Regulation 1.3 – Training and qualifications
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Regulation 1.3 – Training and qualifications

Parent topic: Title 1 – Minimum Requirements for Seafarers to Work on a Ship

Purpose: To ensure that seafarers are trained or qualified to carry out their duties on board ship

  1 Seafarers shall not work on a ship unless they are trained or certified as competent or otherwise qualified to perform their duties.

  2 Seafarers shall not be permitted to work on a ship unless they have successfully completed training for personal safety on board ship.

  3 Training and certification in accordance with the mandatory instruments adopted by the International Maritime Organization shall be considered as meeting the requirements of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Regulation.

  4 Any Member which, at the time of its ratification of this Convention, was bound by the Certification of Able Seamen Convention, 1946 (No. 74), shall continue to carry out the obligations under that Convention unless and until mandatory provisions covering its subject matter have been adopted by the International Maritime Organization and entered into force, or until five years have elapsed since the entry into force of this Convention in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article VIII, whichever date is earlier.

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