---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 140.645"
title: "46"
number: "140.645"
heading: "Navigation safety training."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/140.645"
---

# §140.645. Navigation safety training.

- (a) Prior to assuming duties related to the safe operation of a towing vessel, each crewmember must receive training to ensure that they are familiar with:
  - (1) Watchstanding terms and definitions;
  - (2) Duties of a lookout;
  - (3) Communication with other watchstanders;
  - (4) Change of watch procedures;
  - (5) Procedures for reporting other vessels or objects; and
  - (6) **Watchstanding safety.**
- (b) Crewmember training must be recorded in the TVR, official logbook, or in accordance with the TSMS applicable to the vessel.
- (c) Credentialed mariners holding Able Seaman or officer endorsements will be deemed to have met the training requirements in this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3103, 3301, 3306, 3308, 3316, 8104, 8904; 33 CFR 1.05; DHS Delegation 0170.1.

### Source

Source: USCG-2006-24412, 81 FR 40101, June 20, 2016, unless otherwise noted.