The regulation where it's required that the time aboard needed to keep your certificate once you've got your certificate as captain, mate, whatever. The time requirement at present is a total of 360 days over a five-year period or a continuous 90 days in the last year. This is a problem within our inland domestic industry. Our season runs approximately 120 days. If you have a past employee who holds a certificate of competency for either captain or mate, and now has a full-time job but still would like to work part-time within the industry and they want to make themselves available when needed.... Most tours are on a short fixed route and don't change, as in our case on the Rideau Canal trip. It's only five kilometres. The route, the equipment, are always the same.
This is the same for our Ottawa River cruise. Each year, when an employee returns, they are refamiliarized with the safety features of the vessels and are required to perform all the drills as required, using the fire equipment as well as the bilge evacuation and evacuating passengers. This said, because they are available only part-time, they may only work a handful of times over the course of the season. Therefore they are not able to get the required time needed to keep up their certificates.