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Merchant Shipping (Engine Room Watch Ratings) Regulations
[1985 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
L.N. 342/85.
Marine. The grant of such dispensation may be made subject to such conditions as to the rating's existing qualifications as the Director may think fit.
2. The qualifications for an Engine Room Watch Rating Certificate shall be that the rating either-
(a) has completed 1 year's sea service in the engine department as a rating forming part of an engine room watch within the 5 years preceding the entry into force of these regulations; or
(b) has completed not less than 6 months' sea service in the engine department
and received training approved by the Director in---
(i) basic principles of fire-fighting, first aid, personal survival techniques, avoidance of health hazards and personal safety;
(ii) engine room watchkeeping procedures sufficient to enable a rating to carry out a watch routine appropriate to his duties in a safe manner under the general direction of the engineer officer in charge of a watch;
(iii) safe working practices relating to the duties of an engine room watch rating;
(iv) the technical terms used in machinery spaces and the names of all relevant machinery and equipment;
(v) basic environmental protection procedures;
(vi) the use of the appropriate internal communications systems of a vessel;
(vii) the use of escape routes from the machinery spaces of a vessel;
(viii) the use of engine room alarm systems including the distinction between the various alarms with special reference to fire-extinguishing gas alarms; and
(ix) the location and use of fire-fighting equipment in the machinery spaces of a vessel.
In either event the rating must satisfy the Director that he has the ability to understand and carry out orders and to make himself understood in English in matters relevant to the duties of an engine room watch rating.
2A. If the rating is the holder of a Navigational Watch Rating Certificate issued under regulation 5 of the Merchant Shipping (Navigational Watch Ratings) Regulations--
(a) where the rating has completed 3 months' sea service entirely in the engine department, the Director may remit the remaining 3 months of the 6 months' sea service specified in paragraph 2(b);
(b) the 6 months' sea service specified in paragraph 2(b) may be performed in a general purpose capacity being mixed service partly in the deck department and partly in the engine department; and
(c) the rating will be required to receive training only in respect of the matters
specified in paragraph 2(b)(ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii) and (ix).
3. An applicant for an Engine Room Watch Rating Certificate must produce a valid medical certificate issued under the Merchant Shipping (Medical Examination) Regulations or other evidence to satisfy the Director as to the state of the rating's health and eyesight.
SECOND SCHEDULE
[reg. 5.]
MERCHANT SHIPPING (Engine Room Watch Ratings) REGULATIONS
HONG KONG
ENGINE ROOM WATCH RATING CERTIFICATE