Training Requirements Following an Interruption in Harbormaster Service

(1) The employing authority is responsible for notifying the Council if any harbormaster who has undergone an interruption in harbormaster service of one or more years during which the harbormaster has not exercised harbormaster powers substantially equivalent to those of a Massachusetts harbormaster at a comparable level of experience, or any harbormaster who has failed to complete in-service training, is seeking to exercise harbormaster powers. (2) Before such an individual may exercise harbormaster powers, the harbormaster must conform to the following standards: (a) If the harbormaster has had an interruption in service of one to two years or has failed to complete required in-service training for one to two years, the harbormaster must: 1. Be compliant with M.G.L. c. 111, § 201 (first-aid and CPR); and 2. Complete the current annual in-service training approved by the Council within 90 days after the interruption in service ends; and 3. Complete all required updates for reserve-intermittent training pursuant to MPTC policies. 16.08: continued (b) If the harbormaster has had an interruption in service of two to five years or has failed to complete required in-service training for two to five years, the harbormaster must: 1. Be compliant with M.G.L. c. 111, § 201; and 2. Successfully complete, within 90 days, all Council in-service exams and training programs not taken and passed during the period of interruption; and 3. Complete all required updates for reserve-intermittent training pursuant to MPTC policies; and 4. Complete any additional training required by the employing authority, including but not limited to field training programs. (c) If the harbormaster has had an interruption of five or more years or has failed to complete required in-service training for five or more years, the harbormaster must complete the entire initial harbormaster training program.