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ON-BOARD TRAINING
KEY AREA 5
JCMMC No. 1 of 2019 in its section 22
paragraph 1 requires that, as a general
rule, MHEIs shall ensure that all
students in the BSMT and BSMarE
programs who have ‘completed
classroom instruction for OBT’ as per
Commission
and
Maritime
Administration approved curriculum
shall be provided with an onboard
training slot to complete the study
programme followed (i.e., BSMT or
BSMarE) and be granted with
corresponding degree.
Section 2 ‘OBT requirements’ of Annex
B of JCMMC 01 series 2019 provides that
“the OBT requirement shall be
complied with by undergoing and
completing not less than 12 months
seagoing service, which shall include
the
performance
of
bridge
watchkeeping duties for a period of not
less than six months […] documented in
the Training Record Book.
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Moreover, the same Section 2 of Annex
B of JCMMC 01 series 2019 provides that
“the
performance
of
bridge
watchkeeping
duties
shall
be
documented using the Daily Journal of
Bridge Watchkeeping Duty prescribed
by the Maritime Administration”.
These provisions are relevant to the
OBT of the BSMT programme. The
provisions for the OBT of the BSMarE
programme laid down in the said
Section 2 of Annex B of JCMMC 01 series
2019 are similar as regards the
watchkeeping duties. Furthermore,
Section 3 of Annex B of JCMMC 01 series
2019 requires that “the MHEIs shall have
a clear and comprehensive system
covering
the
implementation
requirement within its QSS.”
Nevertheless, the inspected MHEIs do
not keep copies of the completed
daily journals and, therefore, full
evidence of the watchkeeping duties
is not retained.
