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Sections A-II/1, A-II/3, A-III/1 and A-III/6 of
the STCW Code require that candidates
follow an approved programme of onboard training which is closely
supervised and monitored by qualified
officers aboard the ships in which the
approved
seagoing
service
is
performed.
The MHEIs do not ensure that
students completing their seagoing
service on ships serving in domestic
trade and on which several other
students also are completing their
service,
are
given
sufficient
opportunity
to
complete
their
watchkeeping duties.
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Hence, the MHEIs do not ensure that
the on-board training on board ships
engaged in domestic trade are
structured as necessary to achieve
the
prescribed
standards
of
competence.
KEY AREA 5
Equally, they do not guarantee that
their on-board training is closely
supervised and monitored by a
qualified and certificated officer
onboard the ship in which the
seagoing service is performed.
The inspection revealed cases in Cebu
University and in Baliwag in which 11, 16
or even 37 deck cadets were on board
those ships, on which there were only
two deck officers and the master, in
particular. Given that masters and
officers must carry out their standard
duties, it is not possible that sufficient
supervision is provided to such a large
number of cadets at the same time.
Those MHEIs do not provide other
evidence of the required closely
supervision and monitoring by the
officers aboard the ship in those cases
and evidence of the implementation of
the established system for monitoring
the students undergoing OBT, as
required by section 3.7 of Annex B of
JCMMC 01 series 2019, in the cases
identified.
