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

Regulations

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

Part 2 : Assessment

12. Sea service performed on ships not regularly proceeding to sea, or employed in mining operations
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(1) Service performed on ships not regularly proceeding to sea shall count in full towards qualifying service for a deck officer certificate if the time actually spent at sea is greater or equal to two-thirds of the total period of the candidate's service on the ship. If the time actually spent at sea is less than two thirds, then one and a half times the time actually spent at sea shall count towards qualifying service.

 

(2) The time spent by a candidate standing by a ship under construction or refit shall count in full towards a qualifying service, but may not exceed one-third of the required qualifying service. For seafarers on accelerated training, such service may not exceed one-quarter of the required service.

 

(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Regulations, sea service performed on ships employed in mining operations counts towards the qualifying service for a deck officer certificate, as follows:
(a) In the case of a certificate limited to mining operations, the sea service counts in full towards the qualifying service; and
(b) in all other cases—
(i) if mining operations were conducted during the period of sea service, the qualifying sea service on board that ship shall be equal to one-third of the time spent onboard; or
(ii) if mining operations were conducted for less than two-thirds of the time, the sea service shall be equal to the number of days whilst the ship was navigating multiplied by 1.5 times.

 

(4)A candidate claiming qualifying service in accordance with subregulation (1) or (3) shall produce a statement from the master or owner of each ship on which the service was performed, giving particulars of the dates when the ship was at sea on passage and at anchor and of the work that the ship was engaged in and of the area of operation.