The training programmes are intended for the training and improvement of the qualifications of boatmasters and captains of leisure powerboats.
The programmes have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s European Inland Waterway Navigation Rules and the provisions on the training, acquisition of competence and the issuance, collection, and return of qualification documents for boatmasters of leisure motorboats and accredited by the Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration.
These courses can only be attended by persons who have reached the age of 18.
NATIONAL
The shipmaster’s qualification certificate entitles a person to operate a leisure motorboat without engine power limitations in the inland waters of the Republic of Lithuania, inland waterways and within the territorial sea (12 nautical miles from the shore). Those who have successfully passed the examinations are issued a shipmaster’s license valid only in the territory of Lithuania.
INTERNATIONAL
The shipmaster’s qualification certificate entitles a person to operate a leisure powerboat without engine power limitations. Those who successfully pass the examinations are issued with a shipmaster’s certificate valid for inland and sea waters. The certificate is valid in the waters of the countries of the European Union, Belarus, Norway, the Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine.
PRICE AND DURATION OF THE COURSE
TRAINING PROGRAMMES
– Training of persons seeking to acquire the right to operate leisure motorboats without engine power restrictions in the inland waters, inland waterways, and territorial sea of the Republic of Lithuania.
– Training of persons seeking to obtain the right to operate leisure motorboats without engine power restrictions in inland and sea waters.
– Improvement of qualifications of boatmasters who have been granted the right to operate leisure motorboats without engine power restrictions in the inland waters, inland waterways and territorial sea of the Republic of Lithuania, and who seek to acquire the right to operate leisure motorboats without engine power restrictions in inland and sea waters.