Schedule 2 Categories of certificates of competency and criteria for issue
| (1) Categories and capacity | (2) STCW Regulation in which the requirements for the issue of a certificate of competency are contained |
| Master and deck department | |
| Officer in charge of a navigational watch on any ship on voyages not limited to near-coastal voyages | Regulation II/1, paragraph 2 |
| Master or chief mate on a ship of 3000 GT or more | Regulation II/2, paragraph 2 |
| Master on a ship of between 500 GT and 2999 GT not engaged on near-coastal voyages | Regulation II/2, paragraph 4 |
| Chief mate on a ship of between 500 GT and 2999 GT | Regulation II/2, paragraph 4 |
| Officer in charge of a navigational watch on a ship of less than 500 GT engaged on near-coastal voyages | Regulation II/3, paragraph 4 |
| Master on a ship of less than 500 GT engaged on near-coastal voyages | Regulation II/3, paragraph 6 |
| Engine department | |
| Officer in charge of an engineering watch in a manned engine-room, or designated duty engineer officer in a periodically unmanned engine-room, on a ship powered by main propulsion machinery of 750 kilowatts propulsion power or more | Regulation III/1, paragraph 2 |
| Chief engineer officer or second engineer officer on a ship powered by main propulsion machinery of 3000 kilowatts propulsion power or more | Regulation III/2, paragraph 2 |
| Chief engineer officer and second engineer officer on a ship powered by main propulsion machinery of between 750 and 3000 kilowatts propulsion power | Regulation III/3, paragraph 2 |
| Electro-technical officer on a ship powered by main propulsion machinery of 750 kilowatts propulsion power or more | Regulation III/6, paragraph 2 |
For the purposes of this Schedule, “near-coastal voyage” means a voyage during which the ship is not more than 150 nautical miles from a safe haven in the United Kingdom, or not more than 30 nautical miles from a safe haven in the Republic of Ireland.