Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
of Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Manning) Regulations
Regulation 5
Classes of deck officer certificates
Subregulation 1
The following classes of deck officer certificates of competency are to be issued in accordance with these Regulations:
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 1 (Master Mariner);
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 2;
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 3;
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 4 (Home-Trade Master);
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 5;
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 4 (Special Limit);
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 5 (Special Limit); and
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 6.
Subregulation 2
Subject to paragraph (3), a certificate of competency of a class set out in paragraph (1) is to be treated as being a certificate of a class higher than a certificate of any class that is set out after it in that paragraph.
Subregulation 3
Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a Class 2 or a Class 3 Certificate of Competency or its equivalent is not to be treated as being higher than, or equal to, a Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 4 (Home-Trade Master) or its equivalent for the purposes of the manning of home-trade ships.
Subregulation 4
A person who is not a qualified deck officer shall not take charge of a navigational or deck watch.