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             FISHING BOATS (CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY AS SKIPPERS AND SECONDHANDS) REGULATIONS, 1972 (LI 770)

 

IN exercise of the powers conferred on the Commissioner responsible for Shipping by section 19 of the Fisheries Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 87) these Regulations are made this 8th day of August 1972.

Regulation 1—Persons Qualified to Enter Examination for Certificate of Competency.

(1) No person shall qualify to enter for an examination for a certificate of competency as skipper unless —

(a) he is a citizen of Ghana, or of any  country within the Commonwealth;

(b) he has attained the age of 21 years;

(c) he has performed five years of qualifying service at sea in the deck department of any sea-going vessel of which at least one year shall have been performed as certified secondhand in fishing boats having a gross tonnage of thirty-five or more;

(d)  he possesses a valid certificate proving that he has passed a letter test;

(e)  he possesses a First Aid Certificate granted to him by the St. John’s Ambulance  Brigade the Ghana Red Cross Society or by a body approved by the Commissioner not earlier than three years before the date of the examination.

(2) No person shall qualify to enter for an examination for a certificate of competency as secondhand unless—

(a) he is a citizen of Ghana, or of any country within the Commonwealth;

(b) he has attained the age of 19 years;

(c) he has performed at least three and half years qualifying service at sea in the deck department of any seagoing vessel of which eighteen months shall have been performed in the deck department of fishing boats.

(d) he possesses a valid  medical certificate proving that he is not deaf or suffering from any impediment in his speech;

(e) he possesses a valid certificate proving that he has passed both letter and lantern  tests;

(f)  he possesses a First Aid Certificate granted to him by the St. John's Ambulance Brigade, the Ghana Red Cross Society or by a body approved by the Commissioner not earlier than three years before the date of the examination.

(3)  A certificate granted to a person who has passed a letter or lantern test or both shall be valid for a period of six months.

Regulation 2—Qualifying Sea Service.

(1) Subject to regulation 1 the qualifying service at sea shall be performed in the deck department of any sea-going vessel.

(2) The Examiner may permit any service to be reckoned as qualifying service where that service is performed partly in the deck department of a sea going vessel and partly elsewhere on that vessel where the Examiner is satisfied that a reasonable proportion of such service each day has been performed in the deck department.

(3) Where there is any doubt as to whether a person has performed the qualifying service at sea required under these Regulations that doubt shall be resolved by the Commissioner.

Regulation 3—Service in the Ghana Navy.

An executive officer or a seaman rating of the Ghana Navy may count not more than two years sea service in the Navy towards qualifying service for a certificate of competency as secondhand but the remaining 18 months must be served on board a fishing boat.

Regulation 4—Pre-Sea Training.

(1) For the purposes of reckoning qualifying service at sea a person who has undergone a pre-sea training course at the Ghana Nautical College may count at half rate the period of such training if he possesses a certificate of satisfactory conduct and proficiency granted to him by the authorities of the Ghana Nautical College.

(2) The period of training in similar schools or Colleges approved by the Commissioner may also be accepted in lieu of service at sea for the purposes of an examination under these Regulations for a certificate of competency as secondhand.

(3)  The maximum remission of qualifying service at sea granted under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph for an examination for a certificate of competency as secondhand shall not exceed six months.

(4) The remission shall not be counted towards any part of the qualifying service at sea required to be performed in fishing boat and shall not apply to any further service at sea required in respect of examination for certificate of competency as skipper or as result of failure on the oral examination.

(5) The total remission granted under sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of this paragraph shall not exceed 12 months.

Regulation 5—Persons Disqualified to Take Examination.

Any person who has been guilty of desertion or gross misconduct on board a ship shall not qualify to enter for an examination for a certificate of competency as skipper or secondhand unless he produces satisfactory proof of two years subsequent service and good conduct at sea.

Regulation 6—Alien to Sit Examination with Prior Approval of Commissioner.

Subject to paragraph 1 of these Regulations any person who is not a citizen of Ghana or of any country within the Common wealth shall qualify to sit an examination for a certificate of competency as skipper or secondhand if he obtains in writing the prior approval of the Commissioner.

