Regulations for Seafarer Training, Examination and Application for Certification Article 49

A crew member of an official vessel or a working vessel, applying for the issuance of a certificate of competency in accordance with the provisions of Articles 42, 43 and 45 - if the equipment, use or other special circumstances of the vessel cause the training items to not be completed in the training record book, the circumstances can be exempted and their certificate of competency should be marked as "limited to service in a vessels for official purpose or work vessels".In the case of the preceding paragraph, after completing the on-board training record book and passing the approval of the navigation authority, the certificate of competency shall be renewed.