Can you please tell me how many hours one of my junior staff (an SLR holder) must actually stand on board a “relevant” vessel before achieving the entry level qualification to be skipper of a 14m pilot boat or a 22m tug?
The previous rule, for example, would not allow more than 8hrs in any day. My staff all work 12hr days (shifts). On some days they may be all of 12hrs on the vessel. On other perhaps not. Nobody in the ports industry lives on board any vessel 24/7 and in a number of ports including Auckland, the vessels are entirely unmanned unless in use.
You have defined sea service as service on a relevant vessel for the qualification.
You have also said a candidate must complete 100 hrs aboard and a task book to go from QDC to SLR <12m and < 12 pax. You have then said a candidate must achieve six months sea service to advance to >12 pax AND <24m.
What do you mean by six months sea service?
Does a month = 30 days (more or less)?
Does a day = 24hrs or 12hrs or 8hrs?
Does the sea service; time spent on board a relevant vessel, equate to 6mths x 30 days x 24hrs = 4320hrs?
Does it equate to 6mths x (30 x 8hr days) = 1440hrs?
Can you please tell me how many hours one of my junior staff (an SLR holder) must actually stand on board a “relevant” vessel before achieving the entry level qualification to be skipper of a 14m pilot boat or a 22m tug?
ReplyDeleteThe previous rule, for example, would not allow more than 8hrs in any day. My staff all work 12hr days (shifts). On some days they may be all of 12hrs on the vessel. On other perhaps not. Nobody in the ports industry lives on board any vessel 24/7 and in a number of ports including Auckland, the vessels are entirely unmanned unless in use.
You have defined sea service as service on a relevant vessel for the qualification.
You have also said a candidate must complete 100 hrs aboard and a task book to go from QDC to SLR <12m and < 12 pax.
You have then said a candidate must achieve six months sea service to advance to >12 pax AND <24m.
What do you mean by six months sea service?
Does a month = 30 days (more or less)?
Does a day = 24hrs or 12hrs or 8hrs?
Does the sea service; time spent on board a relevant vessel, equate to 6mths x 30 days x 24hrs = 4320hrs?
Does it equate to 6mths x (30 x 8hr days) = 1440hrs?
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