Regulation 7—Proof of Citizenship.

(1) Any person who claims citizenship of Ghana (proof of which shall be on him) shall be required to produce his birth certificate, certificate of naturalization or such other documents as the Examiner may consider necessary in support of his claim.

(2) Where a person claims citizenship of a country other than Ghana he shall be required to produce such documentary evidence as is necessary to prove that he is a citizen of that country.

Regulation 8—Application for Examination.

(1)  Any person who wishes to enter for an examination for a certificate of competency as skipper or secondhand shall complete Form Exn. G.2 prescribed in the First Schedule to these Regulations.

(2)  The completed form accompanied by such certificates, testimonials and other documents as may be specified therein shall be lodged with the Examiner at the examination office not later than ten days before the date of the examination.

(3) Any person who wishes to undergo a sight test only or a letter test or a lantern test or both shall lodge with the Examiner duly completed Form Exn. G.2A prescribed in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations accompanied by a prescribed fee.

Regulation 9—Places and Days for Examination.

The Commissioner may, by notice published in the Gazette, designate centres, days and times for examinations for certificate of competency as skipper or secondhand.

Regulation 10—Appointment of Examiners.

The examination shall be conducted by such Examiners as the Commissioner may appoint.

Regulation 11—Subject and Syllabuses for Examinations.

The examinations shall consist of three parts namely written, oral and signals in the subjects specified in the syllabuses set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations.

Regulation 12—Examiner to Notify candidates of Examination Results.

A person who has passed in all three parts of the examination shall be notified of the results thereof by the Examiner on Form Exn.  G.16 prescribed in the Third Schedule to these Regulations and subject to paragraph 14 of these Regulations such person shall be granted a certificate of competency as skipper or secondhand as the case may be.

Regulation 13—Re-Examinations of Persons.

(1) Where a person has failed in one or more than one part of the examination that person shall be notified of such failure by the Examiner on Form Exn.G.17 prescribed in the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations.

(2) Where a person as failed the oral examination as result of lack of adequate practical knowledge that person may, at the discretion of the Examiner, be required to perform a further service at sea for a period not exceeding three months before such person is re-examined.

(3) A pass obtained in the written, oral or signals examination shall hold good for a period of six months and if during that period a person passes in the other remaining parts of the examination that person shall be granted a certificate of competency.

(4) Where a person does not pass the remaining parts of the examination within the said six months such person shall be required to take again that part of the examination which he has already passed except that the Commissioner may in certain special circumstances, extend for a period not exceeding twelve months the time within which he is required to take the examination.

Regulation 14—Issue of Certificate of Competency.

No person who has passed the examinations prescribed under paragraph 11 of  these Regulations shall be granted a certificate of competency as skipper or secondhand unless he possesses a valid radar observer’s certificate.

Regulation 15—Issue of Certificate in Special Cases.

Subject to paragraph 14 of these Regulations any person who, before the commencement of these Regulations has passed an examination for a certificate of competency as skipper or secondhand conducted by a competent authority recognised by the Commissioner shall be granted a certificate of competency as skipper or secondhand and shall not be required to take the examination prescribed under paragraph 11 of these Regulations.

Regulation 16—Endorsement of Certificate of Secondhand to Act as Skipper.

The holder of a certificate of competency as secondhand may act as skipper of a fishing boat not exceeding fifty tons gross:

Provided that the certificate of competency of such holder is endorsed by the Examiner to the effect that such holder is competent to act as skipper and that the fishing boat does not proceed beyond fifty miles from the coast of Ghana within the limits of longitude one degree East and longitude three degrees West.

Regulation 17—Loss of Certificate.

(1) If a certificate of competency is lost or destroyed the holder thereof shall forthwith notify the Examiner on Form Exn.G.23 prescribed in the Sixth Schedule to these Regulations.

(2) If the Examiner is satisfied that the certificate has been so lost or destroyed the Examiner shall forward the form to the Commissioner to issue a copy of the certificate of competency to the holder thereof.

(3) A prescribed fee shall be paid for each copy of certificate of competency so issued.

Regulation 18—Forgery and Other Offences.

