COMMERCIAL MARINE RADIO LICENCES

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Marine Radio Operator's Certificate of Proficiency (LROCP).

HF marine radio is used for long distance communication.  Cruising yachties, Coast Guard and commercial operators are the main groups that need this qualification.  This licence includes the VHF qualification. 

Minimum age for licences is 16 years. This is the professional as well as recreational qualification.

The course combines the VHF material with extra material on MF/HF for 6 hours of instruction and a test paper with a time limit of one hour. 

The Marine Radio Operator's Handbook is available only in hard copy from 

http://www.amc.edu.au/handbooks for about $50.00.  You buy this yourself for preliminary study and later reference.  Recommended if you have some experience in formal radio.  Highly recommended if you are new to radio.

The classroom portion will cost $100.00.  The testing portion will cost $100.00 (subject to change) paid to the University of Tasmania..

Please ask for the next course.  It is run as required.

Marine Radio Operator's VHF Certificate of Proficiency (SROCP).

Courses on VHF only are done on a needs basis. VHF marine radio is mainly used in North Queensland and Far North Queensland in private boats.  The default channel on VHF is Ch 16. The local repeater will be 21, 22, 80, 81 or 82.

You should have a licence to be legal.  See above for details for the commercial licence for VHF only.  

For recreational boaties the Australian Wireless Qualification is more suitable.  Google, and find an RTO that provides it

If you are interested in doing the commercial courses contact Gordon.  Courses are run as required.

The instructor, Gordon Tuffley, has held the higher qualification since 1993 and has owned two MF/HF station licences.