operators to take a boating course online. The process is short and after you are issued with a boating license.