Sec. 13.201  Qualifying for a commercial operator license or 
          endorsement.

    (a) To be qualified to hold any commercial radio operator license, 
an applicant must have a satisfactory knowledge of FCC rules and must 
have the ability to send correctly and receive correctly spoken messages 
in the English language.
    (b) An applicant must pass an examination for the issuance of a new 
commercial radio operator license, other than the Restricted 
Radiotelephone Operator Permit and the Restricted Radiotelephone 
Operator Permit-Limited Use, and for each change in operator class. An 
applicant must pass an examination for the issuance of a new Ship Radar 
Endorsement. Each application for the class of license or endorsement 
specified below must pass, or otherwise receive credit for, the 
corresponding examination elements:
    (1) First Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate.
    (i) Telegraphy Elements 3 and 4;
    (ii) Written Elements 1, 5, and 6;
    (iii) Applicant must be at least 21 years old;
    (iv) Applicant must have one year of experience in sending and 
receiving public correspondence by radiotelegraph at a public coast 
station, a ship station, or both.
    (2) Second Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate.
    (i) Telegraphy Elements 1 and 2;
    (ii) Written Elements 1, 5, and 6.
    (3) Third Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate.
    (i) Telegraphy Elements 1 and 2;
    (ii) Written Elements 1 and 5.
    (4) General Radiotelephone Operator License: Written Elements 1 and 
3.
    (5) Marine Radio Operator Permit: Written Element 1.
    (6) GMDSS Radio Operator's License: Written Elements 1 and 7.
    (7) GMDSS Radio Maintainer's License: Written Elements 1, 3, and 9.
    (8) Ship Radar Endorsement: Written Element .
[5 8 FR 9124 , Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at  59 FR 3795 , Jan. 27, 1994]