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KEY AREA 1
•
‘Ability
to
use
and
interpret
information obtained from shipborne
meteorological instruments’, ‘Ability
to
apply
the
meteorological
information available’, which are
required for the competence “Plan
and
conduct
a
passage
and
determine position”, and the KUP on
‘Knowledge
of
blind
pilotage
techniques’
required
for
the
competence
“Maintain
a
safe
navigational watch”. Hence, the lack
of these KUPs under Table A-II/1 of
Section A-II/1 of the STCW Code does
not ensure that the prescribed
standard is achieved.
Table A-II/1 of Section A-II/1 of the
STCW
Code
includes
the
competences “Plan and conduct a
passage and determine position”
and “Maintain a safe navigational
watch” and the necessary KUPs for
these competences.
However, the syllabus of the
course ‘Nav 7’ delivered by John
B. Lacson Foundation Maritime
University, designed for covering
the KUPs corresponding to the
above-mentioned competences,
does not address several of those
KUPs. In particular, it does not
address the KUPs on ‘Ability to
operate the equipment and
apply the information correctly’,
‘Knowledge of the principles of
magnetic and gyro-compasses’,
‘Ability to determine errors of the
magnetic and gyro-compasses,
using celestial and terrestrial
means, and to allow for such
errors’,
Hence, the above courses, which do not
cover all knowledge, understanding and
proficiency, and criteria for evaluating
competences, specified by the STCW Code
for the competences addressed, are not
structured as necessary to ensure that the
prescribed standards of competence are
achieved, as required by Section A-I/6.1.1
of the STCW Code.
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