| (1) | Certificates of discharge or a duly completed Seaman's Record Book shall be accepted as sufficient proof of the service recorded therein. |
| (2) | Each candidate shall be required to make a declaration of qualifying service referred to in regulation 78, and shall be required to explain, in writing, to the satisfaction of the examiner concerned, any period of discontinuity in such service. |
| (3) | A candidate for a deck officer certificate, where service in charge of a watch is required, shall— |
| (a) | produce certificates of watchkeeping service signed by the respective Masters of the ships on which he or she has served, stating that he or she has acted as a watchkeeping officer for at least eight hours out of every 24 hours' service claimed. |
| (b) | A candidate for a first deck officer certificate shall produce testimonials signed by the respective Masters of the ships on which he or she has served. |
[Regulation 11(3)(b) renumbered by regulation 8 of Notice No. R. 544, GG 38912, dated 25 June 2015]
| (4) | A candidate for an engineer officer certificate, where service in charge of a watch and workshop training is required, shall— |
| (a) | For workshop training: |
| (i) | An artisan in an approved trade, may submit proof of the modules completed during training. At the discretion of the senior engineer examiner, credits may be given for modules that are similar to those required in the accredited workshop training course; or |
| (ii) | submit proof of having completed the approved workshop training course at an accredited training institution. |
| (b) | For service in charge of a watch— |
Submit watchkeeping certificates as proof of qualifying service. These shall be signed by either the chief engineer officer or master of the ship concerned and shall state:
| (i) | the candidate's actual rank on watch; |
| (ii) | the number of engineer officers simultaneously on watch; |
| (iii) | the type of propulsion machinery and the propulsion power (in kilowatts) of the ship; |
| (iii) | the nature of duties performed; and |
| (iv) | where service in charge of a watch is required, that the candidate has acted as a watchkeeping officer for at least— |
| (aa) | eight hours in every 24 hours' service claimed on ships having a continuously manned engine room; and |
| (bb) | 24 hours in every 72 hours' service claimed on ships having a periodically unmanned engine room. |
