Regulations for Seafarer Training, Examination and Application for Certification Article 56

Prior to the implementation of these Measures, in accordance with the rules for the issuance of the practice certificate for traffic technicians, if you hold a Class A practice certificate for river and sea navigation personnel and you apply for renewal of a certificate of competency, you shall attach a certificate of sea service qualifications for at least one year in the last five years, or the certificate of conformity of the sea service qualification or renewal test for more than three months in the last six months, and renew the certificate of competency according to the following provisions:1. Class A captain's practice certificate is reissued with the first-class captain's certificate of competency; Class A officer’s practice certificate is re-issued with the first-class officer’s certificate of competency; Class A second-class and third-class officer’s practice certificate is reissued with the first-class officer’s certificate of competency.2. Class A chief engineer's certificate of practice is re-issued with the first-class chief engineer's certificate of competency; Class A second engineer’s practice certificate is re-issued with the first-class second engineer’s certificate of competency; Class A third class engineer and third class engineer’s practice certificate are renewed with the first-class engineer’s certificate.The re-issue of the certificates of competency for first-class captain, chief officer, chief engineer and second engineer of the preceding paragraph shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Article 43; the reissue of the certificate of competency for first-class officer and the engineer shall be based on paragraph 6 of Article 42 of the provisions. However, it is not necessary to attach a training record book on board.