2022 PHILIPPINE RESPONSE - Report - Page 141
PHILIPPINE MEASURES
Immediate Measures
6.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Competency
Mapping
pursuant to the revised QPR
8.4.2;
Standard Scenario template;
Circular or advisory relevant to
the conduct of practical
assessment; and
QSS procedure.
To ensure the uniformity in the design
and conduct of practical assessment
being administered by all Assessment
Centers, the MARINA shall be issuing
guidance
materials
including
standardized assessment scenarios.
Based
on
the
Timeline
of
Implementation
(Attachment
58)
which was approved on 25 January
2022,
the
enhanced
practical
assessment scenarios will be fully
implemented in September 2022.
Likewise, the Competency Mapping
will be subjected to periodic review to
ensure its continuing responsiveness
with the provisions of the STCW
Convention and the Code.
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7.
MARINA will issue Memorandum
Circular which provides policies,
rules, and regulations for the
approval of the conduct of the
practical assessment revising the
STCW
Circular
No.
2015-10.
Specifically, Article 10 of the
Memorandum Circular, Conduct of
Practical Assessment, Section 19,
provides, “In the conduct of
practical assessment, ACs shall
apply
appropriate
methods,
laboratory equipment, simulators
and other means of assessment to
determine the ability of the
candidate to perform the required
task of a particular level of
responsibility.”
This Circular prescribes policies,
rules and regulations on the grant
of authority for Assessment
Centers (ACs) to conduct practical
assessment for the Administration
in compliance with the relevant
provisions for the issuance of the
relevant STCW Certificates under
Chapters II, III and IV of the STCW
Convention, 1978, as amended,
and implements the applicable
provisions of Regulation I/6
“Training
and
Assessment”,
Regulation I/8 “Quality Standards”
and Regulation I/12 “Use of
Simulators”
of
the
STCW
Convention, 1978, as amended, on
the assessment of competence of
seafarers.
KEY AREA 3
To
ensure
the
continuing
effectiveness of the practical
assessment, which is required prior
to the issuance of Certificate of
Competency, MARINA will conduct
an annual review, or as the need
arises, of the following:
