1625-0079 Stat/Authority

§ 15.1103

46 CFR Ch. I (10–1–09 Edition)

does not include a vessel that navigates exclusively on inland waters;
(4) Rest means a period of time during
which the person concerned is off duty,
is not performing work (which includes
administrative tasks such as chart corrections or preparation of port-entry
documents), and is allowed to sleep
without being interrupted; and
(5) Overriding operational conditions
means circumstances in which essential shipboard work cannot be delayed
for safety or environmental reasons, or
could not reasonably have been anticipated at the commencement of the
voyage.
(6) Vessel Security Officer (VSO) means
a person onboard the vessel accountable to the Master, designated by the
Company as responsible for security of
the vessel, including implementation
and maintenance of the Vessel Security Plan, and for liaison with the Facility Security Officer and vessel’s
Company Security Officer.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in
§ 15.1103(d), the regulations in this subpart apply to seagoing vessels subject
to STCW.
(c) A vessel that has on board a valid
Safety Management Certificate and a
copy of a Document of Compliance
issued for that vessel in accordance
with 46 U.S.C. 3205 is presumed in compliance with the regulations in this
subpart.

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[CGD 95–062, 62 FR 34539, June 26, 1997, as
amended by USCG–2008–0028, 73 FR 29071,
May 20, 2008]

§ 15.1103 Employment
and
service
within the restrictions of an STCW
endorsement or of a certificate of
training.
(a) On board a seagoing vessel operating beyond the Boundary Line, no
person may employ or engage any person to serve, and no person may serve,
in a position requiring a person to hold
an STCW endorsement, including master, chief mate, chief engineer, second
engineer, officer of the navigational or
engineering watch, or radio operator,
unless the person serving holds an appropriate, valid STCW certificate or
endorsement issued in accordance with
part 10 or 12 of this chapter.
(b) On board a seagoing vessel of 500
GT or more as determined under the

International Tonnage Convention, no
person may employ or engage any person to serve, and no person may serve,
as a rating forming part of the navigational watch, except for training, unless the person serving holds an appropriate, valid STCW certificate or endorsement issued in accordance with
part 12 of this chapter.
(c) On board a seagoing vessel driven
by main propulsion machinery of 750
kW [1,000 hp] propulsion power or more,
no person may employ or engage any
person to serve, and no person may
serve, in a rating forming part of a
watch in a manned engine-room, nor
may any person be designated to perform duties in a periodically unmanned
engine-room, except for training or for
the performance of duties of an unskilled nature, unless the person serving holds an appropriate, valid STCW
certificate or endorsement issued in accordance with part 12 of this chapter.
(d) You must hold documentary evidence to show you meet the requirements of §§ 11.1005 or 12.30–5 of this
chapter, as appropriate, if you are a
master or crewmember on board a RoRo passenger ship to which a certificate signifying compliance with the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended
(SOLAS) (SOLAS is available from the
International
Maritime
Organization
(IMO), 4 Albert Embankment, London,
SE1 7SR, England, telephone: + 44 (0)20
7735 7611, http://www.imo.org), has been
issued.
(e) You must hold documentary evidence to show you meet the requirements of §§ 11.1005 or 12.30–5 of this
chapter, as appropriate, if you are a
master or crewmember on board a vessel that is—
(1) Subject to the STCW;
(2) Not a Ro-Ro passenger ship; and
(3) Carrying more than 12 passengers
when on an international voyage.
(f) On board a seagoing vessel required to comply with provisions of the
Global Maritime Distress and Safety
System (GMDSS) in Chapter IV of
SOLAS, no person may employ or engage any person to serve, and no person
may serve, as the master, chief mate,
or officer of the navigational watch,

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§ 15.1105

unless the person serving holds the appropriate certificate or endorsement
for operator of radio in GMDSS.
(g) On board a seagoing vessel required to comply with provisions of the
GMDSS in Chapter IV of SOLAS, no
person may employ or engage any person to serve, and no person may serve,
as the person designated to maintain
GMDSS equipment at sea, when the
service of a person so designated is
used to meet the maintenance requirements of SOLAS Regulation IV/15,
which allows for capability of at-sea
electronic maintenance to ensure that
radio equipment is available for radio
communication, unless the person so
serving holds documentary evidence
that he or she is competent to maintain GMDSS equipment at sea.
(h) On board a seagoing vessel fitted
with an Automatic Radar Plotting Aid
(ARPA), no person may employ or engage any person to serve, and no person
may serve, as the master, chief mate,
or officer of the navigational watch,
unless the person so serving has been
trained in the use of ARPA according
to §§ 11.205 or 11.209 of this chapter,
whichever is appropriate.
[CGD 95–062, 62 FR 34539, June 26, 1997, as
amended by USCG-1999–5610, 67 FR 55069, Oct.
30, 2002; USCG-2004–18884, 69 FR 58344, Sept.
30, 2004; USCG–2006–24371, 74 FR 11263, Mar.
16, 2009]

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§ 15.1105 Familiarization
safety-training.

and

basic

(a) On board a seagoing vessel, no
person may assign any person to perform shipboard duties, and no person
may perform those duties, unless the
person performing them has received—
(1) Training in personal survival
techniques as set out in the standard of
competence under STCW Regulation
VI/1; or
(2) Sufficient familiarization training
or instruction that he or she—
(i) Can communicate with other persons on board about elementary safety
matters and understand informational
symbols, signs, and alarm signals concerning safety;
(ii) Knows what to do if a person falls
overboard; if fire or smoke is detected;
or if the firm alarm or abandon-ship
alarm sounds;

(iii) Can identify stations for muster
and embarkation, and emergency-escape routes;
(iv) Can locate and don life-jackets;
(v) Can raise the alarm and knows
the use of portable fire extinguishers;
(vi) Can take immediate action upon
encountering an accident or other medical emergency before seeking further
medical assistance on board; and
(vii) Can close and open the fire
doors, weather-tight doors, and watertight doors fitted in the vessel other
than those for hull openings.
(b) On board a seagoing vessel, no
person may assign a shipboard duty or
responsibility to any person who is
serving in a position that must be
filled as part of the required crew complement, and no person may perform
any such duty or responsibility, unless
he or she is familiar with it and with
all vessel’s arrangements, installations, equipment, procedures, and characteristics relevant to his or her routine or emergency duties or responsibilities, in accordance with STCW
Regulation I/14.
(c) On board a seagoing vessel, no
person may assign a shipboard duty or
responsibility to any person who is
serving in a position that must be
filled as part of the required crew complement or who is assigned a responsibility on the muster list, and no person
may perform any such duty or responsibility, unless the person performing
it can produce evidence of having—
(1) Received appropriate approved
basic safety training or instruction as
set out in the standards of competence
under STCW Regulation VI/1, with respect to personal survival techniques,
fire prevention and fire-fighting, elementary first aid, and personal safety
and social responsibilities; and
(2) Achieved or, if training has been
completed, maintained competence
within the last 5 years, in accordance
with STCW regulation VI/1.
(d) Fish-processing vessels in compliance with the provisions of 46 CFR part
28 on instructions, drills, and safety

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