District II Quebec City-Les Escoumins - Transports Canada

Grading and results
For tests for certification, the candidate obtains either “0” or the total points for each grading
unit, also known as “pass” or “fail” grading. In some of the criteria, a certain amount of leeway
can be granted for exactness of responses. This flexibility should be determined in advance by
the examiner or the selection board, as the case may be. The decisions should be noted in writing
prior to the test in order to maintain reliability and objectivity.
The tests themselves are also graded as “pass” or “fail”, depending on whether the candidate
achieved a passing or failing grade, depending on whether or not he or she reached the
performance level, which is set at 70 percent for all tests.
Make-up tests
Candidates who fail any test have the right to take a number of make-up tests as stipulated in the
regulations. The instructor will discuss areas for improvement with them and the candidates must
demonstrate that they have satisfactorily corrected their weaknesses before being admitted to a
new test. Candidates will have to repeat the entire test. The time of the make-up test will be set
by arrangement between the instructor, the candidate, and the LPA. Different versions will have
to be developed for each make-up test. The candidate’s grade on the make-up test will become
his or her official result.
Certification
Once a candidate has successfully demonstrated his or her skills to the satisfaction of the
examining board, the Laurentian Pilotage Authority awards a certificate. Tests should be kept
in LPA files in compliance with Transport Canada recommendations.
Self-directed candidates who have not taken the training program
These individuals should make arrangements with the LPA for a test date.
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