Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Safe Manning) Regulations, 2021Part 2 : Assessment10. Application for assessment |
| (1) | Every application for assessment and issue of certificate or endorsement shall be made in accordance with the Authority’s Quality Standards System. |
| (2) | An application for assessment shall be accompanied by the appropriate charge as set out in the Determination of Charges. |
| (3) | Where proof of identity is required, such proof shall be in the form of a valid South African identity document or passport or, in the case of a foreign citizen or resident, a valid passport. |
| (4) | A candidate who has successfully applied for issue of a certificate or endorsement in which he or she does not need to be assessed at Level 3 may be issued with a certificate by the examiner who has assessed such an application. Such a certificate shall be in the format defined by the Authority’s Quality Standards System. |
| (5) | An application which requires an assessment at Level 3 shall be made 14 days before the examination dates. Special arrangements for examination may be made with the proper officer of a port in which the examination is to take place. The Authority shall publish the list of venues and dates of examinations periodically. |
| (6) | In the case of doubt about the appropriateness or sufficiency of a candidate's qualifying service, the candidate may submit his or her case, accompanied by the relevant certificates of discharge, testimonials, training records, watchkeeping certificates and such other documents as may be required, for determination by the relevant examiner or Senior Examiner. |
| (7) | Qualifying service shall be calculated from the date of engagement on a ship to the date of discharge from the ship, and is calculated by taking the actual days between the days of engagement and discharge, both inclusive, and reckoning 30 days to a month, 12 months to a year. |
| (8) | Where a certificate of competency or proficiency is required as part of the application process, only the lowest certificate is mentioned. A candidate who produces a higher certificate is deemed to have met the requirement. |
| (9) | Qualifying service performed on vessels restricted to port operations shall be calculated as follows: |
| (a) | A shift of at least eight hours performed during a 24-hour period is equivalent to one day's qualifying service. |
| (b) | If more than eight hours were served in a single day, this shall not count as more than one day's qualifying service. |