Any person who is guilty of any offence involving dishonesty in connection with a certificate of competency shall, in addition to any penalty to which he shall be liable, be disqualified from taking an examination for a certificate of competency as skipper or secondhand for a period not exceeding twelve months.

Regulation 19—Fees.

(1) A prescribed fee shall be charged in respect of each examination taken under these Regulations.

(2) Where a person has failed an examination in respect of which a fee is paid by him no part of such fee shall be refunded to him.

Regulation 20—Interpretation.

In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires—  

“certificate of competency” means certificate of competency as skipper or  secondhand granted under the provisions of these Regulations.

“Examiner” means a person appointed examiner under paragraph 10 of these Regulations.

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner responsible for Transport and Communications.

“qualifying service” means service a person is required to perform at sea on board fishing   boats or other sea-going vessels.

"service at sea in the deck department" means service as apprentice, cadet, deck rating or navigating officer in any sea-going vessel.

MAJOR A. H.  SELORMEY

Commissioner Responsible for Transport and Communications

 

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE

FORM EXN. G.2

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY AS MASTER OR MATE OR SKIPPER OR SECONDHAND OF FISHING BOAT

Note.—Application should be handed in at the Examination Office at least 10 days before the examination.  If it is not convenient for the Applicant to deliver the form personally, the form, together with the enclosures should be sent by post.  Applicant will complete the Declaration (1) in the presence of the Examiner, prior to the Examination.

PART (A)—PARTICULARS OF APPLICANT

 

 

Surname

(Block Letters)

            Other Names in full

(Block Letters)   Permanent Address and Post Office Box Number

 

                                   

Date of Birth

(Birth Certificate

to be produced)  Where Born

(Town and

District)

 

Nationality                    

                                    Discharge Book Number

                                               

PART (B)—PARTICULARS OF PREVIOUS CERTIFICATES (ISSUED IN GHANA OR ELSEWHERE, IF NONE STATE SO)

 

 

 

Number

Competency, Service

And Radar Observer      

 

Grade   For Steamship

or other class of vessel   State whether at any time suspended or cancelled, and if so:—

(a)  By what Court or

Authority

(b) Date

(c)  Cause        

                                                (a)

(b)

(c)       

PART (C)—CERTIFICATE NOW REQUIRED

 

 

 

 

Grade  

For foreign-going

home trade or fishing vessels.    

Date on which applicant desires to be examined. 

Office to which certificate is to be sent if not to be Collected from the Office of the Shipping Commissioner.

           

                                               

PART (D)—RESULT OF PREVIOUS EXAMINATION (IF ANY)

Note.—If the candidate has previously been examined in Ghana or in another Commonwealth country or in the Irish Republic for the grade of certificate now required, or has previously undergone sight test, he must give particulars of the last occasion on which he was examined or tested stating when, where and with what result.  If he has not been examined or tested he must so state.  A candidate not possessing a  Certificate of Competency who has at any time failed in the Sight Test must here state when and where.

 

 

LAST SIGHT TEST

SUBJECT IN WHICH EXAMINED AND RESULT

Port    

Letter 

Lantern          

 

Port or Ports  WRITTEN       ORAL SIGNALLING

                                                Date    Date    Date   

Date   

Result

            Result Result

 

PART (E)—CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINER

 

*(The Declaration (1) was signed in my presence, and fee of ¢………was received by me.

………………………………19………………………….

 

                                                                                 Examiner of Masters and Mates

           

 

PART (F)—CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINER

Note.—The Examiner should complete Parts (F) and (G) and forward the application as soon as possible to the Ministry of Transport and Communications.  If the candidate passes, his previous certificate, if any, must be attached.  The new certificate will be delivered to the candidate at the office of the Shipping Commissioner.

 

 

Date and Place of Examination

                                                                       

 

Sight Test         Certificate of

Competency      Letter

Test      Lantern

Test     

Written 

Oral     

Signalling         

 

                                                                                   

 

Additional Sea

Service (if any)  

Certificate to

be issued         

           

           

PART (G)—PERSONAL DESCRIPTION OF CANDIDATE

 

HEIGHT         

COLOUR OF

Complexion  

Personal identification

Marks

Feet    Inches Eyes   Hair                

           

I hereby certify that the particulars in Parts (F) and (G)  are correct, that the candidate has produced satisfactory Testimonials, Proofs of Service, and Nationality and that the Declaration (1) was signed in my presence.

