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(1)

Officers and ratings assigned specific duties and responsibilities related to cargo or cargo equipment on tankers shall have completed an approved shore-based advanced fire-fighting course in addition to the training required by section A-VI/1 of the STCW Code and shall have completed:

(a) at least three months of approved seagoing service on tankers in order to acquire adequate knowledge of safe operational practices; or

(b) an approved tanker familiarization course covering at least the syllabus given for that course in section A-V/1 of the STCW Code.

(i) the tanker on which such service is performed is of less than 3,000 GT; and

(ii) the duration of each voyage of the tanker on which such approved service is performed does not exceed 72 hours, and

Masters, chief engineer officers, chief mates, second engineer officers and any person with immediate responsibility for loading, discharging and care in transit or handling of cargo on tankers shall, in addition to meeting the requirements of paragraph (1), have:

(a) experience appropriate to their duties on the type of tanker on which they serve; and

(b) completed an approved specialized training programme at which at least covers the subjects set out in section A-V/1 of the STCW Code that are appropriate to their duties on the tanker on which they serve.

An appropriate certificate shall be issued to masters and officers who are qualified in accordance with paragraph (1) or (3), or their existing certificate shall be endorsed, and every rating who is so qualified shall be certificated.

Prior to being assigned shipboard duties on board ro-ro passenger ships, seafarers shall have completed the training required by paragraphs (4) to (8) in accordance with their capacity, duties and responsibilities.

Seafarers who are required to be trained in accordance with paragraphs (4), (7) and (8) shall, at intervals not exceeding five years, undertake appropriate refresher training.

Masters, officers and other personnel designated on muster lists to assist passengers in emergency situations on board ro-ro passenger ships shall have completed training in crowd management as specified in section A-V/2, paragraph 1 of the STCW Code.

Personnel providing direct service to passengers in passenger spaces on board ro-ro passenger ships shall have completed the safety training specified in section A-V/2, paragraph 3 of the STCW Code.

(9)

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This regulation applies to masters and officers, ratings and other personnel serving on board high-speed craft which are ships constructed on or after 1st January 1996.

Prior to being assigned shipboard duties on board high speed craft, masters, officers, ratings and other personnel shall have completed the training specified in Merchant Shipping Notice No.M1696.

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All seamen shall receive familiarization and basic safety training or instruction in accordance with section A-VI/1 of the STCW Code and shall meet the appropriate standard of competence specified therein. Mandatory minimum requirements for the issue of certificates of proficiency in survival craft, rescue boats and fast rescue boats.

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(a) Every person designated to launch or take charge of survival craft or rescue boats other than fast rescue boats shall have a certificate of proficiency in such craft.

(b) No person shall be granted such a certificate unless he meets the criteria specified in Regulation VI/2.1 in the Annex to the STCW Convention.

(a) Every person designated to launch or take charge of a fast rescue boat shall have a certificate of proficiency in such boats.

(b) No person shall be granted such a certificate unless he meets the criteria in Regulation VI/2.2 in the Annex to the STCW Convention.

In this regulation

"fast rescue boat" means a rescue boat which is -

(a) not less than 6 metres in length and not more than 8.5 metres in length; and

(b) capable of manoeuvring, for at least 4 hours, at a speed of at least 20 knots in calm water with a suitably qualified crew of 3 persons and at least 8 knots with a full complement of persons and equipment; and

"survival craft" and "rescue boat" have the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Regulations 1986[20]

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Seamen designated to control fire-fighting operations shall have successfully completed advanced training in techniques for fighting fire with particular emphasis on organization, tactics and command in accordance with the provisions of section A-VI/3 of the STCW Code and shall meet the standard of competence specified therein.

(2)

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Seamen designated to provide medical first aid on board ship shall meet the standard of competence in medical first aid specified in section A-VI/4, paragraphs 1 to 3 of the STCW Code.

Seamen designated to take charge of medical care on board ship shall meet the standard of competence in medical care on board ships specified in section A-VI/4, paragraphs 4 to 6 of the STCW Code.

Certificates and endorsements under these Regulations shall be issued by the Secretary of State on receipt of any fee payable, and delivered to the person entitled to hold them.

(2)

A certificate or endorsement shall remain valid for sea-going service only so long as the holder can comply with the standards and conditions as to medical fitness and professional competency to act in the appropriate capacity specified by the Secretary of State.

A record of all certificates and endorsements which are issued under this Part of these Regulations, have expired or have been revalidated, suspended, cancelled, or reported lost or destroyed and any alteration of or any other matters affecting any such certificates or endorsements, shall be kept, in such manner as the Secretary of State may require, by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen or by such other person as the Secretary of State may direct.

Where the holder of a certificate is issued with an appropriate certificate at a higher level he shall surrender the the first-mentioned certificate to the Secretary of State, or to such person as the Secretary of State directs, for cancellation.

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Notwithstanding that an applicant for a certificate of competency or for a certificate of equivalent competency complies with the standards or fulfils the conditions specified by, or by virtue of, the foregoing provisions of this Part of these Regulations, the Secretary of State shall not issue or revalidate the appropriate certificate applied for unless he is satisfied, having regard to all the relevant circumstances, that the applicant is a fit person to be the holder of the certificate and to act in the capacity to which it relates.

If the Secretary of State intends to refuse the issue or revalidation of a certificate of competency or certificate of equivalent competency for any reason, he shall give notice in writing to the applicant who shall have the right, before a date specified in the notice, to require the application to be reviewed at an inquiry.

If a person entitled to a certificate loses or is deprived of a certificate already issued to him, the Secretary of State -

(a) if satisfied that the person has lost or been deprived of the certificate without fault on his part shall, and

(b) if he is not so satisfied, may,

upon receipt of any fee payable, cause a certificated copy to which the person appears to be entitled to be issued to him.

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The Secretary of State for Transport is the designated authority for the purposes of Council Directive 89/48/EEC[21] on a general system for the recognition of higher education diplomas awarded on the completion of professional education and training of at least three years duration in respect of the following professions:

Profession requiring qualification referred to in regulation 4.
Master.

Chief Engineer Officer.

Profession requiring qualification under Regulations referred to in regulation 1(3)(a).
Deck Officer Class 1.

Engineer Officer Class 1.

The Secretary of State for Transport is the designated authority for the purpose of Council Directive 92/51/EEC[22] on a second general system for the recognition of professional education and training to supplement Directive 89/48/EC in respect of the following professions:

Profession requiring qualification referred to in regulation 4.
Chief mate.

Officer in charge of a navigational watch.

Second engineer officer.

Officer in charge of an engineering watch.

Profession requiring qualification under Regulations referred to in regulation 1(3) (a).
Deck Officer Class 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Engineer Officer Class 2, 3 and 4.

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This Part of the Regulations applies to every sea-going hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom which was constructed on or after 1st January 1996.

It shall be the duty of every owner of a hovercraft to which this Part applies to ensure that masters and officers, ratings and other personnel have completed the training specified by the Secretary of State.

It shall be the duty of any person providing the training referred to in this regulation to issue documentary evidence to every person successfully completing such training. In the case of masters, and of officers having an operational role on high speed craft, the documentary evidence shall be a certificate in a form specified by the Secretary of State and shall be endorsed in a manner specified by the Secretary of State.