Here’s a question for those more experienced and knowledgeable than I.
I am in the final stages of completing my paperwork for my OUPV
license, but I do not intend on using it commercially. I am considering going for my 100 tonne licensed master next; however, I am concerned about the random drug test component. The reason is not that I use illegal substances (I don’t). It is that my wife and I spend several months each year cruising in the
Eastern Caribbean. If I receive a notice to submit a drug test, and I am moored off the coast of
Saba (or some place much more remote), how would that unfold?
It is also my understanding that I do not need to be enrolled in a random drug screening program if I am not going to use my OUPV commercially. Is that correct? Is the same true if I were to hold a 100 tonne
license but did not use it commercially?