Kennedy Point Mari.me INTRODUCTION OUPV

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1 INTRODUCTION OUPV

2 OUPV is the first exam in a series that leads to a deck officers license, typically referred as a master or mates license: 25 ton, 50 ton, 100 ton, 200 ton, 500 ton, 1600 ton, and Unlimited. OUPV is the first hurtle in becoming a professional mariner. If you come up this way from small vessels to larger vessels this is called coming up the hawse- pipe.

3 Let s put this into perspec.ve. Most 100 ton captains work on private yachts, fishing vessels, commercial dive boats, OSV offshore supply vessels, dinner ships, and casino ships. They may serve as Captains, Mates, AB s or OS s in the deck crew depending upon job openings and sea-.me. Everyone working on a deck crew may hold a captain s license, the one with the most relevant sea-.me usually is the vessels Master.

4 A Captain is only a Captain when he or she has a ship to command, otherwise he or she holds a master s cer.ficate of a specified tonnage. OUPV Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels is the first step in moving up the ranks and onto larger vessels. OUPV introduces you to the art of seamanship.

5 The other op.on is to a\end an Academy, such as New York, Mari.me, (the oldest opera.ng mari.me college in America), or Maine Mari.me, Massachuse\s Mari.me, Texas Tech, California Mari.me, Annapolis Naval Academy, or Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy.

6 These Academies typically cost $120,000 and up. The longer it takes you, the more it costs. Many of the Academy s will allow you to keep going un.l you complete the program. The cost is about $40,000 to $50,000 a year. The average cadet comes out in 5 years $100,000 dollars in debt with student loans, even aber discoun.ng for military service wavers, and grants.

7 $120,000 to $150,000 and 4 or 5 years of difficult work and sea service on a training ship. Some colleges also offer the op.on of gecng a Masters Degree in 3 years. That is the cost to join this club. You are either willing to do the work and pay the price or you are not. Everyone who completes the program paid the price.

8 $120,000 tui.on saves you 7 to 10 years in requirements for sequen.al sea service.me. One way to move up in the merchant marine, without going into extensive debt, is to take your deck license up to 100 or 200 ton with all the STCW endorsements and then join the U.S. Coast Guard or U.S. Navy. If you have a USCG MMD, Master & Mate s Cer.ficate (Captain s license) or engineers license your.me on military ships can oben be applied toward the Captain s tonnage, or the AB, or Q- Med engineering. If you don t have an MMD, military.me doesn t count.

9 There are a number of ways to get into this game. If you hold a Captain s license and serve in the deck crew as an OS or AB you receive double sea-.me for all days served. Tug boat officers typically make $250 a day, small ship diesel engineers typically make $350 a day. A 100 ton Captain makes about $150 per day or owns his or her own business.

10 When you begin studying for your OUPV it is customary to study Chapman s as a training Manual.

11 As you move from 100 ton to 200 ton it is customary to Study Du\on s.

$or if you a\end an Academy You study$

12 Once you begin studying for your 1600 ton, or if you a\end an Academy You study Bowditch

13 The primary text that we use for this class is:

14 Rules of the Road: Sa.sfies Coast Guard Requirements for Carrying the rules On board your vessel.

15 Kennedy Point Mari.me Mug Book: The Academies have A book that first year Students (MUGS) are Required to learn, This is ours. Carry it with you all the Time. Try to memorize it!

16 Kennedy Point Mari.me Mug Book: I recommend you highlight This book and tab it. Zip- Lock it in a plas.c bag and keep it on the boat with you.

17 Tab These Sec.ons: Stability 30 Rules of the Road 115 Dock Lines 172 Check Lists 223 Publica.ons 229 Aids to Naviga.on 296 Plocng and Bearings 306 The Point System 308 Set & Drib 333 Marlinespike 371 Naviga.on 385 Weather 405 Time Zones 631

18 Kennedy Point Mari.me We use training chart - TR Chesapeake Bay

19 Requirements for the OUPV Near Coastal license: Minimum age 18 years Proof of US Ci.zenship or Legal Resident Birth Cer.ficate Social Security Card Three Character References Current Photo Iden.fica.on Card (Passport is best) Small Vessel Sea Service Form Current within 12 months First Aid/CPR Card Current within 12 months Medical Examina.on Current within 6 months approved Drug Screening TWIC (Transporta.on Worker Iden.fica.on Creden.al) card

20 Typical Physical Exam Report

22 Merchant Mariner Document

23 Kennedy Point Mari.me

27 Best iden.fica.on To use for gecng TWIC Kennedy Point Mari.me

28 Make and appointment online twicinforma(on.tsa.dhs.gov/twicinfo/schedule.jsp

29 First Aid and CPR is oben offered by the Fire Department

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