press conference live | how to become an inland vessel crew member? how to apply for the competency test? heilongjiang maritime safety administration gives answers
2024-09-01
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northeast net, august 30th (reporter tang jihou and huo xiaohan) at the press conference on "strengthening crew team building to help the economic development of heilongjiang shipping" held on the 30th, zhang hao, director of the heilongjiang maritime safety administration, gave a detailed explanation on how to become a crew member of an inland vessel.
zhang hao, director of heilongjiang maritime safety administration, introduced the situationthe application for crew registration is submitted to the maritime administration. it can be submitted by the applicant himself or by the crew service agency or crew employer. the main conditions for applicants are: the applicant must be at least 18 years old (interns and trainees on board must be at least 16 years old), and the first application must not exceed 60 years old; must meet the health requirements for crew positions; must undergo basic safety training for crew members and pass the examination, and obtain the "certificate of competency" and "crew service book" for crew members who do not participate in navigation and engine duty before they can serve on inland ships. if you serve on special ships such as inland dangerous goods ships and passenger ships, you should also obtain the corresponding special training certificate. after becoming a crew member who does not participate in navigation and engine duty, the crew can work in ordinary positions such as sailors and mechanics.
if the crew needs to participate in navigation and engine room duty as a senior crew member, such as serving as the third mate, third engineer, etc., they also need to undergo corresponding crew competency training and special training, have the corresponding crew water service qualifications requirements, and have good performance and safety records. only after passing the inland vessel crew competency examination for subjects prescribed by the maritime administration agency can they obtain the "certificate of competency" for crew members participating in navigation and engine room duty.
application for inland vessel crew competency examination can be submitted by the crew member himself or by a training institution or service agency; but repeated applications shall not be submitted to multiple maritime administrations at the same time or to one maritime administration at the same time.
to apply for the exam, please log on to the official website of the china maritime safety administration (url: https://www.msa.gov.cn) and enter the one-stop service platform to carry out relevant business declaration operations.
