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 OUPV Upgrade to Masters 100-Ton Up
Credit: 2 - 24 hours
Course fee: $335 Online ($295 if taken after Explorer's Guides OUPV class).
Time: Ideally course should be completed within four weeks
Materials: Manual and stability Manual are downloaded from site.
Registration: Use online registration or call 800-487- 6029
Course Format: Classroom and Online
The 24-hour Masters 100 Ton Upgrade provides an opportunity to those with a valid OUPV License to raise their grade to a Masters. The license allows you to operate both inspected vessels and uninspected vessels. It is required by the USCG for any inspected vessel certified to carry more than 6 passengers for hire.
Course includes all course materials, instruction, Student Manual, exams, and Certificate of Completion. No traveling to the Regional Exam Center for U.S.C.G. exams
The 100-Ton Masters License is for vessels with a gross tonnage up to 100 tons. The licenses are issued according to the tonnage of the vessel you gained your sea service on. These include 25 ton, 50 ton and 100 ton.
Tonnage calculation for Masters License;
For 50 Ton Masters you need one day on a vessel over 5 net tons.For 100 ton Masters you need EITHER:
1) Maximum tonnage on which 25% of required experience obtained, OR 2) 150% tonnage on which at least 50% of experience obtained.So for a 100 ton license Inland or Great Lakes you need 90 days (25% of 360) on a vessel over 50 tons or 180 days on a vessel of at least 34 tons.
Double for Near Coastal
The licenses are issued for specific routes such as Inland Waters, Great Lakes, or Near Coastal. Again this is dependent on your sea service records.
As this is an upgrade, you need to have a valid OUPV license. Many mariners will take the OUPV first, then upgrade within a year to the Masters. There are two exams. If you have not taken a Rules of the Road exam within the last year, you will need to retake that at the end of the class with the other exams.
The USCG website provides the detailed requirements for each license. Here are the minimum items for the 100-Ton Masters Upgrade
*Master of Inland and Great Lakes: 360 days underway experience since age 15; with 90 in the last 3 years on the Great Lakes
*Master Near Coastal: 720 days underway experience since age 15 with 90 in the last 3 years; 360 of those 720 days outside the boundary lines.
With an Explorer's Guide U.S.C.G.-approved 100-Ton Masters Upgrade Course, all testing fees are included. In addition, you receive detailed instruction on the required topics to make you a responsible and safe U.S.C.G. Licensed Captain. That knowledge makes taking the exams much easier
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