Learn about our oral exams and how to make a booking.

We have approved these courses if you want to qualify for a certificate under international training conventions.

If you are a Traditional Inhabitant of the Torres Strait and use your TIB to catch seafood and sell it, your boat is being used as a domestic commercial vessel. This page explains what that means, when you can use the TIB-specific exemption, and the steps you must follow to operate safely and legally.

On 3 August 1999 the Laura D’Amato, a 96,121 DWT Italian registered oil tanker, was berthed alongside at the Shell Gore Bay terminal in Sydney discharging its cargo of Murban light crude oil.

We are Australia’s national maritime safety regulator for domestic commercial vessels that operate within Australian waters.

1. The criteria for the issue to a person of a trainee pilot licence are that the person: (a)  is entitled to work in Australia; and (b)  holds: 

General and practical information about the AMSA mandated practical assessment (AMPA), including how to perform the assessment.

Follow these steps if your RAV is no longer carrying out commercial operations outside the Australian Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ) or it's being brought to Australia to operate as a DCV.

Knowledge of regulations and duties will help you navigate safely on the seas.