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KEY AREA 1
PHILIPPINE MEASURES
Immediate Measures
The MARINA and CHED have issued JCMMC No. 01 series of 2022 specifying
the Program Description, Nature of Field of Study, Program Outcomes and
Standard of Competence covered by the BSMT Program. The
competences, under Table A-IV/2 of the STCW Code, are not included in the
BSMT program since a training on GMDSS Radio Operators shall be
required prior to Certification for OIC-NW by MARINA.
The education and training requirements for GMDSS Radio Operators
under Table A-IV/2 of the STCW Convention, 1978, as amended, are currently
being addressed by the Training Standard (Attachment 23 and Attachment
24) implemented by the MARINA accredited Maritime Training Institutions
(MTIs) by virtue of STCW Circular No. 2018-02 (Attachment 25).
The STCW Competences Map for BSMT program (Attachment 01–B1)
includes the course on Maritime Communication (MARCOM) that covers
the fundamentals of radiocommunications where the introduction to
GMDSS is taken up. The Course Specifications of this course is part of the
2nd Year Standard Course Package which is expected to be finished by
June 2022. (Attachment 19)
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