Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110

§3007 Training and Physical Fitness

Title 33 › CHAPTER 43 — NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 3007

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can set up whatever training is needed so commissioned officers are ready for their jobs and have the right skills. This can include classroom and distance courses, a basic training program for new officer candidates, refresher and mid-career courses, aviation training, providing learning materials, and buying training equipment. The Secretary must make officers meet strong physical fitness standards that are basically the same as those for Coast Guard officers.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §3007

Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Training

The Secretary may take such measures as may be necessary to ensure that officers are prepared to carry out their duties in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration and proficient in the skills necessary to carry out such duties. Such measures may include the following:

(1)Carrying out training programs and correspondence courses, including establishing and operating a basic officer training program to provide initial indoctrination and maritime vocational training for officer candidates as well as refresher training, mid-career training, aviation training, and such other training as the Secretary considers necessary for officer development and proficiency.

(2)Providing officers and officer candidates with educational materials.

(3)Acquiring such equipment as may be necessary for training and instructional purposes.

(b)Physical fitness

The Secretary shall ensure that officers maintain a high physical state of readiness by establishing standards of physical fitness for officers that are substantially equivalent to those prescribed for officers in the Coast Guard.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 3007

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110