Seafarer's Service Regulations Article 8
Any individual that meets any of the requirements stipulated in Paragraph 1 of the previous Article or any of the following conditions may apply for rating related duty on vessels with domestic or direct cross-strait routes within three hundred nautical miles between the ports of Taiwan and the mainland area:1. Qualified by an officer cultivation training course offered by a domestic seafarer training institution and holding a certificate of completion.2. Personnel that had left or resigned from a naval vessel owned by the coast guard authority that has more than one year of service experience on the deck or in the engine department.3. Veteran non-commissioned officers of the Navy and offshore boat teams of other military branches who have more than one year of service experience on the deck or in the engine department.4. Completed at least six months of a navigational or engineering apprenticeship a ship of at least 500 gross tonnage navigating on domestic routes approved by the Maritime Administration.5. Veteran non-commissioned officers that have graduated from a related academic department of a ground or air force academy.6. Former ordinary seafarers of fishing vessels with at least one year of experience.7. Former power-driven small ship drivers with documented proof of at least two years of experience.Prior to being employed, the aforementioned seafarer shall complete relevant professional training according to the position’s responsibilities and hold a certificate issued by the Maritime Administration. After serving at least three months of an apprenticeship and having passed the qualifying evaluation given by the master or chief engineer officer, a rating serving on the deck or in an engine department of a vessel with a total tonnage that does not exceed five hundred shall be allowed to transfer within departments and shall be subject to the minimum duty positions of said departments.After the transfer under the previous paragraph, the seafarer must have worked one year or more on the deck or in an engine department of a vessel with a total tonnage below five hundred before he can be assigned a job duty on a vessel with a total tonnage over five hundred.
中文原文 船員服務規則第8條
具有前條第一項各款之一或下列情形之一者，得申請為行駛國內航線船舶或臺灣與大陸地區直航港口間距離三百浬以內船舶乙級船員之相關職務：
一、國內船員訓練機構甲級船員養成訓練班結訓合格，領有結業證明文件。
二、海岸巡防機關所屬艦艇之離退職人員，具有艙面或輪機部門服務資歷一年以上。
三、海軍退除役士官兵及其他國軍所屬海上艇隊之退除役士官兵，具有艙面或輪機部門服務資歷一年以上。
四、經航政機關核准在總噸位五百以上行駛國內航線船舶之航海、輪機見習期滿六個月。
五、已退除役之陸、空軍士官學校相關科畢業。
六、曾任漁船普通船員資歷滿一年以上。
七、曾任動力小船駕駛滿二年以上並持有證明。
前項船員應於受僱前依職務完成專業訓練，並領有航政機關核發之合格證書。
總噸位未滿五百船舶之艙面部門或輪機部門乙級船員，經見習轉任後部門職務三個月以上期間，且經船長或輪機長考核合格者，得逕予互轉部門，並以轉任後部門之最低職務僱用。
前項船員轉任後，於總噸位未滿五百船舶之艙面或輪機部門之最低職務年資滿一年以上者，始得任總噸位五百以上船舶職務。
一、國內船員訓練機構甲級船員養成訓練班結訓合格，領有結業證明文件。
二、海岸巡防機關所屬艦艇之離退職人員，具有艙面或輪機部門服務資歷一年以上。
三、海軍退除役士官兵及其他國軍所屬海上艇隊之退除役士官兵，具有艙面或輪機部門服務資歷一年以上。
四、經航政機關核准在總噸位五百以上行駛國內航線船舶之航海、輪機見習期滿六個月。
五、已退除役之陸、空軍士官學校相關科畢業。
六、曾任漁船普通船員資歷滿一年以上。
七、曾任動力小船駕駛滿二年以上並持有證明。
前項船員應於受僱前依職務完成專業訓練，並領有航政機關核發之合格證書。
總噸位未滿五百船舶之艙面部門或輪機部門乙級船員，經見習轉任後部門職務三個月以上期間，且經船長或輪機長考核合格者，得逕予互轉部門，並以轉任後部門之最低職務僱用。
前項船員轉任後，於總噸位未滿五百船舶之艙面或輪機部門之最低職務年資滿一年以上者，始得任總噸位五百以上船舶職務。