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    • About
      • About Us
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      • Forms/Directories
    • Become a pilot!
      • Next Exam
      • Requirements
      • Process Overview
      • Piloting in WA State
      • Events & Resources
      • 2026 Exam Resources
    • Safety
      • Boater Safety
      • Pilot Transfer Safety
    • DEI
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      • Rulemaking
      • Tug Escort Rulemaking
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Washington State 
Board of Pilotage Commissioners
  • Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • Contact
    • Forms/Directories
  • Become a pilot!
    • Next Exam
    • Requirements
    • Process Overview
    • Piloting in WA State
    • Events & Resources
    • 2026 Exam Resources
  • Safety
    • Boater Safety
    • Pilot Transfer Safety
  • DEI
  • Rules & Regulations
    • Rulemaking
    • Tug Escort Rulemaking
    • Number of Pilots
    • RCW 88.16.180
  • Pilotage Exemptions
  • Meetings
  • Communications

It's your time! Take the next exam on April 13, 2026 and join us as a Washington State Pilot!

Applications open November 13, 2025

2026 Exam Resources

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2026 Knowledge-Based Test Preliminary Bibliography (pdf)

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About a Psychometrics

Psychometrics

Job Task Analysis (JTA)

Psychometrics

"A branch of psychology concerned with the qualification and measurement of mental attributes, behavior, performance, and the like, as well as with the design, analysis , and improvement of the tests, questionnaires, 

and other instruments used in such measurement." 

- APA Dictionary of Psychology, 2019

Validity

Job Task Analysis (JTA)

Psychometrics

"The degree to which empirical evidence and theoretical rationales support the adequacy and appropriateness of conclusions drawn from some form of assessment,"

- APA Dictionary of Psychology, 2019

Job Task Analysis (JTA)

Job Task Analysis (JTA)

Job Task Analysis (JTA)

"Develops a comprehensive list of skills needed for successful pilotage; determines test specifications including type of assessment, format, number of items, and length of time; develops the test blueprint, which outlines how many test questions are needed for each content area." - Dainis, Amanda M., To Validity and Beyond!: A Handbook for Credentialing Exams, 2021 

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