[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR15.1103]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 15_MANNING REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart J_Vessels Subject to Requirements of STCW
 
Sec. 15.1103  Employment and service within restrictions of a license, 
document, and STCW endorsement or of a certificate of training.

    (a) On board a seagoing vessel operating beyond the Boundary Line, 
no person may employ or engage any person to serve, and no person may 
serve, in a position requiring a person to hold an STCW endorsement, 
including master, chief mate, chief engineer, second engineer, officer 
of the navigational or engineering watch, or radio operator, unless the 
person serving holds an appropriate, valid STCW certificate or 
endorsement issued in accordance with part 10 or 12 of this chapter.
    (b) On board a seagoing vessel of 500 GT or more as determined under 
the International Tonnage Convention, no person may employ or engage any 
person to serve, and no person may serve, as a rating forming part of 
the navigational watch, except for training, unless the person serving 
holds an appropriate, valid STCW certificate or endorsement issued in 
accordance with part 12 of this chapter.
    (c) After January 31, 2002, on board a seagoing vessel driven by 
main propulsion machinery of 750 kW [1,000 hp] propulsion power or more, 
no person may employ or engage any person to serve, and no person may 
serve, in a rating forming part of a watch in a manned engine-room, nor 
may any person be designated to perform duties in a periodically 
unmanned engine-room, except for training or for the performance of 
duties of an unskilled nature, unless the person serving holds an 
appropriate, valid STCW certificate or endorsement issued in accordance 
with part 12 of this chapter.
    (d) You must hold documentary evidence to show you meet the 
requirements of Sec. 10.1005 (if licensed) or Sec. 12.30-5 (if 
unlicensed) of this chapter if you are a master or crewmember on board a 
Ro-Ro passenger ship to which a certificate signifying compliance with 
the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as 
amended (SOLAS), has been issued.
    (e) You must hold documentary evidence to show you meet the 
requirements of Sec. 10.1105 (if licensed) or Sec. 12.35-5 (if 
unlicensed) of this chapter if you are a master or crewmember on board a 
vessel that is--
    (1) Subject to the STCW;
    (2) Not a Ro-Ro passenger ship; and
    (3) Carrying more than 12 passengers when on an international 
voyage.
    (f) After January 31, 2002, on board a seagoing vessel required to 
comply with provisions of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System 
(GMDSS) in Chapter IV of SOLAS, no person may employ or engage any 
person to serve, and no person may serve, as the master, chief mate, or 
officer of the navigational watch, unless the person serving holds the 
appropriate certificate for operator of radio in GMDSS.
    (g) On board a seagoing vessel required to comply with provisions of 
the GMDSS in Chapter IV of SOLAS, no person may employ or engage any 
person to serve, and no person may serve, as the person designated to 
maintain GMDSS equipment at sea, when the service of a person so 
designated is used to meet the maintenance requirements of SOLAS 
Regulation IV/15, which allows for capability of at-sea electronic 
maintenance to ensure that radio equipment is available for radio 
communication, unless the person so serving holds documentary evidence

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that he or she is competent to maintain GMDSS equipment at sea.
    (h) After January 31, 2002, on board a seagoing vessel fitted with 
an Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA), no person may employ or engage 
any person to serve, and no person may serve, as the master, chief mate, 
or officer of the navigational watch, unless the person so serving has 
been trained in the use of ARPA in accordance with Sec. 10.205 or Sec. 
10.209 of this chapter, whichever is appropriate.

[CGD 95-062, 62 FR 34539, June 26, 1997, as amended by USCG-1999-5610, 
67 FR 55069, Oct. 30, 2002; USCG-2004-18884, 69 FR 58344, Sept. 30, 
2004]