59Unrestricted pilot licence criteria

59 Unrestricted pilot licence criteria

(1) The criteria for issue to a person of an unrestricted pilot licence, for a stated pilotage area, are that the person:

(a) holds a restricted pilot licence for the pilotage area; and

(b) holds a Certificate of Medical Fitness; and

(c) has, while performing the duties of a pilot holding a restricted pilot licence, completed the required number of transits to the satisfaction of AMSA.

(2) The criteria for issue to a person of an unrestricted pilot licence for the Whitsundays pilotage area are that the person:

(a) holds an unrestricted pilot licence for:

(i) the inner route pilotage area; or

(ii) the Hydrographers Passage pilotage area; and

(b) has completed, within the 5 years before the application, at least 2 transits in the Whitsundays pilotage area as a trainee pilot or an observer of the piloting of the vessel; and

(d) for a licence in the area permitting anchorage of passenger vessels in cruise ship anchorages:

(i) has proceeded to anchor and weighed anchor at least 2 times at 1 or more cruise ship anchorages that are designated anchorages in the Whitsundays pilotage area within the 5 years before the application; and

(ii) has completed the approved pilotage training course for Whitsunday Anchoring.

required number of transits means:

(a) for eligibility to hold an unrestricted pilot licence for the inner route pilotage area:

(i) 6 transits of the inner route pilotage area while holding a restricted licence with a draught limit of 11.5 m for the area; and

(ii) at least 1 transit mentioned in subparagraph (i) being an assessment transit on a vessel with a draught of at least 11 m with a check pilot nominated by AMSA; and

(b) for eligibility to hold an unrestricted pilot licence for the Hydrographers Passage pilotage area:

(i) 20 transits of the area while holding a restricted pilot licence for the area; and

(ii) at least 1 transit mentioned in subparagraph (i) being a check pilot voyage with a check pilot nominated by AMSA; and

(c) for eligibility to hold an unrestricted pilot licence for the Great North East Channel pilotage area:

(i) 6 transits of Torres Strait west of Alert Patches while holding a restricted licence for the area permitting piloting of vessels up to 11.5 m draught; and

(ii) at least 1 transit mentioned in subparagraph (i) being a check pilot voyage on a vessel with a draught of at least 11 m with a check pilot nominated by AMSA; and

(iii) 2 transits of the full extent of Great North East Channel pilotage area.