Seafarer's Service Regulations Article 36
The chief mate shall keep watch while the ship is sailing or in port, shall comply with the master’s orders, assume responsibility of all administrative matters, and manage all seamen of the deck and general affairs departments so that they carry out the following tasks:1. Evaluate the work and behavior of all seamen belonging to the deck and general affairs departments.2. Review the supply and maintenance of materials, deck equipment, and accessories, and be responsible for application and utilization.3. Guide survival, firefighting, and other drills, and assume responsibility for equipment maintenance.4. Record and maintain the logbook, equipment and facility catalogs, loading and unloading cargo files, and other relevant documents that ought to be maintained and recorded by the chief mate.5. Perform duties in the bow or the assigned job position to command seamen to perform their tasks pursuant to the master’s instructions while the vessel enters and leaves the port and while it is anchored.6. Assume responsibility for handling official foreign business onboard, overseeing loading and unloading operations, and managing the unloading operations of dangerous or special cargo pursuant to the requirements of relevant safety laws and regulations.7. Keep count of the seamen of all levels onboard and check for the private carrying of passengers or cargo with each department director prior to the ship setting sail.8. Pay particular attention to the regular maintenance and inspection regarding the sanitation of accommodations and record it; assume responsibility for the treatment of injured seafarers or passengers.9. Guide relevant personnel to prepare instruments pursuant to regulations when the ship undergoes various inspections.10. Organize the examination, maintenance, and repair of equipment on the hull and deck, oversee the cleaning of the deck and general affairs departments, and assign tasks to seamen.11. Regularly review the following items and keep records:(1) The food and drinking water supply.(2) Areas and equipment related to food and drinking water storage and handling.(3) Kitchen and other accessories related to food preparation and serving.12. The training, managing and evaluating of deck cadets.13. Other duties that shall fall within the chief mate’s responsibility pursuant to international conventions, laws and regulations, as well as the employer’s guidelines and the master’s instructions.When handing over duties, the chief mate shall inform the successor regarding the details of operational conditions and marine inertia and shall hand over the managed documents, atlas, and public properties, and then both the chief mate and the successor shall jointly sign and report it to the master.
中文原文 船員服務規則第36條
大副應於航泊時當值及秉承船長之命，負全船行政責任，督率艙面部門、事務部門各級海員執行工作，其職責如下：
一、考核艙面部門、事務部門各級海員之工作與行為。
二、查核各項物料及艙面設備屬具供應保養情形，並負責請領及監督使用。
三、指導求生、滅火及其他各種演習，並負責有關設備之維護。
四、記錄並保管航海日誌、設備目錄、屬具目錄、裝卸貨物有關文件及其他應由大副保管紀錄之文書。
五、船舶進出港及錨泊時，應於船首或指定部位值勤，遵照船長命令，指揮海員執行其職務。
六、船舶到港後，負責處理船上對外公務，並負責督導裝卸作業。
危險品或特種貨物裝卸時，應親自指揮，注意安全法令之規定。
七、船舶出航前，應查點各級海員，並會同各部門主管查察有無私載旅客或貨物。
八、注意維護及定期檢查起居艙室衛生環境，並作成紀錄；負責船員或旅客傷病之處置。
九、船舶接受各項檢查時，率同有關人員準備各項文書並按規定辦理。
十、安排船體及艙面設備之檢修、維護及保養，督導艙面部門及事務部門之清潔並分派海員工作。
十一、經常性檢查下列事項，並作成紀錄：
（一）食品與飲用水之供應。
（二）用於儲存、處理食物及飲用水之場所與設備。
（三）用於準備、供應餐食之廚房或其他有關設備。
十二、訓練、指揮及考核航海實習生。
十三、其他依國際公約、法規、雇用人規定應由大副負責及船長交辦之事項。
大副交卸本職時，應將本船作業狀況及航行慣性詳告繼任者，經管文書、圖冊及公物應按冊點交，並會同簽報船長。
一、考核艙面部門、事務部門各級海員之工作與行為。
二、查核各項物料及艙面設備屬具供應保養情形，並負責請領及監督使用。
三、指導求生、滅火及其他各種演習，並負責有關設備之維護。
四、記錄並保管航海日誌、設備目錄、屬具目錄、裝卸貨物有關文件及其他應由大副保管紀錄之文書。
五、船舶進出港及錨泊時，應於船首或指定部位值勤，遵照船長命令，指揮海員執行其職務。
六、船舶到港後，負責處理船上對外公務，並負責督導裝卸作業。
危險品或特種貨物裝卸時，應親自指揮，注意安全法令之規定。
七、船舶出航前，應查點各級海員，並會同各部門主管查察有無私載旅客或貨物。
八、注意維護及定期檢查起居艙室衛生環境，並作成紀錄；負責船員或旅客傷病之處置。
九、船舶接受各項檢查時，率同有關人員準備各項文書並按規定辦理。
十、安排船體及艙面設備之檢修、維護及保養，督導艙面部門及事務部門之清潔並分派海員工作。
十一、經常性檢查下列事項，並作成紀錄：
（一）食品與飲用水之供應。
（二）用於儲存、處理食物及飲用水之場所與設備。
（三）用於準備、供應餐食之廚房或其他有關設備。
十二、訓練、指揮及考核航海實習生。
十三、其他依國際公約、法規、雇用人規定應由大副負責及船長交辦之事項。
大副交卸本職時，應將本船作業狀況及航行慣性詳告繼任者，經管文書、圖冊及公物應按冊點交，並會同簽報船長。