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KEY AREA 1
•
Table
A-VI/2-2
includes
the
specification of the minimum
standards of competence in fast
rescue boats.
•
However, the refresher course on
“fast rescue boats” developed by
MARINA did not include training
in
“3.
swim
in
special
equipment”,
as
a
method
required by column 3 of Table AVI/2-2 in order to demonstrate
the competence “Take charge of
a
fast
rescue
boat
after
launching” of column 1 of Table
A-VI/2-2 and “assessment of
evidence obtained from practical
demonstration of ability to start
and operate a fast rescue boat
engine”, as a method required by
column 3 of Table A-VI/2-2 in
order
to
demonstrate
the
competence “Operate a fast
rescue boat engine” of column 1
of Table A-VI/2-2. Therefore,
MARINA does not ensure that the
programmes allow seafarers to
provide the evidence of having
maintained the standard of
competence required therein;
Table A-VI/1-1 of the STCW Code
includes specification of the
minimum
standards
of
competence in personal survival
techniques.
However, the regular course on
“personal survival techniques”,
developed by MARINA does not
include training in boarding a
davit-launched liferaft from the
ship, which is an element of point
7. board a survival craft from the
ship and water while wearing a
lifejacket, one of the methods for
demonstrating the competence
‘Survive at sea in the event of
ship abandonment’, as required
in Table A-VI/1-1 (Column 3). This
is supported by the fact that the
standard developed by MARINA
did not require the training
centre to have a davit-launched
liferaft with launching davit to be
available as part of the course
equipment.
Therefore,
the
seafarers are not fully trained as
required therein.
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