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Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

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Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Safe Manning) Regulations, 2021

Part 2 : Assessment

13. Training equivalent to approved seagoing service

 

(1) Subject to this regulation, the Authority may consider and approve shore based simulator training to be equivalent to a portion of sea service towards certificates of competency contemplated in regulations 28, 30 and 51.

 

(2) The approval of shore based sea service simulator training in lieu of a portion of approved seagoing service referred to in subregulation (1) applies only to training programmes approved under Part 4 of these Regulations and such training shall be part of that training programme.

 

(3) The shore based simulator training shall not exceed a quarter of the required approved seagoing service as part of an approved training programme.

 

(4) Sea service simulator training may be accredited separately from the training programme.

 

(5) The Chief Examiner shall determine the extent of recognition of simulator sea service training towards the total required seagoing service for a certificate of competence. The Chief Examiner will also determine the ratios of recognition of simulator sea service towards normal sea service.

 

(6) Details of the arrangements made under this regulation shall be reported as early as practicable to the Secretary-General of the IMO who shall circulate such particulars to all Parties.