MERCHANT SHIPPING (ENGINE ROOM WATCH RATINGS) REGULATIONS

MERCHANT SHIPPING (ENGINE ROOM WATCH RATINGS) REGULATIONS

MERCHANT SHIPPING (ENGINE ROOM WATCH RATINGS)
REGULATIONS


(Cap. 281, sections 5, 6A and 114)

[6 July 1984.]

1. These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping
(Engine Room Watch Ratings) Regulations.

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

'Convention' means the International Convention on Standards of
Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978;

,,employer' means the person for the time being employing a master;

---EngineRoom Watch Rating Certificate- means a certificate issued
under regulation 5;

fishing vessel- means

(a)avessel for the time being employed in sea fishing by way of
trade; or

(b) a Government research fishing vessel,

---pleasurecraft' means a vessel primarily used for sport or recreation;

---qualifiedengine room watch rating' means a rating who holds a valid
qualifying document;

'qualified engineer officer' means an officer who is qualified for the
purposes of regulation 6 of the Merchant Shipping (Certification
of Officers) Regulations;

',qualifying document' means either an Engine Room Watch Rating
Certificate or, in the case of a rating who is a national of a country
which is a party to the Convention, a document issued to its
nationals by the appropriate authority of such country under
provisions equivalent to these regulations for the purposes of the
Convention;

'rating' means a member of the ship's crew other than the master or a
qualified engineer officer;

'registered power' means the brake or shaft power specified in the
ship's certificate of registry, that is to say, the total continuous
rated brake or shaft power of all the propulsion engines,
irrespective of whether some of the power may be diverted from
the propulsion shafts, whether or not all of the power is normally
used;

'sea service' means service at sea on board a sea-going ship, (whether
or not a ship to, which these regulations apply);





'sea-going ship' ship' means a ship other than one which navigates exclusively
in inland water or in areas where port regulations apply;

'Seamen's Recruiting Office' means the Seamen's Recruiting Office established
under section 4(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Recruiting of Seamen)
Ordinance;

-Service Record Book' means a service record book issued under the Merchant
Shipping (Recruiting of Seamen) (Service Record Books) Regulations.

3. (1) These regulations apply to all sea-going ships registered in Hong
Kong having registered power of 750 kilowatts or more:

Provided that these regulations shall. not apply to

(a) fishing vessels. or

(b) pleasure craft not engaged in trade.

(2) The Director of Marine may exempt from all _or ai,_. provisions of
these regulations any ship or class of ships.

4. (1) It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure that an\ ship for
which lie employs the master and to which these regulations apply carries such
qualified engine room watch ratings as are necessary to enable the master and
chief engineer officer to comply with the requirements of paragraph (2).

(2) Neither the master nor the chief engineer officer of any ship to which
these regulations apply shall permit a member of the ship's crew who is not a
qualified engineer officer or a qualified engine room watch rating, to form part of
an engine room watch or to perform duties for which he is not qualified as part
of that watch unless that member's duties while on watch are of an unskilled
nature:

Provided that nothing in this regulation shall prohibit the participation of
additional members of the ship's crew In engine room watchkeeping duties as
part of their training under the supervision of' a qualified engineer officer or
qualified engine room watch rating

C,

5. (1 The Director. if satisfied as to the matters set out in the First
Schedule in respect of a rating shall. upon application by the rating and
payment of the prescribed fee. issue an Engine Room Watch Rating Certificate
in the form set out in the Second Schedule:

Provided that if the rating cannot satisfy the Director that he has adequate
knowledge of the safe operation of a ship's boilers and an ability, to maintain
correct water levels and steam pressures, the certificate shall be expressed to
exclude a boiler watch. If the rating





subsequently satisfies the Director that he has such knowledge and
ability a substitute certificate, expressed to include a boiler watch. may
be issued by the Director, upon payment of the prescribed fee, and the
original destroyed.

(2) If a person to whom an Engine Room Watch Certificate has
been issued proves to the satisfaction of the Director that the certificate
has been lost or destroyed, the Director shall. upon payment of the
prescribed fee (if any), issue a copy of the certificate, certified as such.
which shall have the same effect as the certificate originally issued.

(3) The Director of Marine may, by notice in the Gazette. amend the
First Schedule in relation to the qualifications for the issue of an Engine
Room Watch Rating Certificate.

6. (1) An employer who contravenes regulation 4(1) commits an
offence and is liable to a fine of 550,000 and to imprisonment for 2
years.

(2) A master or chief engineer officer who contravenes regulation
4(2) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years.

7. (1) Any person who in connexion with an application for or the
issue of an Engine Room Watch Rating Certificate. a substitute
certificate under the proviso to regulation 5(1 or a copy, of a certificate
under regulation 5(2)

(a) makes a false pretence; or

(b) supplies false information,

knowing it to be false or not believing it to be true. commits an offence
and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) Where any person is convicted of an offence under paragraph
(1) or of a conspiracy to commit such an offence or of a conspiracy to
defraud in relation to a document mentioned in paragraph (1), the
Director may cancel or suspend for any period any such document held
by such person.

