Answers toQuestionsRelated to theApplication forSeniorTitleEvaluationofMarineProfessional andTechnicalPersonnel
Commissioned by the Maritime Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, China Institute of Navigation held an online meeting on March 2 for the arrangement ofthe application forsenior title evaluationof marine professional and technical personnel in 2020, after which the applying units and individuals asked questions online about the relevant issues encountered in the applying process, and the answers given by Maritime Bureau of the Ministry of Transport in conjunction with China Institute of Navigation on the relevant questions are as follows:
1. Application materials for senior titles of marine professionals and technicians requires certificate of technical secondary school (senior title) or junior college (full senior title), whether the educational background must be navigation related, no rigid requirement can be found in the relevant documents of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
A: According to the provisions of theInterim Provisionson the management of professional title evaluation(No. 40 Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China 2019) and the spirit of relevant title evaluation policies, “for professional and technical personnel who have been working for a long time in hard and remote areas and at the front line of the grassroots, their actual work performance should be especially examined, and the requirements of academic qualifications and years of service should be appropriately relaxed.” For those who have a certificate of technical secondary school in nautical specialty, and those who obtain a certificate at continuous education college in science and technology, it is considered to meet the requirements for application for senior title evaluation.
2. The last 5 years should have 3 months or more of shipboard experience in the corresponding position on the corresponding ship. If the applicant has 4 years and 9 months of the last 5 years on shore as a supervising captain and the other 3 months on board as a captain, is he or she qualified ?
A: According to the requirements of Annex 2,Evaluation Standards for Senior Titles of Marine Professionals and Techniciansof The Guiding Opinions of The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Transport on Deepening The Reform of the Title System for Ship Professionals and Technicians (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (2020) No. 54):
Applicants for senior title: within 5 years past from the due date, people who want to participate in the senior title evaluation should have served at least 12 months or more in the corresponding position onboard corresponding to the certificate they hold.
Applicants for full senior title: within 5 years past from the due date, they should serve in the corresponding position onboard corresponding to the certificate they hold for at least 3 months and above when participating in the evaluation of full senior title.
The certificates held are valid, and the corresponding records and reports are available in the crew service book and the Maritime Bureau's crew system.
3. Is vocational high school certificate equivalent to technical secondary school certificate?
A: On March 27, 2012, the website of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China replied to the question of “Whether vocational high school certificate is equivalent to technical secondary school education certificate” in the Policy Consultation section, and the answers are as follows:
According to the current classification of schools, secondary vocational schools are basically divided into four categories: regular technical secondary schools, adult technical secondary schools, vocational high schools and technical schools. All regular technical secondary schools, adult technical secondary schools, vocational high schools and technical schools (including public or private) approved by the local people's government and put on record at the educational administration at provincial level, which are qualified to implement academic education, are equal in academic level and belong to secondary vocational education.
4. My unit belongs to China Merchants Group Co., Ltd, which is its second-tier company and mainly engaged in shipping business. Its subordinates also include a number of third- and fourth-tier shipping companies, so should we collect the application materials of the personnel at all levels within the management scope of our unit, and then submit them to China Merchants Group for review in the name of the Group to sign, seal, and issue theLetter of authorizationand then submit them to China Institute of Navigation for appraisal?
A: Regarding the organization and submission of senior title application materials, the Group will review the materials and organize the submission in a unified manner.
- If the company leader has obtained the title of senior captain (deputy senior) 7 or 8 years ago, but he has not worked onboard long since, and has been transferred to the shipyard for more than ten or twenty years, is he also qualified for the application of the title of senior captain (full senior captain) now?
A: According to the requirements of Annex 2,Evaluation Standards for Senior Titles of Ship Professionals and TechniciansofThe Guiding Opinions of The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Transport on Deepening The Reform of the Title System for Marine Professionals and Technicians (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (2020) No. 54):
Applicants for senior title should have 3 months or more working experience on board of the corresponding ship in the last 5 years.
The corresponding certificates held are valid, and the crew service book and the maritime bureau crew system should have the corresponding records and reports above.
6. If an individual only holds a captain's certificate and does not have the title of senior captain (deputy senior), is he also qualified for the application of the title of senior captain (full senior captain) directly?
A: According to Article 14 ofInterim Regulations on the management of Professional Title Evaluation, applicants should generally apply for title evaluation in accordance with the professional title hierarchy. Professional and technical personnel who have made significant breakthroughs in basic research and frontier technology, solved major engineering and technical problems, and made significant contributions to the development of various economic and social undertakings can directly apply for senior title evaluation.
7. Can the applicant's unit assessment materials for the past five years be provided after scanning the screenshots of the annual assessment records on our crew information website? Paper assessment materials can only be provided for the year 2019 due to internal organizational changes and relocation.
A: According to the requirements of Article 21 of Annex 1,The Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Transport on the assessment of senior titles of professional and technical personnel of ships 2020: It is necessary to provide photocopies of unit assessment information and personal summary materials of the applicant in the past 5 years, or personal assessment materials and personal summary materials of each ship of the applicant in the past 5 years, with the official seal of the unit personnel professional title reform department.
If the assessment results are only electronically archived, the electronic file printout of the assessment needs to be reviewed and stamped by the personnel professional title reform department of the unit.
- Qualification Evaluation Form for Professional and Technical Positions? How to deal with some specific training class hours training that cannot be proved due to the age?
A: According to the relevant requirements inThe Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Transport on the assessment of senior titles of professional and technical personnel of ships 2020, there is no requirement to issue the relevant training certificates of continuous education.
9. If the old service book cannot be found, and the seniority of first officer and captain has been reported online. And the new service book is recorded from first officer, and the company to which the old service book qualifications belong gives a certificate with a seal, does it meet the requirements for senior captain evaluation? If not, how can the old service book credentials be proved?
A: Record of service qualification in the new service book held, if the relevant annual service limit is met, photocopies of old service books might not be provided.
The application of “proof letter of work experience” and “proof letter of employment qualification” must be verified by the unit and proved to be true.
10. Assessment materials of the past five years are required. The leaders of our station belong to the municipal cadres, when they apply for senior pilot titles, due to the fact that 2020 annual assessment of municipal cadres has not yet been completed, and the personnel department of our station learned that the assessment results will not be available until May after the coordination contact with the higher organizational department, it is impossible to provide the assessment materials 2020 on time.
Suggestion: Whether the materials with assessment results from 2015-2019 can be used for preparation? In previous years, when the senior pilot qualifications are applied and when the evaluation materials are submitted in the second half of the year, the calculation of pilotage number is up to June 30 of the year, and the provision of the past five years of assessment materials is up to the previous year.
A: Considering that this is the title review for the year 2020, if some units really can't provide the assessment materials for the year 2020 before the application due date of March 26, then they shall provide a description of the situation with the official seal, and at the same time provide photocopies of the unit assessment information and personal summary materials for 5 years from 2015-2019 with the official seal.
11. Whether the annual assessment results for excellent assessment materials during the period of the senior pilot position rather than in the past five years need to be provided?
A: According to the requirements of Annex 2,Evaluation Standards for Senior Titles of Ship Professionals and TechniciansofThe Guiding Opinions of The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Transport on Deepening The Reform of the Title System for Ship Professionals and Technicians (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (2020) No. 54):
In the past 5 years, all the assessments are qualified and have 1 year of excellence during the senior title years.
Photocopies or copies of assessment materials are required.
12. Whether the pilots who undertake pilotage work directly after graduating from nautical school before 2008 do not need to provide a copy of the crew service book in the application of senior pilot title or full senior pilot title (because the pilot service book of such pilots do not record any shipboard service content)?
A: According toThe Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Transport on the assessment of senior titles of professional and technical personnel of ships 2020, the applicant of the title of senior pilot or full senior pilot should providePilotage number Record ofFirst-class Pilotand have the official seal stamped by the personnel and vocational reform department of the unit.
13. My personal situation: I used to work in the company as a second engineer or chief engineer, and I was transferred to the company in 2018 as a supervisor, and now I do not have sufficient experience for 12 months in 5 years at sea, can I apply for senior chief engineer?
A: According to the requirements of Annex 2,Evaluation Standards for Senior Titles of Ship Professionals and TechniciansofThe Guiding Opinions of The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Transport on Deepening The Reform of the Title System for Ship Professionals and Technicians (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (2020) No. 54):
In the past 5 years, you should undertake the corresponding position on the corresponding ship for 12 months or more.
14. If the applicant transfers to a new unit earlier this year, then the seal on the application form should be stamped by the new unit or by the original unit?
A: The applying unit is responsible for the verification and proof of the applicant's application.
- If the personnel in the member unit in the provincial Institute of Navigation made application, do the recommended units need the seal of the provincial Institute of Navigation, or only the seal of the serving unit and its superior unit of the applicant?
A: According to the relevant requirements ofInterim Administrative Provisions of Title Review:
Article XVI: The work unit of the applicant shall review the materials and publicize them within the unit, and the publicity period shall be no less than 5 weekdays. The materials that received no objection are to be submitted to higher authority.
Article XVII: If the professional and technical personnel of non-public-owned economic organizations apply for title review, then verification, publicity, recommendation and other procedures can be performed by their work units or personnel agencies.
If the freelancers apply for title review, then personnel agencies may carry out the procedures of verification, publicity and recommendation.
Hereby Provincial Institutes of Navigation are only responsible for the collection and submission of the application materials of the applying units.