1625-0086 Stat/Authority

46 CFR 401.211 (up to date as of 8/22/2025)
Requirements for training of Apprentice Pilots and Limited Registration...

46 CFR 401.211 (Aug. 22, 2025)

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Title 46 —Shipping
Chapter III —Coast Guard (Great Lakes Pilotage), Department of Homeland Security
Part 401 —Great Lakes Pilotage Regulations
Subpart B —Registration of Pilots
Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2104(a), 6101, 7701, 8105, 9303, 9304; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4, paragraphs
(II)(92)(a), (d), (e), (f).

§ 401.211 Requirements for training of Apprentice Pilots and Limited Registration
Authorization.
(a) The Director will determine the number of Apprentice Pilots required to be in training by each association
authorized to form a pilotage pool in order to assure an adequate number of United States Registered
Pilots.
(b) No Apprentice Pilot will be selected for training unless:
(1) The individual meets the requirements and qualifications set forth in paragraphs (a)(1) through (4),
(6), (8), and (9) of § 401.210;
(2) The individual must not have reached the age of 60; and
(3) The individual possesses a Radar Observer-Unlimited endorsement on their MMC in accordance with
§ 11.480.
(c) For purpose of determining whether an applicant meets the experience requirements contained in §
401.210(a)(1), not more than 12 months of “comparable experience” may be used in fulfilling the
24-month experience requirement.
(d) The Director must approve the United States Registered Pilots or Temporary Registered Pilots designated
by the authorized pilot organization to provide training to those Pilots in training to be United States
Registered Pilots.
(e) Persons desiring to be considered as an Apprentice Pilot must file with the Director a completed
Application Form CG-4509 by email to: [email protected]; or by mail to: Great Lakes Pilotage
Office, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE, Mail Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509. Upon the request
of the Director, the person desiring to be considered as an Apprentice Pilot must submit two full-face
passport style photographs, signed on the photo, vertically, as close to the head as possible.
(f) Applicants meeting the minimum requirements of this section who are both selected by the association
and approved by the Director will be issued a U.S. Coast Guard Apprentice Pilot Identification Card. Such
Card is valid until such time as:
(1) The expiration of a term determined by the Director;
(2) The Apprentice Pilot is registered as a Pilot under § 401.210;
(3) The Apprentice Pilot withdraws from the training program; or
(4) The card is ordered withdrawn by the Director.

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46 CFR 401.211 (up to date as of 8/22/2025)
Requirements for training of Apprentice Pilots and Limited Registration...

46 CFR 401.211(g)

(g) The Apprentice Pilot must have a Director-approved individual training plan. The Apprentice Pilot, along
with the pilot association, will record all their round trips, as per their individual training plan, and provide
this information to the Director for review. Round trips completed as an Apprentice Pilot will count toward
Full Registration.
(h) The appropriate pilot association must complete a Semi-annual Performance Evaluation Report on the
Apprentice Pilot twice a year, to assess the Apprentice Pilot's progress in the approved U.S. Great Lakes
pilot training and qualification program at the established pilotage pool. The evaluation must be
submitted to the Director by August 15 and January 15 of each season. The report should provide a
recommendation to the Director on whether to keep the Apprentice Pilot in the training program.
(i)

The Apprentice Pilot must be enrolled in the association's chemical testing program. The chemical testing
program must meet the requirements of 46 CFR part 16. For the purposes of this part, the association is
deemed to be the Sponsoring Organization as defined in 46 CFR 16.105.

(j)

To facilitate the training of the Apprentice Pilot, the Director may authorize Limited Registration to the
Apprentice Pilot, upon the request from the pilot association. The Apprentice Pilot obtains a Limited
Registration by completing and recording the requirements set forth in § 401.220(b)(1). Limited
Registration periods will not exceed 6 months before the need to request a renewal; the specific period is
determined by the Director per 46 CFR 401.110(9). The Apprentice Pilot must maintain a favorable
performance evaluation via their Semi-annual Performance Evaluation Reports, and the Director must
determine a need for the Pilot. At any time, this authorization may be revoked at the discretion of the
Director.

(k) An Apprentice Pilot may be eligible for a Certificate of Registration, after:
(1) The mariner completes a Director-approved U.S. Great Lakes Pilot training and qualification program
in one of the Great Lakes' pilot associations;
(2) The appropriate pilot association gives the mariner a positive endorsement;
(3) The mariner passes the Director's exam; and
(4) The Director determines that the association needs an additional Pilot.
[29 FR 10465, July 28, 1964]

Editorial Note: For FEDERAL REGISTER citations affecting § 401.211, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which
appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.

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