OOW Oral

This exam is the culmination of your examination for the Watchkeeping Mate Certificate of Competency. In order to sit for this exam you will need to have successfully completed all of the written exams, received certificates for the courses as set out in the Marine Personnel Regulations section 134 , and have your sea-time ratified.

The oral exam for the WKM and WKM Near Coastal will cover the same information.

This exam is conducted one on one with a Transport Canada examiner. The examiner will pose a problem, set up a scenario, or ask you questions about regulations, procedures, seamanship, etc. You must respond utilizing any aspect of the syllabus and whatever else you can draw on from training, experience or other examinations.

The exact format and organization will be entirely up to your examiner, and so we recommend that prior to sitting for either the Oral or Practical it is a good idea to speak with them. If you are able to let your examiner know where your experience and competence lies, then they should be able to help direct you to the areas of the syllabus that you will need to focus more effort on.

Basically, the examiner wants to make sure that you are a competent and knowledgeable candidate for the license, as such he/she can ask you any question about any subject within the scope of the watchkeeping mate syllabus.

Recommended Reading:

Review all recommended texts in the sections of each exam, as the same books will cover the necessary information for the Oral examination.