Sch 4Calculating qualifying sea service

Schedule 4 Calculating qualifying sea service

(subsection 10(1))

4.1 Terms for calculating qualifying sea service

In clause 4.2:

underway means when the vessel is not:

(a) at anchor; or

(b) made fast to the shore; or

(c) aground.

watchkeeping duties means the duties of a master, chief mate or deck watchkeeper in charge of a navigational watch.

Note Other terms used in clause 4.2 are defined in section 4 including: deck capacity, deck certificate, dual certificate and engineering certificate.

4.2 Calculation of qualifying sea service

(1) Qualifying sea service is measured in hours spent performing the tasks appropriate to the kind of certificate to which it applies.

(2) For qualifying sea service, a day is 8 hours.

(3) Hours of service less than 8 in a day may be added to hours of service less than 8 in any other day.

Note: Example 3 hours worked on Tuesday, 3 hours worked on Thursday and 3 hours worked on Saturday may be added together to make 1 day of qualifying sea service. The remaining hour may be used to add to further hours subsequently accumulated.

(4) However, hours of service more than 8 in a calendar day do not count towards qualifying sea service.

(5) Sea service performed by a person when the person is less than 16 years old may be counted as qualifying sea service:

(a) only for a Coxswain Grade 1 or 2, or a Marine Engine Driver Grade 3 certificate; and

(b) only if the person was at least 14 years old when the sea service was performed.

(6) Qualifying sea service must be accrued on a vessel that is:

(a) underway; or

(b) at anchor with a person on anchor watch; or

(c) being manoeuvred to free it from being aground.

(7) However:

(a) for a deck certificate — up to 15% of the required sea service may be accrued on a vessel that is not mentioned in subclause (6) while the applicant is performing duties in a deck capacity or undertaking refitting work; and

(b) for an engineering certificate — up to 33% of the required sea service may be accrued on a vessel that is not mentioned in subclause (6) while the applicant is performing duties in an engineering capacity or undertaking refitting work.

(8) A person who holds a dual certificate, and performs sea service in a dual role on a vessel with propulsion power ≤750 kW, may count that sea service as qualifying sea service for one or more of the following: