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Who counts as a watchkeeper?
Who counts as a watchkeeper?
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Written by Stuart Willis
Updated over a week ago

The watch keeper column on the Crew page specifically refers to the 'Watchkeeper Yes|No' on the time sheet top right. The feedback we have had from Cayman Islands on this is as follows;

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Question:

When it comes to our HOR timesheets onboard, there is the option to select watchkeeper or not watchkeeper. What constitutes a watchkeeper? Does it only concern bridge navigational watchkeepers, or does it also concern lookouts, anchor watches, security watches in port and engineer watches.

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Response:

The ‘principles of safe manning’ consider the capability to maintain safe navigational, engineering and radio watches in accordance with regulation VIII/2 of the 1978 STCW Convention, as amended, and also maintain general surveillance of the ship; so yes to all.

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