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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 4 : Training

82. Accelerated training programmes

 

(1) An accelerated training programme must contain a training plan that sets out the stages of the programme.

 

(2) The training plan must indicate, for each stage of the programme, the objectives and outcomes of the stage and how the outcomes will be achieved.

 

(3) The outcomes of each stage must take into account the relevant competencies  in the Training Standards Code for the certificate concerned.

 

(4) An accelerated training programme must—
(a) provide intensive and systematic practical training and experience in the duties and responsibilities associated with the kind of certification concerned;
(b) be conducted, supervised and evaluated by persons qualified in accordance with subregulations (5), and (6);
(c) provide appropriate periods, within the normal operational requirements of the ship, for the completion of onboard training; and
(d) provide for the keeping of comprehensive records in relation to training conducted under the programme.

 

(5) An accelerated training programme shall be overseen by a training officer who is qualified in the task for which the training is being conducted and who has a thorough understanding of the training programme and of the specific objectives for each type of training being conducted.

 

(6) A person assessing the competence of a candidate undergoing accelerated training shall—
(a) have an appropriate level of knowledge and understanding of the competencies to be assessed;
(b) be qualified in the task that is being assessed;
(c) have received appropriate training in assessment methods and practice; and
(d) if assessment involves the use of simulators, have gained practical assessment experience on the particular type of simulator under the supervision and to the satisfaction of an experienced assessor.

 

(7) Application for approval of an accelerated training programme shall be made in the form and manner as set out in the Quality Standards System of the Authority and must include the information and the documents specified in the said System.

 

(8) Ships carrying more than 12 cadets may be approved as training ships by the Authority if approved procedures, policies, training officers, accommodation and facilities are provided on such ships.

 

(9) Accelerated onboard training shall be recorded in an approved training record book.

 

(10) Every accelerated training programme approved by the Authority shall be published in a marine notice.