A national of the Republic of China and foreigners stated in Article 24, paragraph 2, who have one of the qualifications listed in Schedule III, may participate in the onshore promotion training of the crew of that category.If the crew member is promoted, he/she shall participate in the onshore promotion training and appraisal assessment conducted by the navigation authority. If the assessment is passed, the navigation authority shall send the crew a certificate of on-shore competency assessment.The assessment of competency of the preceding paragraph includes practical and written test.The pilot of a motor passenger boat who has obtained a third-class officer’s onshore promotion qualification assessment certificate shall have on the certificate a statement that his boat is limited to serve the coastal waters within 30 nautical miles.The crew members who participate and successfully complete the second-class captain, chief engineer, chief officer and second engineer on-shore promotion training shall sign up for the same class of competency assessment within three years from the date of training and may be exempted from participating in the same category of on shore promotion training.The onshore promotion training program, the practical project for the assessment of competency, and the written test subjects and related information shall be announced by the navigation authority.The crew's on-shore promotion training and competency assessment may be entrusted to a domestic crew training organization for handling, and their operation plans shall be submitted to the navigation authority for approval.When the navigation authority or the entrusted institution of the preceding paragraph handles the suitability assessment business, it shall set up a review team to supervise the crew member's qualification examination, question bank questioning, supervision test printing, seal, title interpretation and competency assessment results for general review and other related businesses.Table 3：Training qualifications for on shore crew promotion of Ministry of Communications.pdf