Why is marine training & certification necessary?
Everyone who works in the “small” vessel part of Canada’s marine industry is required to hold the appropriate professional certificates. Whether a beginner, or an “old salt” we must work together with Transport Canada to achieve this standard. Together we will make our commercial power boat operations safer and more professional through education and standards of excellence. If you are just starting out in the marine industry and are buying this training manual for a study reference, congratulations and “welcome aboard”. This can be a healthy beginning to a satisfying and rewarding career in commercial boating. If you are buying this training manual to use as a teaching aid, we thank you. We hope you get as much personal satisfaction from teaching these boating courses as our instructors and I do.
