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Scope and Application
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Marine Engineering Basic Skills
Basic Machining and Minor Overhauls overhauls 
Shipboard related maintenance 
Legislative requirements 
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Scope and Application

1.1 Purpose

  1. To identify to ship owners, ship operators, masters, officers and crew members, the requirement to successfully complete an approved course in "Practical Skills for Marine Engineers" as a part of the mandatory training, before being examined for an officer in charge of an engineering watch certificate of competency.

  2. To provide information to institutions and marine schools outlining the requirements of the course, before Marine Safety can grant approval.

1.2 Scope ^

  1. Compliance with the mandatory requirements as detailed in Chapter III of the Seafarers’ Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code A of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended in 1995, to which Canada is a party. Effectively this requirement applies to applicants for 4th Class, 3rd Class and 2nd Class certificates of competency as a marine engineer as applicable.

1.3 Effective date ^

  1. This document enters into force on January 1, 2004.

1.4 Authority ^

  1. Section 34 of the Marine Certification Regulations, SOR/97-391 and SOR/2002-150 made pursuant to the Canada Shipping Act (R.S.C. 1985, c.s-9) as amended.

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