Section 3.17 - Apprentice Training Program(1) The term of apprentice training for every trainee shall be a minimum of one year.(2) While serving as trainee, the individual must:(a) on a regular basis working a normal work week, ride vessels with at least majority of the then Commissioned Pilots, on every route, and during ebb and flood tides, day and night, in various weather conditions, on various sizes and types of vessels, all to the extent feasible and consistent with the prevalent trade patterns in the ports of District Two. Trainee to keep log of such particulars as required in 995 CMR 3.17(2)(a) and submit to the Commissioner upon request.(b) for each transit, pilots are required to fill out a Trainee Evaluation Card. Cards to be retained by trainee and submitted to the Commissioner on a monthly basis with a copy to be retained in the Pilot Office.(3) During each vessel movement to which a trainee pilot is assigned, the Commissioned Pilot will be required, in addition to other normal pilotage duties, to assist the trainee pilot in observation, learning, and discipline and to teach skills and furnish information relevant to pilotage.(4) Each Commissioned Pilot is required: (a) to observe each trainee during training voyages; and(b) to report to the Commissioner in writing at the conclusion of each six month period of training the progress of said trainee and the potential of said trainee to become a fully Commissioned Pilot.(5) Each trainee may be terminated from that status in the event that:(a) the trainee fails to satisfy physical or mental health requirements for a federal license or for a Commission;(b) the trainee fails to obtain the requisite reports from Commissioned Pilots evidencing skill and potential to be a fully Commissioned Pilot which are satisfactory to the Commissioner.(6) Upon successful conclusion of the required term as a trainee, a trainee shall be considered qualified to file application as an apprentice for a Warrant Pilot Commission. As a trainee approaches the conclusion of their minimum one year training, they will be examined by the Pilot Commissioner and obtain the approval of the Boston Marine Society Trustees, so they can receive their Warrant Commission and begin work promptly. This is contingent upon receiving the final report required by 995 CMR 3.08(1)(i) and fully competing their minimum of one year training.(7) A Warrant Pilot must successfully complete 12 round tips, three on vessels over 350 gross tons, all trips under the direction of a Commissioned District Two State Pilot. Each transit shall have a written evaluation, signed by both the apprentice and State Pilot then submitted to the Pilot Commissioner.Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1488, eff. 2/3/2023.