Division 0 Supervision
United Kingdom
The boatmaster shall be able to instruct other deck crew members and supervise the tasks they exercise, as referred in Section 1 of Annex II to Directive (EU) 2017/2397, implying adequate abilities to perform these tasks.
Persons willing to qualify as a boatmaster shall demonstrate the competences listed in the following Sections 0.1 to 7.4 unless they have taken one of the following steps:
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completed an approved training programme based on the standards of competence for the operational level;
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passed an assessment of competence by an administrative authority aimed at verifying that the standards of competence for the operational level are met.