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Pennsylvania Boater Safety Course & Exam Overview

Complete your boating safety course and obtain your Pennsylvania Boating Safety Education Certificate in three easy steps!

Step 1. Study the Pennsylvania Boating Safety Course Online

  • Cost: $34.95 + $10 state fee, paid after you pass the first chapter
  • Over 150 narrated and animated safe boating videos
  • Includes 40 interactive boating safety exercises
  • Take practice boating safety quizzes to prepare for the exam
  • Covers 100% of the Pennsylvania Boating Safety Exam material

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Step 2. Take the Pennsylvania Boating Safety Test

  • 60 multiple-choice visual exam questions
  • 80% required to pass (48 correct answers)
  • Graded immediately, review your wrong answers!

Step 3. Get your Pennsylvania Boating Safety Education Certificate

  • Print a temporary card immediately - go boating right away!
  • Permanent Card issued by the PFBC, arrives in the mail within 4-6 weeks.

Pennsylvania Boating License or Boating Safety Certificate...is there a difference?

The boater education card is proof that you have successfully completed a boating safety course. The boater education card does not expire and does not need to be renewed. Therefore, it is NOT a Pennsylvania Boating License!