Division 1 Specific competences and assessment situations

The examination comprises two parts: one on journey planning and, a second one, on journey execution. The assessment for the journey execution shall take place in a single session. Each part of the examination consists of several elements.

For boatmasters, who have neither completed an approved training programme based on the standards of competence for the operational level nor passed an assessment of competence by an administrative authority aimed at verifying that the standards of competence for the operational level are met, the requirements are supplemented with the specific elements laid down in the standards set out in Section V (additional module on supervision in the context of the practical examination for obtaining a certificate of qualification as a boatmaster).

With respect to the content, the examination shall comply with the following requirements:

Journey planning

The part of the examination on journey planning comprises the elements listed in the table in Appendix 1. Elements are grouped in categories I and II according to their importance. 10 elements from each category shall be selected from that list and tested in the examination.

Journey execution

Applicants are required to demonstrate that they are capable of executing a journey. An indispensable precondition for that is that applicants handle the craft themselves. The individual elements to be tested can be found in the table in Appendix 2 and – unlike the journey planning part – all of them shall always be tested.

Examiners are free to decide about the content of each individual examination element.