HAR §16-96-25. Requirements for deputy port pilot license

(a) An applicant for a deputy port pilot license shall file an application with the director at least sixty days prior to a scheduled deputy port pilot examination. The applicant shall: (1) Be eighteen years of age or older; (2) Possess a current United States coast guard license as master of steam and motor vessels of any gross tonnage upon oceans issued by the United States coast guard; (3) Possess a United States coast guard endorsement as a first-class pilot for all deep draft harbors where pilot services are provided in the State; and (4) Possess the following experience: (A) Four years of ocean or coastwise service as a licensed deck officer, including at least one year as chief officer, on vessels of one thousand or more gross tons; or (B) Two years of ocean or coastwise service as a licensed deck officer on vessels of one thousand gross tons or more, plus one year of pilot service, docking registered or enrolled vessels of at least five thousand gross tons; and (C) The requirement to have served at least one year as chief officer may be substituted on a month-for-month basis by experience as a master of tugs, engaged in docking and undocking vessels of five thousand gross tons or more; and (D) A minimum of fifty round trips in and out of Honolulu harbor to and from the various piers as an observer. Twenty-five of these trips shall have been on vessels over five thousand gross tons and at least ten shall have been during hours of darkness. (b) The applicant shall submit a certificate of physical examination, dated no earlier than sixty days prior to the date of filing, and pass a written examination approved by the director and administered by the department. [Eff 10 7/30/81; am and comp 12/2/89; comp 8/20/90] (Auth: HRS §462A-3) (Imp: HRS §462A-3)