You may apply for the following endorsement to your certificate:

• Command and operate the engines of a vehicular ferry-in-chains attached to the shore by a cable.

Endorsement to command and operate the engines of a vehicular ferry in chains attached to the shore by a cable

If you want to get this endorsement at the same time as your certificate, you can add this to your application for a new certificate. You will need to include the sea service laid out below with your application.

If you are adding this endorsement to a current certificate you will need to:

1. Meet medical and eyesight requirements

Within the Certificate of competency application form 426 there is a declaration of medical fitness that you must complete. This lets us know that you are medically fit, and that your eyesight meets the necessary standard, to work at sea.

If you are colour blind, you will be restricted to working in daylight hours only.

2. Provide evidence of sea service

You need to show you have sea service on a ferry in chains.

• You must have completed 20 days on a ferry in chains.

You need to submit at least one of the following as proof of qualifying sea service:

• Record of sea service form 771
• the on board sea service record from your task book
• a letter from the vessel operator, owner, master or chief engineer detailing your sea service.
• an approved sea service log book

Read more about qualifying sea service.

3. Provide existing certificates

You must submit a copy of your:

• existing Master inland waters (front and back)
• valid HLTAID011 Provide first aid certificate, or equivalent.

4. Complete and submit a certificate of competency application

To apply, complete and submit the Certificate of competency application form 426.
Read more about completing and submitting your application for a domestic certificate.

Remove a daylight hours restriction on your certificate

If you have this restriction on your certificate you may apply to have the restriction removed.

What do I need to do?

To remove this restriction, you will need to:

1. Meet medical and eyesight requirements

Download the:

1. Certificate of medical fitness for a near coastal certificate

The Certificate of medical fitness for domestic seafarers form 1850 proves that you are medically fit for working at sea and includes the eyesight requirements to let us know you are not colour blind.

If you are colour blind, we will not be able to remove your daylight hours restriction.

2. Standards for the medical assessment of domestic seafarers

Provide a medical practitioner with the Standards for the medical assessment of domestic seafarers and have them complete the Certificate of medical fitness for domestic seafarers form 1850.

If you do not meet the colour vision requirements of the eyesight test, you must also get the practitioner to provide a certificate or statement stating that you do not suffer any greater abnormality in colour vision than could be tested by the Ishihara Test.

If you have a current AMSA medical (Certificate of medical fitness form 303) you can use this in place of the Certificate of medical fitness for a near coastal certificate.

Submit your completed forms as part of your Certificate of competency application form 426.

2. Provide existing certificates

You must submit a copy of your:

• existing Master (Inland waters)
• valid HLTAID011 Provide first aid certificate, or equivalent.

3. Complete and submit a certificate of competency application

To apply, complete and submit the Certificate of competency application form 426.
Read more about completing and submitting your application for a domestic certificate.