12.—(1) The assessment may, at the examiner’s discretion, consist of all or any of the following—
(a)a practical test of seamanship and vessel handling skill in a variety of circumstances chosen by the examiner and conducted on board a vessel of a kind reasonably representative of the class of vessel the command of which the licence or endorsement would authorise in waters appropriate to that class of licence or endorsement,
(b)a written or oral test of the candidate’s knowledge underpinning his practical skills, and
(c)oral questions about the entries in the Task Record Book,
(2) Different parts of the assessment may, if the examiner agrees, take place on different occasions.