Recfishwest Policy
Competency Based Boat Training

Recfishwest in principle supports the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure decision announced 26 April 2004 to introduce a compulsory system of boat operator training, but Recfishwest is opposed to any form of licensing, instead preferring a certification system for proof of competency.

Further that, any introduction of Competency Based Boat Training must give due regard to the need for exemptions for operators to undertake compulsory training who are able to demonstrate an agreed level of prior learning and that any such demonstration requirements must be simple and easy to administer such as, for example, provision of a statutory declaration of relevant experience, perhaps in contribution with a computer administered questionnaire.







This page last updated on 8 April 2005.