Marine Personnel Regulations — 205
205 (1) The master and the authorized representative of a vessel shall ensure that any person assigned a function on that vessel receives the on-board familiarization and safety training set out in TP 4957 before they start to perform any duty on board the vessel. (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the master and the authorized representative of a vessel shall ensure that every member of the complement who is required to be on board in order for the vessel to meet the safe manning requirements of this Part holds a training certificate in marine emergency duties with respect to STCW basic safety. (3) The master and the authorized representative of a vessel described in column 1 of the table to this subsection shall ensure that every member of the complement who is required to be on board in order for the vessel to meet the safe manning requirements of this Part obtains, before acquiring a total of 6 months of sea service, at least one of the training certificates in marine emergency duties set out as applicable in columns 2 to 4 or, if applicable, the Pleasure Craft Operator Card referred to in column 5. TABLE Item Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Vessel Type and Voyage Classification MED with respect to basic safety MED with respect to small passenger vessel safety MED with respect to small non-pleasure vessel basic safety Pleasure Craft Operator Card 1 A fishing vessel of not more than 15 gross tonnage engaged on a voyage less than 25 nautical miles from shore Applicable Applicable Applicable Applicable to sheltered waters voyages and voyages less than two nautical miles from shore 2 A fishing vessel of more than 15 gross tonnage and not more than 150 gross tonnage engaged on a voyage less than 25 nautical miles from shore Applicable Applicable Applicable 3 A fishing vessel engaged on a voyage beyond the limits of a near coastal voyage, Class 2 Applicable Applicable 4 A vessel other than a fishing vessel of not more than 15 gross tonnage or less than 12 m in overall length engaged on a voyage not more than 25 nautical miles from shore Applicable Applicable Applicable 5 A vessel other than a fishing vessel of more than 15 gross tonnage and not more than 150 gross tonnage, that is not a passenger-carrying vessel, engaged on a sheltered waters voyage Applicable Applicable Applicable 6 A passenger-carrying vessel, other than a ferry, of not more than 150 gross tonnage, with unberthed accommodations, engaged on a sheltered water voyage, if the vessel does not operate only on a seasonal basis between March 31 and December 1 of each year Applicable Applicable Applicable 7 A ferry of not more than 150 gross tonnage, of single deck open construction, engaged on a sheltered waters voyage Applicable Applicable Applicable 8 A vessel that is not more than 8 m in overall length, other than a fishing vessel or a tug, and that is not a passenger-carrying vessel Applicable Applicable Applicable Applicable to sheltered waters voyages and voyages less than two nautical miles from shore 9 A vessel that is not more than 8 m in overall length, other than a fishing vessel or a tug, that carries six or fewer passengers, and that is engaged on a sheltered waters voyage Applicable Applicable Applicable Applicable 10 Subject to subsection (4), any other vessel engaged on a sheltered waters voyage or on a near coastal voyage, Class 2 Applicable Applicable (4) The master and the authorized representative of a passenger-carrying vessel that is not a ferry, is engaged on a sheltered water voyage, operates only on a seasonal basis between March 31 and December 1 of each year and has unberthed accommodations shall ensure that every member of the complement who is required to be on board in order for the vessel to meet the safe manning requirements of this Part obtains, before acquiring a total of 6 months of sea service, (a) a training certificate in marine emergency duties with respect to small seasonal passenger vessel safety (non-certific