You will need this certificate if you are the master of a vessel, and you intend to navigate a vessel over 35 metres in length through a prescribed compulsory pilotage area. Prescribed areas include:
- Port Adelaide
- Port Augusta
- Port Bonython
- Port Giles
- Port Lincoln
- Port Pirie
- Thevenard
- Wallaroo
- Whyalla.
Pilotage exemption certificates exist for the following categories:
- category 1 - vessels up to 65 metres in length
- category 2 - vessels up to 155 metres in length
- category 3 - vessels up to 185 metres in length.