The IRB Program is an exciting summer job opportunity.

Students are first trained by the Coast Guard and then assigned to various Central Region Inshore Rescue Boat Stations to:

  • Perform search and rescue operations
  • Provide assistance to pleasure craft operator
  • Deliver public education on boating safety

Prerequisites:

  • Be a full-time post secondary student
  • Have a Restricted Radio Operator Certificate: Maritime
  • Have a standard first-aid certificate with a cardio-pulmonary
    resuscitation (CPR) Level C
  • Have a Pleasure Craft Operator Card
  • Have a valid Canadian driver’s license

Don’t have all the certificates? We can help you!
Contact us at: DFO.Inshore_Rescue_Boat@dfo-mpo.gc.ca