So here’s my timeline:
Accrue 360 days of sea time in the 5 years leading up to expiration.
8 months prior to expiration, apply for renewal. (But no later than 1 year after expiration.)
Apply for and receive TWIC
TBD – Finished CPR / First Aid training
TBD – Completed Drug Test and Physical (expect Medical Card 3 months later)
TBD – Submitted Application Packet to the USCG
TBD – Received Mariner’s Medical Card in the mail
TBD – Received Captains License in the mail
Here’s the application content submitted to the Coast Guard:
Form CG-719S (Sea Time)
TWIC Card
Form CG-719K (Physical)
Form CG-719P (Drug Test)
First Aid and CPR Certificate
Vessel Documentation
Receipt of payment
Form CG-719B (Application)
This MMC Application Checklist helps: MMC-Application-Checklist.pdf
The Details:
Sea Time requirements to renew the OUPV Near Coastal:
360 days on the water (4 hour minimum per day) within the past 5 years.
(Or open-book exercise)
(Or complete approved refresher training course)
(Or proof of working in certain instructor capacities)
Must include vessel documentation if you are the owner.
Otherwise, need the captains signature for each vessel served on.
Go to the USCG NMC site for the current form CG-719S (http://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/NMC/pdfs/forms/CG_719S.pdf)
TWIC:
Renewing the TWIC is exactly the same as getting an original.
Fill out a form online, make an appointment at your nearest application center, and show up with your Passport (or Driver’s License and Birth Certificate) and $128 fee.
They will collect fingerprints and a photo and mail the TWIC Card to you within a month.
Apply here: https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic
Choose “Enroll” when you get to that choice.
Physical and Drug Test:
Same process as the original.
Search around for a medical clinic that does Mariner’s Physicals.
Medical Corner by the Honolulu Airport is very familiar with CG-719K and P.
Be sure to bring the printed forms ready to be filled out.
Form CG-719K (Physical) – http://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/NMC/pdfs/forms/CG_719K.pdf
Form CG-719P (Drug Test) – http://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/NMC/pdfs/forms/CG_719P.pdf
$90 for both the Physical and Drug Test.
The Drug test results will be sent directly to the Coast Guard, but keep the Physical paperwork for the application packet.
First Aid and CPR:
Same process as the original.
Red Cross has a program which works very smoothly. I completed the online training and then scheduled the hands-on portion, easy peasy. The certificate was emailed to me a few hours after completing the hands-on portion.
$110
First Aid/CPR/AED: http://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/first-aid
Vessel Documentation:
(If all sea time was accrued on your own boat)
Fees:
When handing in the application packet at the USCG station, they told me to pay online and email the receipt back. But it’s easier to just pay online and have the receipt ready to turn in then and there.
From the NMC site: http://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/National-Maritime-Center-NMC/fees/
$50 for the “Renewal – Officer ” application to be evaluated, and
$45 for issuance of the certificate.
Total payment of $95 goes to Pay.gov https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/4795779/, print the receipt, good to go.
Application Form:
Apply between 8 months prior to expiration to 1 year after expiration. Renewal will be issued with a post date matching your current MMC expiration.
Mark Renewal/Officer under Requested Credential.
From the NMC site: http://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/NMC/pdfs/forms/CG_719B.pdf
