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Understanding the STCW

Convention and CodeProgramme and Course Approval

Lisbon / 31 August - 3 September 2015

Antonio Hevia Rodriguez / Senior Project Officer

Mircea Tinel Udrea / Senior Project OfficerDepartment: Safety and Standards/Unit: Visits & Inspections

Training and assessment

Written programme = “ a compilation of detailed learning objectives or

training outcomes covering each area of competence required for the

qualification concerned ” (W.S.G. Morrison)

Curriculum = “the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or

college” (Oxford Dictionary of English)

a more generalised or an overview of the subjects or topics

that the students are meant to learn

Syllabus = “the subjects in a course of study or teaching ”

(Oxford Dictionary of English)

descriptive outline and summary of topics that are to be

covered in an education or training course (a more detailed

overview of the subject of study)

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Learning objective = “the knowledge and skills the students

should acquire by the end of the course”

student-focused:

“ At the end of the course, the student shall be able to ...”

use action verbs

measurable

against a standard (optional)

STCW Convention –1995 changed from knowledge based

requirements to competence based requirements

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Competence Knowledge,understanding

and proficiency

Methods for

demonstrating

competence

Criteria for

evaluating competence

Plan and conduct a passage

and determine position

Celestial navigation

Ability to use celestial bodies to

determine the ship’s position

Terrestrial and coastal

navigation

Ability to determine the ship’s

position by use of:

.1 landmarks

.2 aids to navigation, including

lighthouses, beacons and buoys

Examination and assessment of

evidence obtained from one or

more of the following:

.1 approved in-service

experience

.2 approved training ship

experience

.3 approved simulator training,

where appropriate

.4 approved laboratory

equipment training

The information obtained from

nautical charts and publications is

relevant, interpreted correctly and

properly applied. All potential

navigational hazards are accurately

identified

The primary method of

fixing the ship’s position is the most

appropriate to the prevailing

circumstances and conditions

The position is determined within

the limits of acceptable

instrument/system errors


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Competence Knowledge,

understandingand proficiency

Methods for

demonstratingcompetence

Criteria for

evaluating competence

Plan and conduct a passage

and determine position

.3 dead reckoning, taking into

account winds, tides, currents

and estimated speed

Thorough knowledge of and

ability to use nautical charts,

and publications, such as sailing

directions, tide tables, notices

to mariners, radio navigational

warnings and ships’ routeing

information

Electronic systems of position

fixing and navigation

Ability to determine the ship’s

position by use of electronic

navigational aids

using chart catalogues,

charts, nautical publications,

radio navigational warnings,

sextant, azimuth mirror,

electronic navigation

equipment, echo-sounding

equipment, compass

The reliability of the information

obtained from the primary method

of position fixing is checked at

appropriate intervals

Calculations and measurements of

navigational information are

accurate

The charts selected are the largest

scale suitable for the area of

navigation and charts and

publications are corrected in

accordance with the latest

information available

Performance checks and tests to

navigation systems comply with

manufacturer’s recommendations

and good navigational practice

Programme and course approval

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Section A-I/8Quality standards

1 Each Party shall ensure that

the education and training objectives and related

standards of competence to be achieved are clearly

defined

the levels of knowledge, understanding and skills

appropriate to the examinations and assessments required

under the Convention are identified

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Section A-I/8Quality standards

2 The field of application of the quality standards shall

cover the administration of the certification system, all training

courses and programmes, examinations and assessments

carried out by or under the authority of a Party and the

qualifications and experience required of instructors and

assessors, having regard to the policies, systems, controls

and internal quality assurance reviews established to ensure

achievement of the defined objectives.

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Article IXEquivalents

(1) The Convention shall not prevent an Administration from

retaining or adopting other educational and training

arrangements, including those involving seagoing service

…

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Regulation I/6Training and assessment

Each Party shall ensure that:

.1 the training and assessment of seafarers, as required

under the Convention, are administered, supervised and

monitored in accordance with the provisions of section A-I/6 of

the STCW Code

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Section A-I/6Training and assessment

1 Each Party shall ensure that all training and assessment of

seafarers for certification under the Convention is:

.1 structured in accordance with written programmes,

including such

methods and media of delivery

procedures, and

course material

as are necessary to achieve the prescribed standard of

competence

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Section B-I/6 Guidance regarding training and assessment

Use of distance learning and e-learning

Guidance for training by distance learning and e-learning

Guidance for assessing a trainee’s progress and

achievements for training by distance learning and e-learning

Register of approved training providers, courses and

programmes

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Regulation I/11Revalidation of certificates

4 Each Party shall compare the standards of competence …

required … for certificates issued before 1 January 2017 with

those specified for the appropriate certificate in part A of the

STCW Code, … determine the need for … appropriate

refresher and updating training or assessment

5 The Party shall …formulate a structure of refresher and

updating courses as provided for in section A-I/11 of the STCW

Code

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Gap analysis

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i n f o r c e p r i o r t o 1 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 Competence Knowledge, understanding

and proficiency

Maintain a safe

navigational watch

Watchkeeping

Thorough knowledge of the

content, application and intent of

the International Regulations for

Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972,

as amended

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T a b l e A - I I / 1 i n f o r c

e a f t e r 1 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2

Competence Knowledge, understandingand proficiency

Maintain a safe

navigational watch

Watchkeeping

Thorough knowledge of the

content, application and intent of

the International Regulations for

Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972,

as amended

……..

The use of information from

navigational equipment for

maintaining a safe navigational

watch

Knowledge of blind pilotage

techniques

The use of reporting in accordance

with the General Principles for Ship

Reporting Systems and with VTS

procedures

Bridge resource management


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Section A-I/11Revalidation of certificates

2 The refresher and updating courses shall:

be approved

include changes in relevant national and international

regulations

take account of any updating of the standard of

competence concerned

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Regulation I/15Transitional provisions

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Section A-I/12Use of simulators

Simulator training objectives:

each Party shall ensure that the aims and objectives of

simulator-based training are defined within an overall training

programme …

Training procedures

trainees are adequately briefed

trainees have adequate familiarization time

exercises are effectively monitored, supported as

appropriate by audio and visual observation

trainees are effectively debriefed

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Section B-I/12Guidance regarding the use of simulators

Training and assessment in radar observation and plotting

Training and assessment in the operational use of automatic

radar plotting aids (ARPA)

Training and assessment in the operational use of electronic

chart display and information systems (ECDIS)

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Section A-I/2Certificates and endorsements

Approval of t rain ing courses

6 In approving training courses and programmes, Parties

should take into account that the relevant IMO Model Courses

can assist in the preparation of such courses and programmes

and ensure that the detailed learning objectives

recommended therein are suitably covered

ensure that the KUPs listed in the relevant tables of competence are

sui tab le covered

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