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Specific Finding 1
Missing KUPs in the programmes for chief engineer officers
and second engineer officers on ships powered by main
propulsion machinery of 3,000 kW propulsion power or
more
Table A-III/2 of Section A-III/2 of the STCW Code includes the specification
of minimum standard of competence for chief engineer officers and
second engineer officers on ships powered by main propulsion machinery
of 3,000 kW propulsion power or more.
As mentioned in the previous section in relation to the curriculum
mapping, JCMMC No. 1 of 2019 includes as an annex a “curriculum
mapping” outlining the curriculum for the BSMarE and BSMT programmes.
The provisions of sections 4 and 6 of JCMMO No. 1 of 2019 include some
training courses aiming at the management level competences required
by Section A- III/2 of the STCW Code for second engineer officers and chief
engineer officers. The curriculum mapping for the BSMarE programme
specified in annex A to JCMMC No. 1 of 2019 includes reference to all the
fourteen competences specified in Table A-III/2 of Section A-III/2 of the
STCW Code.
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However, the curriculum mapping does not address four of the
knowledge, understanding and proficiency items (hereafter –
KUPs) of column 2 of Table A-III/2 related to two of the
competences, namely: “organisation of fire and abandon ship
drills”, “maintenance of operational condition of life-saving,
fire-fighting and other safety systems”, “methods and aids for
fire prevention, detection and extinction”, “functions and use
of life saving appliances”. As the curriculum mapping does not
address all the KUPs required under Table A-III/2 of the STCW
Code, the maritime administration does not ensure that the
level of knowledge, understanding and proficiency is achieved.
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KEY AREA 1
PROGRAMME AND COURSE DESIGN, REVIEW AND APPROVAL
