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If you are applying for a Coxswain grade 3 after holding an exemption 38, you must apply for a "new certificate", not a "renewal".
This certificate will allow you to:
This certificate will also allow you to:
To be eligible for a Coxswain grade 3 near coastal certificate you must:
For more information, select what you need to apply for below.
Coxswain grade 3 near coastal is a domestic certificate of competency issued under Marine Order 505 (Certificates of competency — national law) 2022.
These instructions are summary information only. We make decisions about seafarer certificates under Marine Order 505 (Certificates of competency — national law) 2022. This document has full details of the eligibility and other requirements for certificate applications.
Change your name on your certificate of competency
Replace your lost, stolen or damaged certificate of competency
To obtain this certificate you will need to:
Download the:
The Certificate of medical fitness for domestic seafarers form 1850 lets us know that you are medically fit for working at sea.
If you are colour blind, you will be restricted to working in daylight hours only.
Provide a medical practitioner with the Guidelines for the medical assessment of near coastal seafarers and have them fill out the Certificate of medical fitness for domestic seafarers form 1850.
If you have a current AMSA medical (Certificate of medical fitness form 303) you can use this instead.
You must submit your completed medical form with your Certificate of competency application form 426.
Applying using a recreational boat licence
If you hold a recreational boat licence, issued by a State or Territory, you do not need to complete any additional training.
Applying using other training
You can complete any one of the following:
If you have previously completed Exemption 38 training and assessment you will need to submit your final practical record of assessment.
You will need to submit your course completion certificate or statement of attainment with your Certificate of competency application form 426.
If you are applying using a recreational boat licence, issued by a State or Territory, you will need:
You need to submit at least one of the following as proof of qualifying sea service:
You do not need to submit sea service if you are applying using any of the following:
Read more about qualifying sea service.
You must also hold a:
If you do not hold these certificates, contact a registered training organisation.
To apply, complete and submit the Certificate of competency application form 426.
Read more about completing and submitting your application for a domestic certificate.
A Coxswain grade 3 near coastal certificate of competency is generally valid for five years. To keep working using your certificate you need to renew it every five years.
To renew your certificate you will need to:
You must complete a declaration of medical fitness on the Certificate of competency application form 426. This lets us know that you are still medically fit, and that your eyesight meets the necessary standard, to work at sea.
You do not need sea service to renew a Coxswain grade 3 near coastal certificate of competency.
If you currently hold an exemption 38, you must apply for a "new certificate", not a "renewal".
You must submit a copy of your:
To apply, complete and submit the Certificate of competency application form 426.
Read more about completing and submitting your application for a domestic certificate.
You may apply for the following endorsements to your certificate:
If you want to get this endorsement at the same time as your certificate, you can add this on your application form for a new certificate. You will need to include the sea service laid out below with your application.
If you are adding this endorsement to a current certificate you will need to:
You must complete a declaration of medical fitness on the Certificate of competency application form 426 This lets us know that you are medically fit and that your eyesight meets the necessary standard, to work at sea.
You need to show you have experience working in a deck, or deck and engineering, capacity on a ferry in chains. You must have completed:
You need to submit at least one of the following as proof of qualifying sea service:
Read more about qualifying sea service.
You must submit a copy of your:
To apply, complete and submit the Certificate of competency application form 426.
Read more about completing and submitting your application for a domestic certificate.
If you have this restriction on your certificate you may apply to have the restriction removed.
To remove this restriction, you will need to:
Download the:
The Certificate of medical fitness for domestic seafarers form 1850 lets us know that you are medically fit for working at sea and includes the eyesight requirements to let us know you are not colour blind.
If you are colour blind, we will not be able to remove your daylight hours restriction.
Provide a medical practitioner with the Standards for the medical assessment of domestic seafarers and have them complete the Certificate of medical fitness for domestic seafarers form 1850.
If you do not meet the colour vision requirements of the eyesight test you must also get the practitioner to provide a certificate or statement stating that you do not suffer any greater abnormality in colour vision than could be tested by the Ishihara Test.
If you have a current AMSA medical (Certificate of medical fitness form 303) you can use this instead.
You must submit your completed medical forms with your Certificate of competency application form 426.
You must submit a copy of your:
To apply, complete and submit the Certificate of competency application form 426.
Read more about completing and submitting your application for a domestic certificate.