The Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2022

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE 2U.K.Categories of certificates of competency and criteria for issue

This schedule has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 in force at 10.1.2023, see reg. 1(1)

(1) Categories and capacity(2) STCW Regulation in which the requirements for the issue of a certificate of competency are contained
Master and deck department
Officer in charge of a navigational watch on any ship on voyages not limited to near-coastal voyagesRegulation II/1, paragraph 2
Master or chief mate on a ship of 3000 GT or moreRegulation II/2, paragraph 2
Master on a ship of between 500 GT and 2999 GT not engaged on near-coastal voyagesRegulation II/2, paragraph 4
Chief mate on a ship of between 500 GT and 2999 GTRegulation II/2, paragraph 4
Officer in charge of a navigational watch on a ship of less than 500 GT engaged on near-coastal voyagesRegulation II/3, paragraph 4
Master on a ship of less than 500 GT engaged on near-coastal voyagesRegulation II/3, paragraph 6
Engine department
Officer in charge of an engineering watch in a manned engine-room, or designated duty engineer officer in a periodically unmanned engine-room, on a ship powered by main propulsion machinery of 750 kilowatts propulsion power or moreRegulation III/1, paragraph 2
Chief engineer officer or second engineer officer on a ship powered by main propulsion machinery of 3000 kilowatts propulsion power or moreRegulation III/2, paragraph 2
Chief engineer officer and second engineer officer on a ship powered by main propulsion machinery of between 750 and 3000 kilowatts propulsion powerRegulation III/3, paragraph 2
Electro-technical officer on a ship powered by main propulsion machinery of 750 kilowatts propulsion power or moreRegulation III/6, paragraph 2

For the purposes of this Schedule, “near-coastal voyage” means a voyage during which the ship is not more than 150 nautical miles from a safe haven in the United Kingdom, or not more than 30 nautical miles from a safe haven in the Republic of Ireland.