District II Quebec City-Les Escoumins - Transports Canada

In general, the program focus is as follows:
• to give candidates the skills they need to do their jobs – in other words, to enable them to
perform correctly, to the required standard, the tasks and the activities inherent in the work;
• to promote personal development by adding to the candidates’ professional knowledge.
The training is also intended to build the candidates’ ability to form judgments; to analyse and
synthesize; to develop their sense of seamanship, leadership skills, and ability to work in a team;
to withstand stress; and to react appropriately in unforeseen situations.
3.4 Training prerequisites
Three requirements have been proposed and accepted as prerequisites for admission to the
program.
• Prerequisites set by the Laurentian Pilotage Authority for registering for certification.
• College-level diploma in navigation, or recognized equivalent experience.
• Experience in navigating in ice, prerequisite for the target skill: Deciding which measures
to take for ice navigation.
A new prerequisite has been added as a result of the analysis performed for this training guide:
• Experience using an ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) generated
electronic chart.
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