Do you want your students to?

1. Drive a boat without colliding with other vessels.
2. Use mooring lines so that their boat does not drift away.
3. Look after their crew while boating.
4. Run their engine without damaging it.
5. Give information before they go so that someone can find them if they don’t return!
6. Depart a berth so that they don’t create problems for other boaties.
7. Rescue a person if they fall overboard.
8. Steer a boat in a straight line.
9. Stop the boat quickly in case of an emergency.
10. Return to a berth without damaging the boat.
11. Give information when they return so that a search party is not sent out to find them.
12. Anchor a boat so it does not float away.

Well the 12 trial tasks opposite may help.

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View the trial tasks*

Task 1:	Operate a boat safely	View
Task 2:	Vessel secure and suitable for use	View
Task 3:	Conduct a safety briefing	View
Task 4:	Motor is prepared and started safely	View
Task 5:	Skipper advises of voyage plan	View
Task 6:	Safely departing a berth	View
Task 7:	Safely retrieve man overboard	View
Task 8:	Use a transit to steer a steady course	View
Task 9:	Perform a controlled stop at 5 knots	View
Task 10:	Vessel is secured beside a berth	View
Task 11:	Skipper advises of safe return	View
Task 12:	Anchoring	View

Try out the exam checklist

Download the trial boating competency based practical exam checklist so you can practice before your exam.

Reference workbook

These tasks are designed to be used in conjunction with the National Powerboating Workbook 4th Edition recommended course notes

*Acknowledgement

• MTAQ has written permission form the Department of Transport Western Australia to reproduce these tasks on the MTAQ web site.