Seafarer's Service Regulations Article 81-1

The head of meals, head chef, sous chef, and kitchen workers that make up the general affairs department shall be at least 18 years old, shall have participated in the ship’s cook’s essential training held by a domestic seafarer training institution and been qualified in the training, as well as have already obtained a training qualification certificate prior to serving on board.The training mentioned in the above paragraph shall be planned by domestic seafarer training institutions and approved by the Maritime Administration. The training programs and courses shall be created by seafarer training institutions pursuant to the requirements of the Maritime Labor Convention and shall be submitted to the Maritime Administration for approval prior to implementation.