……………………….19………….     ………………………………………….

                                                                                   Examiner

To:

THE SHIPPING COMMISSIONER,

DIVISION OF SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION,

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS,

P.O. BOX M. 38,

ACCRA.

 

PART (H)—FULL PARTICULARS OF SEA SERVICE

Notes—

(1)  If a Certificate is held—only service from date of Certificate need be given.

(2)  Particulars of sea service should be taken from the Discharge Book.

 

 

PARTICULARS OF SHIP    DATES           PERIOD                                

 

Name   

Tonnage            Port of Registry and Official No.  

Capacity          

From    

To        

Years   

Months

Days     Trade in which Employed           

Remarks          

 

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY         Total service

At Sea

Time Served for which Official Proof is now produced

Time Served for which no proof is produced                                             

Indentures

Testimonials

Whether Pre-Sea

Trained.

 

Watch Keeping

Certificate.

Birth Certificate

Statutory

Declaration.

Certificate of

Competency.

First Aid

Certificate.

Lifeboat

Certificate.

EDH/AB Certificate                                                                   

                                                                       

 

(1)—Declaration to be made by Candidate

(Take Notice.—Any person who makes, or procures to be made, or assists in making any false representation for the purpose of obtaining for himself or for any other person a Certificate of Competency shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and will render himself liable to heavy  penalties.)

I hereby declare that the particulars contained in Parts (A), (B), (C), (D), and (H) of this Form are correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief; and that the Papers enumerated in Part (H) and sent with this Form are true and genuine documents, given and signed by the persons whose names appear on them.  I further declare that the statement in Part (H) contains a true and correct account of the whole of my services without exception.

And I make this Declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true.

……………………………..19                    ………………………………………....….

                                                                          Signature of Candidate

 Present Address:—

                                                               …………………………….............……..

                                                               ………………………………..................

                                                               …………………………………...............

Signed in the presence of the

Examiner of Masters and Mates………..............………..

…………………………………….....................…………….

 

 

SECOND SCHEDULE

PART I

SYLLABUS FOR SKIPPER'S CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION

PRACTICAL NAVIGATION

(1) To find the latitude by observation of the Pole Star.

(2) To determine the position of the ship from two simultaneous observations of stars, or by observation of a star and the sun with a run between, or a star and the bearing of a terrestrial object.

(3) To find the deviation of the compass by time azimuth of a star (use of tables or diagram will be accepted).

(4) To recognise the following stars by their positions relative to the constellations:— Polaris, Dubhe, Arcturus, Aldebaran, Rigel, Bellatrix, Betelgeuse, Sirius, Castor, Pollux, Capella, Regulus, Altair, Vega, Deneb, Rigilkent Fomalhaut, Canopus and Antares.

(5) Definition of a great circle, rhumb line, first point of Aries and sidereal hour angle of a star.

 

SHIP STABILITY

(1) Centre of gravity, centre of buoyancy, metacentre and metacentric height.

(2) Stable, neutral and unstable equilibrium

(3) Statical stability, stability curves and range of stability.  Stiff and tender ships.

(4) The effect on the statical stability of raising or lowering of weights and the taking on board or discharging of weights such as fuel oil and fish.  The effect of weights suspended at a height such as when the cod end is hoisted inboard.  The effect of icing on the superstructure.

(5) The effect of freeboard on the range of stability.

(6) The effect of free surface on the metacentric height.  Simple exercises in applying to the GM the correction for free surface and to determine the effect on the Centre of Gravity due to adding or taking out weights.

(7) A knowledge of the stability information supplied to a trawler.

 

CHARTWORK

(1) Use of a line of soundings.

(2) Use of Decca, Consol  and Loran Lattice charts,

(3)  To find the time and height of high and low water at a Standard Port (Admiralty Tide Tables).  The use of tables or diagram to find the height of tide at any given time and thence the approximate correction to soundings, or to find the time at which there would be a specified depth of water over a rock or shoal.