8. The fees prescribed in the Third Schedule shall be payable in
respect of the matters specified in relation thereto in that Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE P

[reg. 5.1

QUALIFICATIONS FOR ISSUE OF AN ENGINE Room WATCH RATING CERTIFICATE

1. To qualify for an Engine Room Watch Rating Certificate a rating must-
(a) have attained the age of 17 years; and
(b) either be registered with the Seamen's Recruiting Office or have been
granted a dispensation from such requirement in writing by the Director of





Marine. The grant of such dispensation may be made subject to such
conditions as to the rating's existing qualifications as the Director may
think fit.

2. The qualifications for an Engine Room Watch Rating Certificate shall be
that the rating either

(a)has completed 1 year's sea service in the engine department as a rating
forming part of an engine room watch within the 5 years preceding the
entry into force of these regulations; or

(b)has completed not less than 6 months' sea service in the engine
department and received training approved by the Director in

(i) basic principles of fire-fighting, first aid, personal survival
techniques, avoidance of health hazards and personal safety;

(ii) engine room watchkeeping procedures sufficient to enable a rating
to carry out a watch routine appropriate to his duties in a safe manner
under the general direction of the engineer officer in charge, of a watch;

(iii) safe working practices relating to the duties of an engine room
watch rating;

(iv) the technical terms used in machinery spaces and the names of all
relevant machinery and equipment:

(v) basic environmental protection procedures:

(vi) the use of the appropriate internal communications systems of a
vessel.'

(vii) the use of escape routes from the machinery, spaces of a vessel:

(viii) the use of engine room alarm systems including the distinction
between the various alarms with special reference to fire-extinguishing
gas alarms; and

(ix) the location and use of fire-fighting equipment in the machinery
spaces of a vessel.

In either, event the rating must satisfy the Director that he has the ability to
understand and carry out orders and to make himself understood in English in
matters relevant to the duties of an engine room watch rating.

2A. If the rating is the holder of a Navigational Watch Rating Certificate
issued under regulation 5 of the Merchant Shipping (Navigational Watch Ratings)
Regulations

(a)where the rating has completed 3 months* sea service ice entirely in the
engine department, the Director may remit the remaining 3 months of
the 6 months* sea service specified in paragraph 2(b)~

(b)the 6 months' sea service specified in paragraph 2(b) may be performed in
a general purpose capacity being mixed service partly in the deck
department and partly in the engine department: and

(c)the rating will be required to receive training only in respect of the
matters specified in paragraph 2(b)(ii), (iii), (ii.), (v). (vi). ii). (viii) and (ix).

3. An applicant for an Engine Room Watch Rating Certificate must pi
pidouce a valid medical certificate issued under the Merchant Shipping (Medical
Examination) Regulations or other evidence to satisfy the Director as to the state
of the rating's health and eyesight.







SECOND SCHEDULE [reg. 5.]

MERCHANT SHIPPING (ENGINE Room WATCH RATINGS) REGULATIONS

HONG KONG

ENGINE Room WATCH RATING CERTIFICATE





Hong Kong Certificate

Crest .Number

Name in Full

English Chinese

Date of Place of'
Birth Birth ....space for
photograph
....photograph
Service Record
Book Number

L

This is to certify that the above-named is duly qualified in accordance with
the provisions of the First Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Engine Room
Watch Ratings) Regulations to perform the duties of a rating forming part of an
engine room watch. *including a boiler watch.

..........

for Director of Marine

..............

Signature of the holder

of the certificate

Office Date Stamp

Delete as pp,.p,,ate.

THIRD SCHEDULE [reg. 8.]

FEES

1.................................For issue of an Engine Room Watch Rating Certificate 100.00
2.................................For issue of a copy of an Engine Room Watch Rating Certificate,
except where the loss or destruction of the original certificate was
occasioned by the wreck or loss of the ship or by a fire on board ship.
in which case no fee shall be payable 75.00
3.................................For issue of a substitute certificate under the proviso to regulation 5(1) 75.00
L.N. 183/84. L.N. 121/85. L.N. 311/85. L.N. 342/85. Citation. Interpretation. (Cap. 281, sub. leg.) (Cap. 135.) (Cap. 135, sub. leg.) Application. Obligation on employer, master and chief engineer officer. Power to issue certificates. First Schedule. Second Schedule. L.N. 311/85. First Schedule. Offences by employers, masters and chief engineer officers. False pretences and supply of false information. Fees. Third Schedule. L.N. 342/85. L.N. 121/85.

L.N. 183/84. L.N. 121/85. L.N. 311/85. L.N. 342/85. Citation. Interpretation. (Cap. 281, sub. leg.) (Cap. 135.) (Cap. 135, sub. leg.) Application. Obligation on employer, master and chief engineer officer. Power to issue certificates. First Schedule. Second Schedule. L.N. 311/85. First Schedule. Offences by employers, masters and chief engineer officers. False pretences and supply of false information. Fees. Third Schedule. L.N. 342/85. L.N. 121/85.

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