2022 PHILIPPINE RESPONSE - Report - Page 179
In accordance with Regulations II/1, III/1
and III/6 of the STCW Convention and
Sections A- II/1.6, A-III/1.2 and A-III/6.2 of
the STCW Code, Parties are required to
ensure that every candidate for the
certification as OOW, OEW and OEW,
as appropriate, follow an approved
programme of onboard training which
is adequately documented in an
approved TRB.
It was identified that TRBs only
allowed one signature per task and
several TRBs displayed signatures as
confirmation that the tasks had been
completed for only half of the tasks
included in the TRB.
173
Therefore, the MHEIs do not fully
ensure that the on-board training is
structured as necessary to achieve
the
prescribed
standard
of
competency, as required by Section
A-I/6.1.1 and Sections A-II/1 and A-III/1
of the STCW Code.
KEY AREA 5
In addition, the dates of those
signatures corresponded to the first
or second months of the seagoing
service period, yet there was no
evidence in the TRBs of the training
and tasks the students performed
during the subsequent period on
board.
As evidenced by the data entered in the
examined TRBs and due to their format,
which had been accepted by the MHEIs
concerned, the MHEIs do not fully
ensure that the TRBs enable a
verification
of
the
systematic
practical training received by the
students and the experience gained
by them in the tasks, duties and
responsibilities of an officer at
operational level.