 

NAVIGATIONAL  AIDS

1. Elementary questions on compass deviation.  To find the Magnetic bearing of a distant object from compass bearings taken on equidistant points and to construct a table of deviations.

2. Care and maintenance of magnetic compasses.  Siting of compasses with particular reference to proximity of magnetic material and electrical appliances.

3.  Principle of the echo sounder and its practical use: false echoes, fish echoes.

4.  The practical use of Radar and its limitations as a navigational aid.

5.  The use of Decca Navigator, fixed and variable errors and how to apply them.

6.  The use of Consol and how to obtain a count.

 

ORAL AND PRACTICAL

(a) Meteorology, sufficient to understand the meaning of weather bulletins broadcast for the use of mariners in the North Sea and Atlantic.  This may include questions on warm and cold fronts, their movements and the type or weather associated with each.  Buys Ballot's law.

(b) Getting under way.  Berthing and unberthing.

(c) Tending a vessel at anchor; mooring and unmooring.

(d) How to keep a ship head to sea in heavy weather, or with engines broken down.

(e) Action to be taken if a vessel is springing a leak.

(f) The rigging and use of a jury rudder.

(g) How to get a cast of the deep sea lead in heavy weather.

(h) Effects of screws on steering of a vessel.  Manoeuvring a vessel in rivers and harbours.

(i) The use and management of the rocket apparatus in the event of the vessel  being stranded. 

(j) What is required by the Merchant Shipping Acts to be done in cases of death, injury or ill-treatment, or of punishment inflicted on board or of casualty to a vessel; as to return of list of crew; as to agreements and apprentices' indentures; as to accounts, wages; as to certificates of discharge; and as to avoidance of pollution of sea by oil.

(k) Any other practical questions relating to the duties of a Skipper of a fishing boat which the Examiner may think necessary.

 

SIGNALS

In addition to the syllabus for a Second Hand, a candidate will also be examined in the use of shipborne W.T. D/F.

 

PART II

SYLLABUS FOR SECONDHAND'S CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION

CHARTWORK

1. Use of a chart or plan and understanding of all marks, signs and abbreviations thereon (Candidates will be examined orally on this part.)

2. To find the compass course (or courses) and distance (or distances) between two points on the chart.

3. To find the ship's position front two bearings of the same object, the course and distance run between the bearings being given, making due allowance for a given tide or current, and to find the distance of the ship from any given position at the time of taking the second bearing.

4. To find on a chart or plan the course to steer by compass in order to counteract effect of a given the tide or current and find the distance the ship will make good towards a given position in a given time.

5. To fix a ship's position by horizontal sextant angles.

6. To obtain the compass error by transit bearings, selection of suitable objects.

7. To find the ship’s position by cross bearings of' two objects and the set and drift experienced.

 

PRACTICAL NAVIGATION

1. By the use of the Traverse Table to obtain the D.R. position of a ship at any time, given compass courses, variation and deviation and the run recorded by log or calculated by estimated speed and time.  The candidate may be asked to allow for the effects of current and winds.  A departure position may be given as a bearing and distance from a point of land.

2. To find the deviation of the compass by time azimuth of the sun by means of tables, diagrams or any other method the candidate may select.

3. To find the latitude by an observation of the sun on the meridian.

4. To find the ship's position at the time of the second observation by the use of position lines obtained from two different observations with a run between.  The two observations may both be of the sun or a solar observation together with a terrestrial position line.

 

PRINCIPLES OF NAVIGATION

1. To understand the terms: geographical position of the sun, Greenwich hour angle, local hour angle, celestial meridian and prime vertical, azimuth.

2. To understand the use of position lines both celestial and terrestrial.

3. To obtain the course and distance from one position to another by means of Plane and Mercator sailing.

4.  To obtain the clock or chronometer time of the sun’s meridian passage.

5. Use of a pelorus to obtain compass bearings

6. To draw a figure showing the celestial sphere on the plane of either the observer’s meridian or the rational horizon naming some required parts.

