Course includes:
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Level
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Mandatory Transport Canada Certification
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Duration
3h
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Lessons
66
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Quizzes
5
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Certifications
Yes
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Language
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English
Francais
Canadian Boating Safety Course (PCOC)
Course Description
The Canadian Boating Safety Course (PCOC) prepares recreational boaters to meet Transport Canada's proof-of-competency requirements for operating a motorized pleasure craft in Canada.
Based on Transport Canada boating safety requirements, this online course helps students prepare for the accredited boating safety test and learn the essentials of safe boat operation.
Students review operator responsibilities, pre-departure preparation, required safety equipment, safe navigation and sharing waterways, preventing unsafe situations, and emergency response.
After completing the course and passing the required test, students can obtain a Pleasure Craft Operator Card, the most common proof of competency for Canadian recreational boaters.
Course Curriculum
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Introduction
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Operator competency
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Boating safety course
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Age-horsepower restrictions
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Pleasure craft and merchant ships
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Laws, regulations and code
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The operator's legal responsibilities
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Boat Ownership Responsibility, Abandoned, Dilapidated, and Wreck Boats
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Operating in areas close to whales and whale sightings
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Criminal code of Canada
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Canada shipping ACT 2001
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Infractions - Enforcement
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Small vessel regulations
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Chart and nautical publication regulations
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Pleasure craft licensing and registration
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Collision regulations
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Hull Identification requirements
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Compliance notices (formerly called Canadian capacity plates / labels)
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Defining the components of a craft
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Quiz: Introduction and Laws
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Safety
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Operator fatigue
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Sunburn, prevention and treatments; Heat exhaustion
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Boat operation while under the influence of alcohol or drugs
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Safety equipment
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Personal lifesaving appliances
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Vessel Safety Equipment
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Visual signals
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Sound-Signalling Devices
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Sound-Signalling Appliances
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Fire extinguisher
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Regulations regarding small crafts
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Radio Beacon indicator & Radar Reflector
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Other Exceptions to Equipment Requirements
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Minimum safety equipment requirements by boat type and length
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Quiz: Security Equipment
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Navigating on the water
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Navigation aids
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System for lateral buoys
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The fairway buoy
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The isolated danger buoy
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The cardinal buoy system
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Posted command signs or warning signs include:
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Special buoys
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Collision regulations
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Speed and safety
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The weather forecast
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Navigating responsibility
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Wind speed and weather warning forecast
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Local hazards
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Trip plan
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Quiz: On The Water
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Emergency procedures and communications
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Other distress signals
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Hull leak or other emergencies
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Recovering a person overboard
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Overturned, submerged, shipwrecked, grounded or mechanical breakdown
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Capsizing
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Running aground
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Surviving in cold water and hypothermia
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Navigation light signals
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The effect of alcohol on boating safety
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Water-skiing
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Navigating responsibility
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The environment concerns us all
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Annexes
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Quiz: In Case Of Emergency