Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00007:front:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00007
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 13233–16450

— Deck duties or functions
Watchkeeper Deck          (a) Watchkeeper deck officer duties or functions on a vessel of any gross tonnage in any operating area
                          (b) Able Seafarer — Deck duties or functions
Chief Mate <3000 GT       (a) Chief mate duties or functions on vessels <3000 GT in any operating area
                          (b) Watchkeeper deck officer duties or functions on vessels of any gross tonnage in any operating area
                          (c) if endorsed, master duties or functions on vessels <500 GT in any operating area and on vessels <3000 GT in near‑coastal waters
                          (d) Able Seafarer — Deck duties or functions
Master <500 GT            (a) Master or chief mate duties or functions on vessels <500 GT in any operating area
                          (b) Watchkeeper deck officer duties or functions on vessels of any gross tonnage in any operating area
                          (c) Master or chief mate duties or functions on vessels <3000 GT in near‑coastal waters
                          (d) Able Seafarer — Deck duties or functions
Chief Mate                (a) Chief mate or watchkeeper deck officer duties or functions on vessels of any gross tonnage in any operating area
                          (b) if endorsed, master duties or functions on vessels <500 GT in any operating area and on vessels <3000 GT in near‑coastal waters
                          (c) Able Seafarer — Deck duties or functions
Master <3000 GT           (a) Master or chief mate duties or functions on vessels <3000 GT in any operating area
                          (b) Watchkeeper deck officer duties or functions on vessels of any gross tonnage and in any operating area
                          (c) Able Seafarer — Deck duties or functions
Master                    (a) Master, chief mate or watchkeeper deck officer duties or functions on vessels of any gross tonnage in any operating area
                          (b) Able Seafarer — Deck duties or functions

Schedule 2 Eligibility requirements for certificates
(paragraph 7(1)(c))
Kind of certificate       Eligibility requirements
Watchkeeper Deck <500 GT  1. The person must:
                          (a) be at least 18 years old; and
                          (b) have completed at least 36 months qualifying seagoing service (or at least 18 months if part of an approved and monitored course), performing watchkeeping duties or functions in the deck department on vessels ≥12 m, that includes:
                           (i) at least 12 months served on vessels ≥24 m on voyages of at least 24 hours duration; and
                           (ii) at least 6 months of those 12 months served as either:
                           (A) understudy of the officer in charge of a navigational watch on a vessel; or
                           (B) an officer in charge of a navigational watch on a vessel that is service that AMSA considers equivalent to subparagraph (A); and
                          (c) have completed an approved program of study that meets the standards specified in STCW Code section A‑II/1 and includes the following:
                           (i) an approved course of basic