Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated RegulationsSchedule 3 Guidelines for the assessment of approved services
A. In determining the qualifying service for a certificate of competency as a Coxswain the following guidelines shall be used:
1. Except as provided by paragraph 2, qualifying service may be performed on any vessel, commercial or non-commercial.
2. Not less than 3 months shall be served on vessels of less than 20 metres in length.
3. Not less than 3 months shall be served on vessels operating within the geographical area for which the certificate will be valid.
B. In determining the qualifying service for the issue or revalidation of a certificate of competency as a Master Class V and Mate Class IV the following principles shall be followed:
1. Service shall be on a commercial vessel (i.e. fishing or trading). Commercial vessels include government vessels which employ a suitably qualified master or coxswain.
2. Service on non-commercial vessels (i.e. yachts and naval vessels) may be counted at a rate determined by the Examiner but not more than one-half rate and such that not more than 15 months approved service shall be credited.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 when a
"limited" certificate is to be issued, any service on
non-commercial vessels
may be accepted at any rate and for whatever proportion of the required
service that the Director, on the recommendation of the Examiner, determines.
4. Services shall be performed in a deck capacity (i.e. deck boy, ordinary seaman, seaman or general purpose deckhand).
5. Service in any capacity other than on deck on vessels of less than 35 metres may be counted in full to a maximum of 12 months.
6. Service in any capacity other than on deck on vessels of 35 metres and over may be counted in full to a maximum of 6 months.
7. Service in a vessel which operates outside of sheltered water limits may be counted as sea-going irrespective of time actually spent outside the sheltered water limits.
8. Service for a certificate of competency for sea-going limits must include not less than 15 months service on a vessel engaged in sea-going operations. The other 15 months may be on vessels operating in any sheltered waters excepting inland waters.
9. Service for a certificate of competency restricted to sheltered waters only shall include not less than 6 months' service on a vessel or vessels operating within the particular sheltered waters for which the certificate will be endorsed.
10. Where a vessel does not operate continuously at sea or there are long periods when the vessel is idle or unemployed in normal duties, any qualifying service claimed for such periods will not be counted.
C. In determining approved watchkeeping service for Master Class III and IV the following rules shall apply:
1. Watchkeeping service means that during the whole of the period claimed the candidate must have been in full charge of a navigation watch for not less than 8 hours per day.
2. Where a navigation watch is maintained by 2 officers, the
junior officer may count the watchkeeping service performed at
two-thirds rate
to a maximum of one-half of the qualifying watchkeeping service required for
any certificate.
3. Watchkeeping service shall be performed in its entirety on
sea-going vessels.
4. Watchkeeping service on non-sea-going vessels will count only towards a certificate of competency restricted to non-sea-going limits only.