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| Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels Course (6-Pack License) for $645 - No added cost |
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Sailing Instructors, Dive Boat Operators, Assisted Towing Captains, Water Taxi Operators, Fishing Charter Captains, and anyone else who is on Federal navigable waters in a power driven vessel with passengers for hire must have at a minimum an OUPV License. The OUPV license lets you take 6 passengers for-hire plus crew on your vessel thus the nick name 6-pack. If you want to carry more passengers, you need a Masters license to operate an inspected vessel. The USCG website provides the detailed requirements for each license. Here are the minimum items for OUPV:
Your sea service determines the waters covered by the license. Normally it is issued for inland waters. You need 90 days of sea service in the last three years to work on the Great Lakes or Near Coastal areas. License Rejection - There are a few items that will exclude you from getting a license. One is being a convicted felon or having a drug related conviction. If these are a concern, we suggest you contact the R.E.C. first to see if they will permit you to get a license. A second item is color blindness. There are several different approved tests which you may be able to pass if you have a mild case of color blindness. The physical exam form list them. Why take our course versus going to the Regional Examination Center? Good question. The REC charges an examination fee of only $95, plus other licensing issuing fees, which you pay no matter where you take the exam. However, the REC's select from a pool of 22,000 questions, many of which can be challenging and ambiguous. Private school develops their own questions for USCG approval. The Explorer's Guide test questions are easy to understand, yet test the knowledge required. With an Explorer's Guide USCG approved OUPV 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. Why is this important? As the Master of the vessel you are responsible for everything because you know better. You were trained on the laws and safety issues. Just passing the exam does not mean you are a responsible and safe U.S.C.G. Licensed Captain. We take the time to teach you what is needed, not just to pass the exam. The USCG approval requires the instructor to provide a teaching syllabus of each lesson, a course outline, and course schedule. We include ours in the front of our student manual. You know exactly what is required to be taught. Course Fee is $645 which includes all course materials, instruction, charts, 250+ page student manual, five exams, and Certificate of Completion. No traveling to the Regional Exam Center for U.S.C.G. exams. No add-on costs. If our course schedule is not convenient, arrange your own group and call us at 1-800-487-6029 or use the registration form to outline your needs. |
Course Outline These are the topics required by the USCG and 46 CFR to be taught as part of an approved course.
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