6 SOLAS Contracting Governments may allow
shipboard personnel to demonstrate competence to undertake the
tasks, duties and responsibilities listed in column 1 of table 1 or
2, as the case may be, by:
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.1 approved seagoing service as shipboard personnel
without or with designated security duties, as the case may
be, for a period of at least six months in total during
the preceding three years provided the period of six months
has been accrued after 1 July 2004; or
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.2 having performed security functions after 1
July 2004 considered to be equivalent to the seagoing service required
in paragraph 6.1; or
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.3 passing an approved test; or
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.4 successfully completing approved training.