Section 12 AAC 56.070 - Examinations(a) The examinations required by 12 AAC 56.026(a)(3), 12 AAC 56.026(k), 12 AAC 56.033(c), and 12 AAC 56.085(b)(3) for a license or endorsement will be offered at least once per year.(b) Both the written and the oral examination will cover the following topics: (1) international rules of the road;(2) seamanship, including shiphandling underway, docking and undocking, including use of tugs and anchors, and emergency procedures;(3) pilot safety and state pollution regulations;(4) rules and regulations, including all federal and state statutes and regulations, affecting the piloting of vessels in compulsory pilotage waters of Alaska;(5) pilot responsibilities, including duties of a pilot, relationship between master and pilot, practical operation of marine radar including plotting, and engine order and rudder commands for United States merchant vessels, United States naval vessels, and foreign merchant vessels; and(6) local knowledge of individual geographical areas, including routes from sea to port and port to port, change of course points and distances passed abeam, names and locations of landmarks, waterways and aids to navigation, tides and currents, weather, restricted areas and explosive anchorages, dredged channels, cable areas, and other anchorages, docks, and dangers.(c) The applicant must pass the core examination with a score of at least 75 before the applicant may take the local knowledge examination. The applicant will be tested on local knowledge of individual geographical areas under (b)(6) of this section for the region where the applicant seeks licensure, and must pass the examination with a score of at least 85 percent. An applicant may take the oral examination after the applicant has passed the written examination.(d) In addition to the other topics listed in this section, an applicant for licensure will be orally examined by the board on the(1) information provided with the license application;(2) applicant's conduct as a mariner; and(3) applicant's past safety record as a mariner.(e) The deputy marine pilot core examination required in 12 AAC 56.026(a) (3) consists of a written examination that covers the topics listed in (b)(1) - (5) of this section. The core examination may be administered and scored by the marine pilot coordinator. If the marine pilot coordinator administers the core examination, it will be given on a date and time to be determined by the marine pilot coordinator, after consultation with the applicant. If an applicant fails the deputy marine pilot core examination, the applicant may not retake the core examination for at least 60 days.(f) The regional local knowledge examination required in 12 AAC 56.026(k) consists of a written examination that covers the topics listed in (b)(6) of this section for the entire applicable pilotage region.Eff. 6/11/71, Register 38; am 6/1/72, Register 42; am 6/19/74, Register 50; am 11/14/80, Register 76; am 8/29/87, Register 103; am 7/26/90, Register 115; am 10/2/93, Register 127; am 7/15/95, Register 135; am 6/16/96, Register 138; am 8/9/97, Register 143; am 1/29/2009, Register 189; am 9/6/2024, Register 251, October 2024As of Register 149, April 1999, references to 12 AAC 56.030 and 12 AAC 56.040 were deleted by the regulations attorney from the text of 12 AAC 56.070(a), because 12 AAC 56.030 and 12 AAC 56.040 repealed by their own terms on January 1, 1999.
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AS 08.62.050