 

ORAL AND PRACTICAL

(a) The use of a pelorus.

(b) The use and adjustments of the sextant.  Candidates should be able to observe with it, read on and off the are, and find the index error by the horizon.

(c) The use and reading of the aneroid barometer.

(d) How to improvise and use a sea anchor.

(e) The marking and use of the hand lead line.

(f) The rigging, masting and principal parts of fishing boat.

(g) Accidents and how to deal with them, including fire-fighting on board and measures for fire prevention.

(h) Life-saving appliances and fire appliances required to be carried in fishing  boats; care and maintenance of lifeboats and their equipment, buoyant apparatus and inflatable rafts, lifebuoys, lifejackets, line throwing appliances and fire appliances.

(i) Taking in and setting fore and aft sail.

(j) Man overboard and necessary action.

(k) Management of vessel’s boat in heavy weather.

(l) The Collision Regulations as regards both steamers and sailing vessels, their regulation lights and fog and sound signals, (Candidates must have a good knowledge of all the Rules of the Collision Regulations).

(m) The signals of distress and the signals to be made by ships wanting a pilot and the liabilities and penalties incurred by the misuse of these signals.

(n) Uniform system of buoyage and wreck marking system.

(o) A knowledge of the contents of the Merchant Shipping Notices and the intelligent use of Notices to Mariners.

(p) Use of an echo sounding machine and the patent sounding machine.

(q) A knowledge of measures influencing the safety of fishing vessels generally and specifically as related to stability.

(r) Any other questions relating to the duties of a secondhand of a Fishing Boat which the Examiner may think necessary.

 

SIGNALS

Candidates must have a good knowledge of the morse and semaphore alphabets and be able to signal by both methods.  They will be required to attain the speed of eight words a minute in semaphore and six words a minute in morse flashing.  A  knowledge of International Code of Signals and the use of phonetic alphabets in the radio-telephone code is required.

 

PART III

EXAMINATION FOR ENDORSEMENT OF A SECONDHAND

CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY

The examination for an endorsement as provided in paragraph 16 of the Regulations shall consist of an Oral Examination only and shall be based on the Oral syllabus for a skippers certificate of competency.

Note:—The syllabus for a higher grade certificate is always to be regarded as including the syllabus for a certificate of a lower grade.

 

 

THIRD SCHEDULE

FORM EXN.  G.16

                                                                            No………………………..

EXAMINER'S AUTHORITY FOR DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY TO APPLICANT WHO HAS PASSED AN EXAMINATION

Name of Applicant……………………………………………………………....................................................................…….

Grade for which passed…………………………………………………………….........................................................….....….

Height:……………………………….Colour of Eyes:…………………………….........................................................…....….

Colour of Hair:………………………..Complexion:………………………………...........................................................…….

Personal marks or identification marks (if any):…..............................................................

Signature of Applicant…………..........................................................

Port ...........................…………. Date ......................…………………..

Note.—Please deliver to the above named person the Certificate of Competency to which he is entitled.

This authority is subject to the approval of the Commissioner for Transport and Communications.

Signature of Examiner .................................……………….

Port….................…………Date .................…………………

To:

THE SHIPPING COMMISSIONER,

DIVISION OF SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION,

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS,

P.O. BOX M. 38,

ACCRA.

 

FOURTH SCHEDULE

FORM EXN. G. 17

RESULT OF EXAMINATION

Name of Candidate……………………………… Grade …………………….

Identification marks………………………………………………………………..

 

            RESULTS OF EXAMINATION                    Date

Eligible

For Re-Examination      

Examiner’s

Signature         

Port      Date     Attempt

No.       Sight

Test     

Written 

Orals   

Signals                        

                        1st                                                                               

                        2nd                                                                              

                        3rd                                                                               

                        4th                                                                               

                        5th                                                                               

 

Stamp of Office of original issue                 Additional sea-service (if any) required

 

                                                                  Months from…………………………..

…………………………………

        Signature of Examiner

Note.—This form must be presented to the Examiner at the time candidate applies for a re-examination.

