2 Qualifications
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2 Qualifications

  2.1 Designated Person should have a minimum of formal education as follows:

  • .1 qualifications from a tertiary institution recognized by the Administration or by the recognized organization, within a relevant field of management, engineering or physical science, or

  • .2 qualifications and seagoing experience as a certified ship officer pursuant to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978, as amended, or

  • .3 other formal education combined with not less than three years practical senior level experience in ship management operations.


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