Boatman
Pay attention:
When you sign up for the Practical Training Boatman, you will do the Basic Safety Training Deksman later.
After you sign up and pay, you will receive a learning agreement. With this agreement and a medical certificate from a recognized doctor, you can apply for a service booklet (with stamp Lichtmatroos).
You must complete the Basic Safety Training Deksman before the practical exam. The cost (€ 390) is not included.
Edumar is recognized by the CBR to train boatman NL: matroos according to the European directive.
After completing the training course and the practical test, the result is sent to the CBR.
The candidate receives a certificate of the ‘Practical Boatman exam’, from the CBR. With this certificate, the candidate can have the qualification of boatman NL: matroos in the Service Booklet NL: dienstboekje at the SAB. With this, the candidate is officially qualified as a boatman NL: matroos on European inland waterways.
Study guide
What can you do with it?
After finishing the Boatman Inland Navigation training, you can start working right away on inland vessels.
This training opens the door to a career in inland navigation, with options to grow into jobs like helmsman or captain.
Content training
You learn all the basic skills to work safely and responsibly on board.
You practice working on deck, helping with loading and unloading, doing maintenance, and helping with navigation.
Ways
There are two ways to become a boatman NL: matroos:
Route 1: Boatman – 90 sailing days and 9 months
You complete portfolio tasks and take a practical exam.
Route 2: Boatman with sailing time
You complete portfolio tasks and take a practical exam to show your boatman skills.
Entry requirements – Route 1: Boatman – 90 sailing days and 9 months
To start this route, you must:
Be at least 17 years old, and
Meet one of these conditions:
5 years of work experience (any kind of job)
A 3-year vocational education
500 sea days as deck crew on a seagoing vessel
You also need an inland shipping service record book.
Your sailing days and trips are written down in this book.
With the registration paper of this route and a medical check, you can ask the SAB for a service record book.
Entry requirements – Route 2: Boatman with sailing time
Have an inland navigation service record book with sailing time
You may also have a seaman’s book with sailing time from sea, coastal, or fishing vessels
To receive the Boatman qualification, you must show the SAB that you:
Have 360 days of sailing time on inland vessels, or
Have 180 days of inland sailing time + 250 sea days, and
Are at least 18 years old.
The practical test
The practical exam is organized by Edumar on board the training vessel ms HORIZON.
During the exam, you do several practical tasks on board. You show what you can do and explain your work.
There is no separate theory exam, but the examiner will ask questions while you work.
The examiner checks your skills and knowledge.
Costs
- €1095,-
This price includes:
- A paper workbook with all course information, portfolio tasks, and learning materials
- A reader with clear explanations for the trainee boatman
- 12 months of support from the Edumar coaching team
- One practical exam (skill test)
- A certificate of participation and a “light boatman” sticker for your service record book (only for Route 1: 90 sailing days and 9 months)
For the route Boatman with sailing time, we cannot give the “light boatman” sticker, but you will receive a certificate of participation.