 

FIFTH SCHEDULE

FORM EXN.G. 2A

APPLICATION FOR SIGHT TEST

Surname (in block letters)…...........................................................………………………

Other names (in full) (block letters)...................................................………………….

Permanent address……………………..............................................................………

Date of Birth…………………… day of ……..............……….….. 19……..................

Place of Birth (Town)…………………......... District ............................................…

Number of years served at sea ..................…….. Present Rating ..................................

Number and Grade of Certificate of Competency (if any ............................…………….

If about to go to sea for the first time state in what capacity ...................................................……………………………………………………………………………………………………................................

Have you previously taken Sight Test in Ghana or in another Commonwealth Country

Yes/No………………

If so state:—

(a) Date and place of last test ..........................................…………………………

(b) Whether Passed or Failed in:—

Letter Test…………………………….........................................................…………

Lantern Test……………………………………..........................................................

Have you ever had a special examination in United Kingdom? If so, state the date………….

CANDIDATES DECLARATION

I declare that the particulars furnished above are correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

And I make this Declaration conscientiously believing it to be true.

Signature of Candidate…………………………………………………………....…….

Date…………………………..19………………..

The Declaration overleaf was signed in my presence and the fee of ¢………………….has been received by me.

……………........…………………

Signature of Receiving Officer

Office .............................………………………..

Date ........................…………………………

 

CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINER

I certify that the Candidate named overleaf was examined by me this day with the following results:—

                                                                             *Letter Test……………………

                                                                             *Lantern Test………………….

Note.—* Insert “Passed”, “Failed” or “Not examined” as the case may be.  In the Lantern Test, where the candidate holds a certificate of competency (other than A.B.) the entry should always be ‘not examined’).

…………..............……………………

Examiner

Port of……....................................................................................………………….

This ……............................….. day of ......................………19 ........................…..

This form should be completed by the Examiner and forwarded on the day of examination to:—

THE SHIPPING COMMISSIONER,

DIVISION OF SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION,

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS,

P.O. BOX M. 38,

ACCRA.

 

SIXTH SCHEDULE

FORM EXN. G. 23

APPLICATION FOR COPY OF LOST CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY

N.B.—This Form when completed should be forwarded to the Shipping Commissioner who will issue the certificate.

Part A

 

Name of Applicant          Address            Date of Birth      Place of Birth    

                                   

Name of former Certificate           Grade of former Certificate         

           

Part B

PARTICULARS OF LAST SERVICE

 

Name of last Ship          Port of Registry and Official Number        Rating on board Description of last Voyage                     

                                    From     To         Commenced      Ended  

                                                                       

 

 

           

 

SOME OTHER SHIPS IN WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS SERVED BEFORE AND AFTER OBTAINING THE CERTIFICATE NOW LOST

 

S. No. Name of Ship            Port of Registry and Official No.      Rating on board        Date

Service

Commenced

Date

Service

Ended

 

Part C

DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE APPLICANT BEFORE AN EXAMINER

I,……………………………….... of ..............................................……………….

Do Hereby declare:—

(1)  That my Certificate was a Certificate of*.................................................…….

       and that it was numbered…………………………………………….....................

(2) That the said Certificate was lost at+……………………………....................………..

............................................................................……………………………………………

 (3)  That the statements made herein and in Parts (A) and (B) are correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

………........................…………………

Applicant’s Signature

Declared and subscribed before me at………..this……day……………… 19.................

…….................................………………………

Examiner of Masters and Mates/Engineers

_______________________

Note.—*Insert the word Competency or Service

             *State the place, date occasion and cause of the loss of  the Certificate.

 

 

Part D

DIRECTION BY THE SHIPPING COMMISSIONER

I am satisfied/not satisfied with the applicant’s declaration in Part C.A duplicate copy of the Certificate may be/may not be issued.

………......................……………….

Shipping Commissioner

Part E

NOTE OF ISSUE OF CERTIFICATE

A duplicate Certificate has been issued this………………………..........…………

Day of…………………………………………………..19………………….……

                                                                                             Shipping commissioner

Note.—This Form should be retained in the Office of the Shipping Commissioner and the Examine informed of the action taken.

Date of Gazette Notification: 25th August, 1972.

 
 

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