Safe Boating Instruction in the Kawarthas Since 1959
Maritime Radio
*Available to both CPS Members and the Boating Public
If you use a marine radio on your vessel, the law requires you to have this.
Earn your lifetime Restricted Operator’s Certificate (Maritime). The course includes a radio procedures manual,an interactive CD, a two day training and exam session, and if successful an Operator’s Certificate. Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons is the only Federal Government approved organization that can teach this course and issue the certificate.
For information on future courses call (705) 652-6254 or please . You can also enquire online
This seminar includes a radio procedures manual, an interactive CD, a two day training and exam session, and if successful an Operator's Certificate. Canadian Power& Sail Squadrons is the only Federal Government approved organization that can teach this seminar and issue the certificate.
If you are operating a pleasure craft, and have a fixed or portable marine radio, all those who operate the radio are required by law to have a Restricted Operator's Certificate (Maritime).
A Radio Station Licence is no longer required when boating in Canadian waters, but you must have a Restricted Operator's Certificate. *If you plan on boating in US waters you will need a Station Licence.
Remember, a cellular phone may not always function in a given area, may not get the proper authorities, and could just connect you to a "voice mail."
With our seminar you will learn:
- The special phonetic alphabet
- Correct radio operating procedures
- Maritime mobile service
- Procedures
- Distress communications
- Urgency communications
- Safety communications
- Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
