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

Regulations

Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Training and Certification) Regulations, 2013

Part 3 : Certification Requirements

Division 7 : Qualifying Service and Limitations

82. Sea service performed on ships not regularly proceeding to sea, or employed in mining operations

 

(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 equals or exceeds 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, but not exceeding six months in any qualifying period, shall count in full towards qualifying 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 for more than two thirds of the period of sea service, the sea service is not to count for more than one-half of the qualifying service; or
(ii) if mining operations were conducted for less than two thirds of the period of sea service, the sea service counts in full towards the qualifying service.

[Regulation 82(3)(b) substituted by regulation 43(a) of Notice No. R. 544, GG 38912, dated 25 June 2015]

 

(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:
(a) 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; or (as the case may be) and/or
(b) the ship was under construction or refit.

 

(5) Qualifying service claimed in accordance with this regulation shall count as service on ships on unlimited or near-coastal voyages, as the case may be.