(1)
| (a) | Every candidate who follows an accelerated training programme in order to claim reduced qualifying service for certification as mate (coastal), deck officer or engineer officer, or as wiper, ordinary seaman, oiler or able seaman, with or without the port operations limitation, shall produce to an examiner satisfactory proof— |
| (i) | of having followed an approved on-board accelerated training programme throughout the required minimum period of qualifying service; |
| (ii) | that all such service, while on board, was performed in a satisfactory manner; and |
| (iii) | in the case of a candidate for the certificate of competency as deck officer, that not more than two months of such service were spent on ships in port standing-by, in dry-dock, undergoing engine repairs or otherwise laid-up. |
| (b) | The structure of the programme of training shall be set out in a training plan containing a clear statement of the objectives of each stage of training, both aboard ship and ashore. The plan shall set out clearly the competencies to be attained by the end of the programme and how they are to be attained through a combination of education, training and practical experience aboard ship and ashore. |
| (c) | Every candidate shall be provided with a training record book to enable him or her to keep a comprehensive record of all practical training undertaken and of experience gained at sea. The training record book, duly completed, shall be submitted to an examiner before assessment at level 3 as proof of having completed a structured programme of on-board training. |
| (d) | Every accelerated training programme shall be approved by the Authority before it is put into operation, which approval shall be published in a marine notice. |
| (2) | Every candidate who has not followed an accelerated training programme for a certificate referred to in subregulation (1)(a) shall have completed, for presentation to an examiner when applying for the certificate, a training record book with the relevant units of competency completed at assessment level 1. |
(3) A training record book—
| (a) | shall be completed in full and shall not be submitted to an examiner until all relevant units of competency have been duly signed off in accordance with regulation 18(3); |
| (b) | shall be laid out in such a way that it provides detailed information about the tasks and duties that should be undertaken, and about the progress towards their completion; |
| (c) | found to have been completed fraudulently shall result in it's holder (the candidate) having to complete an additional 12 months' qualifying service; |
| (d) | shall adhere to the principles set out in the STCW Convention; and |
| (e) | shall be approved by the Authority before use. |
