(a) In order to prevent delays in the apprenticeship and branching of bar pilots, the commission shall when necessary maintain a register of applicants containing no more than nine applicants for apprenticeship, who must be not less than 18 years of age.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 33-4-31

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) Applicants for apprenticeship from the register of applicants will be considered by the commission for apprenticeship in order of their seniority which shall be based upon the date of completion of all requirements to be a bar pilot except apprenticeship, application to be a pilot, passage of the commission’s written examination and branch, which requirements are set out in subdivisions (2), (3) and (5) of Section writing accompanied by certificate and affidavit; branching or licensing according to seniority” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2020″ statecd=”AL” title=”33″>33-4-34.
(c) No person may commence his or her apprenticeship unless the commission finds that (i) the applicant meets all statutory requirements for apprenticeship required by subsection b above, and (ii) there is a need for an apprentice.
(d) An apprentice must, in order to complete the apprenticeship, (i) complete, to the satisfaction of the commission, at least six months as an apprentice pilot or (ii) make, to the satisfaction of the commission, at least 50 round trips with a branched pilot on vessels in Mobile Bay which are subject to the statutory requirement of compulsory pilotage, whichever first occurs.
(e) No person may be selected for apprenticeship prior to his or her twenty-first birthday.
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