Captain Qualifications & USCG Licenses
Assigning a charter to a captain who's free is easy. Assigning one who's free and holds the right license — and hasn't let it lapse — is what keeps you legal. EquipDash tracks your captains' USCG licenses alongside their other certifications and shows you who's cleared when you build a departure.
Record a captain's USCG licenses
Captains' licenses live with their other certifications on their staff record.
- Go to Staff, open the captain, and find Certifications.
- Add their USCG credentials — Master, OUPV, AB, Offshore Endorsement, Towing Endorsement — alongside First Aid / CPR, each with its expiry date.
Expired licenses are flagged everywhere a captain is used, so nothing slips by.
Tell a charter what it requires
On the charter experience, the Guide requirements card is where you list the licenses that trip needs (for example, USCG Master + Offshore Endorsement). This flags an unqualified captain — it doesn't hard-block you — so you always stay in control.
See who's qualified when you assign
When you assign a captain to a departure, the picker does the matching for you:
- Captains who hold every required license and are current are marked with a Captain badge — assign with confidence.
- Anyone missing a license, or holding an expired one, is flagged with the reason (e.g. "Offshore Endorsement expired") so you don't put them on the water by mistake.
Ask Dash AI
Try "Which captains have an offshore endorsement free Saturday?" — Dash AI reads the same license data and answers in plain English.