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

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Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations, 1999

Part 3 : Certification requirements

Division 5 : Qualifying service and removal of limitations, etc

56. Non-trading service

 

(1) Sea service performed exclusively on deck on trawlers or other deep-sea fishing vessels of 100GT or more shall count in full towards the qualifying service for a certificate of competency as mate (coastal) or deck officer, but a candidate shall, in addition, be required to complete at least 12 months' approved sea service on ships on unlimited or near-coastal voyages, as appropriate to the certificate desired, and to produce a duly completed training record book covering that period.

 

(2) Sea service performed on deck on naval or other ships that regularly proceed to sea shall count in full towards the qualifying service for a certificate of competency as mate (coastal) or deck officer: Provided that a candidate shall, in addition, be required to complete at least 12 months approved sea service on ships on unlimited or near-coastal voyages, as appropriate to the certificate desired, and to produce a duly completed training record book covering that period, unless the candidate can show, to the satisfaction of an examiner, that the functions and duties carried out on such naval or other ships are the same as those set out in the training record book required for the approved sea service component referred to in regulations 25 and 28.

[Regulation 56(2) substituted by regulation 22(a) of Notice No. R. 502 of 2002]

 

(2A) Sea service performed in the engine room on naval or other ships that regularly proceed to sea shall count in full towards the qualifying service for a certificate of competency as engineer officer: Provided that a candidate shall, in addition, be required to complete at least six months approved sea service on ships on unlimited or near-coastal voyages, as appropriate to the certificate desired, and to produce a duly completed training record book covering that period , unless the candidate can show, to the satisfaction of an examiner, that the functions and duties carried out on such naval or other ships are the same as those set out in the training record book required for the approved sea service component referred to in regulation 37.

[Regulation 56(2A) inserted by regulation 22(b) of Notice No. R. 502 of 2002]

 

(3) Subject to any applicable tonnage or voyage limitation, sea service in cable ships, fishery protection vessels, research vessels, coastal patrol vessels, salvage vessels and other non-trading ships that regularly proceed to sea shall count in full towards qualifying service.