IALA Guideline No. 1080 - Guideline for Competent Pilotage Authorities and Pilotage Service Providers

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IALA Guideline No. 1080 sets requirements and guidance for competent pilotage authorities and pilotage service providers, covering governance, roles, and responsibilities. It defines key terms, provides references to relevant international instruments, and outlines general principles. The guideline specifies pilot entry requirements and selection, prerequisite and initial training, continued proficiency, and pilot certification or licensing, including theoretical knowledge, practical skills, and medical fitness. It also describes procedures for safe pilotage services, pilot requests, communications language, incident reporting, and quality management, with annexes including certification flow charts and sample documents.

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Pages36

Reading Time13 min

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Table of Contents

Index of Tables

Index of Figures

Guideline 1080 for Competent Pilotage Authorities and Pilotage Service Providers

Introduction

Definitions and Clarifications

References

General Considerations for Competent Pilotage Authorities

General Considerations for Pilotage Service Providers

Pilot Entry Requirements and Selection

Pilot Training

Pilot Certification or Licencing

Procedures for safe pilotage service

Identification of Pilot Boats

Quality Management System

Annex A - Flow Chart: Requirements for Pilot Certification

Initial comments by LAP shown with track changes but more time required for further consideration References are due to be updated by 15 October AISM Association Internationale de Signalisation Maritime IALA International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities 20 ter, rue Schnapper, 78100 Saint Germain en Laye, France Telephone: +33 1 34 51 70 01 Fax: +33 1 34 51 82 05 e-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:iala-aism@wanadoo.fr"iala-aism@wanadoo.fr Internet: HYPERLINK "http://www.iala-aism.org"www.iala-aism.org IALA Guideline No. 1080 For Competent Pilotage Authorities and Pilotage Service Providers Edition 1 December June 20102011 Document Revisions Revisions to the IALA Document are to be noted in the table prior to the issue of a revised document. Table of Contents TOC \o "3-3" \t "Heading 1,1,Heading 2,2,Title,1" Document Revisions PAGEREF _Toc291316751 \h 1 Table of Contents PAGEREF _Toc291316752 \h 3 Index of Tables PAGEREF _Toc291316753 \h 5 Index of Figures PAGEREF _Toc291316754 \h 5 Guideline 1080 for Competent Pilotage Authorities and Pilotage Service Providers PAGEREF _Toc291316755 \h 6 1 Introduction PAGEREF _Toc291316756 \h 6 1.1 Background PAGEREF _Toc291316757 \h 6 1.1.1 Pilotage PAGEREF _Toc291316758 \h 6 1.1.2 Harmonisation of pilotage services PAGEREF _Toc291316759 \h 7 1.2 Scope and Purpose PAGEREF _Toc291316760 \h 7 1.3 Content PAGEREF _Toc291316761 \h 8 1.4 Limitations PAGEREF _Toc291316762 \h 8 2 DEFINITIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS PAGEREF _Toc291316763 \h 9 3 References PAGEREF _Toc291316766 \h 10 3.1 IMO Documents PAGEREF _Toc291316767 \h 10 3.2 ILO Documents PAGEREF _Toc291316768 \h 10 3.3 IALA Documents PAGEREF _Toc291316769 \h 10 3.4 Other Documents PAGEREF _Toc291316772 \h 11 4 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR COMPETENT PILOTAGE AUTHORITIES PAGEREF _Toc291316800 \h 12 4.1 General Principles for a Competent Pilotage Authority PAGEREF _Toc291316801 \h 12 4.2 Role of the Competent Pilotage Authority PAGEREF _Toc291316802 \h 12 4.3 Responsibilities of the Competent Pilotage Authority PAGEREF _Toc291316803 \h 12 5 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR PILOTAGE SERVICE PROVIDERS PAGEREF _Toc291316804 \h 13 5.1 General Principles for a Pilotage Service Provider PAGEREF _Toc291316805 \h 13 5.2 Role of the Pilotage Service Provider PAGEREF _Toc291316806 \h 13 5.3 Role of the pilot PAGEREF _Toc291316807 \h 13 5.4 Responsibilities of the Pilotage Service Provider PAGEREF _Toc291316808 \h 13 6 Pilot ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND SELECTION PAGEREF _Toc291316809 \h 15 6.1 Entry requirements PAGEREF _Toc291316810 \h 15 6.1.1 Maritime experience PAGEREF _Toc291316811 \h 15 6.1.2 Maritime educational level PAGEREF _Toc291316812 \h 15 6.1.3 Medical fitness requirements PAGEREF _Toc291316813 \h 15 6.2 Selection process PAGEREF _Toc291316814 \h 16 6.2.1 Verification of entry requirements PAGEREF _Toc291316815 \h 16 6.2.2 Personal aptitude and suitability PAGEREF _Toc291316816 \h 16 6.2.3 Appointment of pilot trainees PAGEREF _Toc291316817 \h 16 7 Pilot TRAINING PAGEREF _Toc291316818 \h 17 7.1 Prerequisite training PAGEREF _Toc291316819 \h 17 7.2 Initial training PAGEREF _Toc291316820 \h 17 7.2.1 Basic Pilot training PAGEREF _Toc291316821 \h 17 7.2.2 Practical training PAGEREF _Toc291316822 \h 18 7.2.3 Additional Pilot training for special operations PAGEREF _Toc291316823 \h 18 7.3 Continued Proficiency Training PAGEREF _Toc291316824 \h 18 8 Pilot CERTIFICATION OR LICENCING PAGEREF _Toc291316825 \h 19 8.1 General PAGEREF _Toc291316826 \h 19 8.2 Pilot certificate or licence PAGEREF _Toc291316827 \h 19 8.2.1 Format of the pilot certificate or licence PAGEREF _Toc291316828 \h 19 8.3 Theoretical knowledge and practical skills PAGEREF _Toc291316829 \h 19 8.4 Medical fitness PAGEREF _Toc291316830 \h 21 8.5 Continued prof

FAQs

What is the purpose of IALA Guideline No. 1080?

It provides guidance and requirements for competent pilotage authorities and pilotage service providers, including principles, training, certification, and safe pilotage procedures.

What areas does the guideline cover for pilots?

It covers entry requirements and selection, prerequisite and initial training, continued proficiency, and pilot certification or licensing, including theoretical knowledge, practical skills, and medical fitness.

How does the guideline address safe pilotage service procedures?

It outlines procedures for requesting a pilot, boarding and disembarking, master–pilot information exchange, communications language, incident and accident reporting, and refusal of pilotage services.

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