Master 500GT, Domestic Certificate

Master 500GT, Domestic applicants must hold one of the following Certificate of Competency:

• Master 150 GT, Domestic
  • if you hold a Master 150 you will also need to take SEN-Electronic Positioning System and SEN-Operational 
• Watchkeeping Mate, Near Coastal
  • if you hold a Watchkeeping Mate, Near Coastal you should already have Cargo Level 2
• Watchkeeping Mate
  • if you hold a Watchkeeping Mate, Near Coastal you should already have Cargo Level 2
• Chief Mate 500GT, Domestic

The applicant for the Master 500GT, Domestic Certificate of Competency must acquire (after successfully completing one of the certificates listed above) 12 months of sea time performing watchkeeping duties on a vessel(s) of at least 25 gross tonnage while the vessel is engages on voyages outside of sheltered waters.

According to the Marine Personnel Regulations, sea service is not a pre-requisite for enrolling in any certificate courses, but students are required to have the appropriate sea service in order to sit the General Seamanship oral exam at Transport Canada as the last step leading to certification.

Transport Canada-accredited Courses

• • MED STCW Basic Safety Training
  • MED STCW Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boat
  • MED STCW Advanced Firefighting
  • STCW Marine Advanced First Aid
  • Communications, Level 1**
  • Meteorology, Level 1**
  • Ship Management, Level 2
  • Engineering Knowledge, Level 1
  • Restricted Operator Certificate – Marine Commercial
  • Ship Construction & Stability Level 3
  • Cargo, Level 1*
  • SEN at the Management Level (Former SEN, Level 2). Students are required to hold valid SEN-EPS & SEN-O certificates.

* WMI offers Cargo, Level 2, which is an acceptable alternative for Cargo, Level 1 and prepares the student for the Master, 3000GT CoC.
** If not already obtained as part of the Master, 150GT or Watchkeeping Mate, Near Coastal CoC.

This program includes courses required to take the Transport Canada oral exam for the Master 500T certificate. Transport Canada issues Certificates of Competency upon successful completion of the oral examination.

This program does not require approval by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training. As such, this program has not been reviewed by PTIB.

The Master, 500GT Certificate of Competency is a minimum requirement for entry into the Pacific Pilotage Authority’s Marine Pilot Familiarization Program.

This program does not require approval by the Private Training Institution Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training. As such, PTIB did not review this program.