Marine Personnel Regulations — 1
vessel, whichever is greater. ( puissance de propulsion ) qualifying service means service credited to an applicant in order for them to meet the experience requirements for a certificate or an endorsement issued under Part 1. ( service admissible ) radio watch means the period during which a member of the complement is required to be at the ship station and in charge of communications. ( veille radioélectrique ) rated generator capacity means the aggregate capacity obtained by adding together the individually rated capacities of all of the generators on a vessel. ( capacité nominale de production d’énergie électrique ) rating means a member of the complement of a vessel other than the master or an officer. ( matelot ) recognized institution means a training institution, designated by the Minister, that administers, in accordance with the established practices and requirements of the domestic and international marine industry, approved training courses and approved training programs for the purpose of giving applicants the training necessary to obtain a training certificate, a certificate of competency or an endorsement issued or required under these Regulations. ( établissement reconnu ) registered nurse means a person registered or licensed as a nurse under the laws of a province. ( infirmier autorisée ) sailing vessel means a vessel that has sufficient sail area for navigation under sails alone, whether or not fitted with mechanical means of propulsion. ( bâtiment à voile ) sea area A2 , sea area A3 and sea area A4 have the same meanings, respectively, as in Chapter IV of SOLAS. ( zone océanique A2 , zone océanique A3 et zone océanique A4 ) seafarer means a person who is employed or is to be employed in any capacity on board a vessel. ( navigant ) sea service means a period of qualifying service spent by a person employed on board a vessel and includes service while the vessel is in port, loading or unloading, at anchor, in refit or in dry-dock, if that service forms part of a voyage. ( service en mer ) second engineer means the engineer next to the chief engineer in the line of authority. ( officier mécanicien en second ) SEN means an approved training course in simulated electronic navigation. ( NES ) sheltered waters voyage has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Vessel Safety Certificates Regulations . ( voyage en eaux abritées ) SIM means an examination on simulated electronic navigation administered by an examiner. ( SIM ) SOLAS means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea of 1974, and the Protocol of 1988 relating to the Convention. ( SOLAS ) stationary MOU means an MOU that is not underway, that is not maintaining position by means of thrusters or dynamic positioning or that does not keep the propulsion unit in standby mode. ( UML stationnaire ) STCW Code means the Seafarers’ Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code adopted under the STCW Convention. ( Code STCW ) STCW Convention means the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978. ( Convention STCW ) steamship means a vessel whose propulsive power is derived from boilers and steam engines. ( bâtiment à vapeur ) TP 2293 means the standard entitled The Examination and Certification of Seafarers , published by the Department of Transport. ( TP 2293 ) TP 4957 means the standard entitled Marine Emergency Duties Training Courses , published by the Department of Transport. ( TP 4957 ) TP 10937 means the standard entitled Mobile Offshore Unit Training Courses , published by the Department of Transport. ( TP 10937 ) training certificate means a document issued by a recognized institution evidencing the holder’s successful completion of an approved training program or approved training course. ( certificat de formation ) tug means a vessel used exclusively in operations associated with towing another vessel or a floating object astern or alongside or in pushing another vessel or a floati