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AVAILABILITY AND USE OF TRAINING FACILITIES AND SIMULATORS
PHILIPPINE MEASURES
KEY AREA 4
Immediate Measures
2.
MARINA established and approved
the Criteria for Evaluating Practical
Assessment
Scenarios
(Attachment 47) on 15 February
2021. The criteria includes the use
of
laboratory
equipment
or
simulator that will be used in the
assessment,
including
its
specification,
operational
capabilities and limitations, if any.
3.
MARINA will issue Memorandum
Circular
No.
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.”
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Further, Section 11 of the same
Circular provides that ACs shall be
subjected to regular monitoring
by the Monitoring Division,
random
surveillance
to
be
conducted by the Surveillance
Division
and/or
unannounced/random visit by
the Board of Examiners (BOE).
This Memorandum Circular is
scheduled to be presented to the
MARINA Board on 09 March 2022
and shall take into force 15 days
upon approval and publication.
