Is there any academic qualification limit for the first mate?

Measures 10: Adjust the requirements for the promotion of senior seamen who graduated from old technical secondary schools, and rationally allocate seamen. At present, a group of sailors who graduated from old technical secondary schools have become the backbone of the crew of major shipping companies after years of sailing practice, especially working in the position of operating senior crew for many years. The Rules for Examination, Assessment and Certification of Seafarers in People's Republic of China (PRC) (Order No.6 of Ministry of Communications, 2000), which came into effect on August/KLOC-0, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as "Rules for Examination of Seafarers"), requires that those who apply for the competency examination of management level (captain, chief mate, chief engineer) in infinite navigation area should have a college degree or above. A large number of crew members graduated from old technical secondary schools. If these people are not allowed to take the exam, the management-level crew (captain, first mate) will be out of the file. Considering the long working hours and rich working experience of these crew members, they are willing to engage in the profession of crew members for a long time. Therefore, it is proposed that the senior crew who entered the technical secondary school before 1 August 19981shall be exempted from the requirement of junior college education when they are promoted, except those who work on passenger ships, ro-ro passenger ships and oil tankers. In addition, due to the shortage of D-class ships (ships in coastal navigation areas), there is a serious surplus of D-class crew, while there is a shortage of C-class crew (coastal navigation areas), and the salary of C-class crew is higher than that of A-class crew (infinite navigation areas). The reason why the D-class crew can't make a smooth transition to the C-class crew is also because of the educational background. According to the rules of seamen's examination, those who apply to take the C-class operation level examination (third and second officers) must have technical secondary school education, while the D-class seamen generally have no technical secondary school education. There is little difference between class d crew and class c crew. Without academic qualifications, allowing experienced D-class crew to transition to C-class after passing the examination can not only alleviate the shortage of C-class crew, but also give D-class crew a way out. Therefore, it is proposed that the senior crew members who have obtained the certificate of competency of Class D before February 1 2002 and meet the requirements of maritime qualifications will be exempted from the requirements of secondary school education when taking the competency examination for the corresponding positions (except captain and chief engineer) of Class C and Class II ships.