# The Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2022, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348240368/schedule/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-standards-of-training-certification-and-watchkeeping-regulations-2022/schedule-2
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