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Continuing
Education
Inactive License Status
Continuing Education
Maine Pilotage Commission
Declaration of Standards for Continuing Education
Adopted April 10, 2001
This Declaration of Standards is provided in an effort to offer
guidance to pilots licensed by the Commission, as they develop individual
plans to meet the Continuing Education requirement necessary for
license renewal as established by Commission rules.
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CE Units
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One CE unit is equal to one hour towards the minimum requirement
for Continuing Education.
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Acceptable Courses
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Those courses, which are relevant to maritime safety and
are not required to meet other license renewal criteria. Examples
of courses include, but are not limited to, Bridge Team Management,
Personal Safety and Social Responsibility, High Speed Ferry
Bridge Team Operations, Survival Techniques and Survival Craft,
Management of Environmental Hazards, etc., as well as time
spent in simulators and on manned models. The Commission encourages
courses that are preventative in nature.
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Type “A” CE Units.
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Institutional courses. Those classes which are taught by,
or
through, an established educational institution will be granted
CE units equal to the number of course hours as published
in the institution’s course catalog, or equivalent publication,
for that course.
Those classes which do not have a specified hour listing
will be rated based on actual classroom and/or laboratory
time, as established in writing, from the instructor of the
course, or administrator of the program.
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Type “B” CE Units.
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Seminars, Conferences, and Forums. Attendance and/or
participation in seminars, conferences, and forums will be
recognized for continuing education credit at one hour for
every four hours of time actually spent engaged in the seminar,
conference, or forum.
No more than 50% of the minimum continuing education requirement
may be made up from Type B CE Units.
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The Commission will consider other proposals for meeting continuing
education requirements. However, to avoid misunderstanding, it is
highly recommended that individuals proposing an alternative CE
program obtain approval from the Commission prior to beginning the
curriculum.
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Inactive License Status
On October 9, 2001, the Commission decided to place licenses in
an Inactive status if recency, or alternative recency, have not
been met during any calendar year. Licenses in an Inactive status
can be reactivated once a recency plan, or alternative recency plan,
as outlined in the rules and pre-approved on a case-by-case basis
by the Commission, has been established.
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