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

Regulations

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

Part 2 : Assessment

20. Level 3 assessment

 

(1) All certificates issued under Part 3 Divisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 of these Regulations shall be assessed at level 3.

 

(2) The assessment shall be conducted by an examiner in the presence of an assessor in accordance with the Authority’s Quality Standards System.

 

(3) A candidate being assessed for dispensation shall be assessed in accordance with the certificate for which a dispensation is being issued. Assessment for dispensation may include or be only a practical assessment.

 

(4) The examiner shall issue a certificate to a candidate who has been assessed as competent and complies with all the requirements for the certificate as set out by the Authority’s Quality Standards System.

 

(5) If a candidate is assessed as not yet competent, the examiner shall issue the candidate with a written result as set out in the Authority’s Quality Standards System.

 

(6) If a candidate is assessed and found to be not yet competent because of a significant deficiency in the candidate's knowledge, the examiner may require that the candidate complete a further period of appropriate qualifying service, not exceeding six months, before reapplying for the certification concerned.

 

(7) If a candidate, without reasonable excuse, fails to appear for the assessment at the appointed time and place, the examiner shall assess the candidate as not yet competent by default.