# The Merchant Shipping (Certification of Ships' Cooks) Regulations 1981, Regulation 4: Qualification for Issue of Certificate of Competency


Subject to regulations 8 and 9 of these Regulations, in order to be qualified as a ship's cook for the purposes of regulation 2, a person shall have attained the age of 20 years and have passed an approved examination for ships' cooks at an approved school of cookery or other approved like institution; and
(i) have attended an approved course of training for ships' cooks at an approved school of cookery or other approved like institution and have served for not less than one year at sea in the rating of second cook or cook assistant; or
(ii) have attended an approved course in trade cookery or catering held by the City and Guilds of London Institute or an equivalent course held by a Regional Examining Body, have been issued with an approved certificate in respect of that course and have served for not less than three months at sea in the rating of second cook or cook assistant; or
(iii) have been issued with an approved certificate of cookery or catering by the Secretary of State for Defence and an approved certificate or other document of having passed an approved examination in breadmaking, and have served for not less than three months at sea in the rating of second cook or cook assistant; or
(iv) have served for not less than five years at sea, of which at least four years shall have been in the rating of second cook or cook assistant; or
(v) have served for not less than five years at sea in the catering department in the rating of steward or stewardess or in a higher rating and have completed Part 2 of an approved course of training for ships' cooks.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1076/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-certification-of-ships-cooks-regulations-1981/regulation-4
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