2022 PHILIPPINE RESPONSE - Report - Page 128
EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT OF COMPETENCE
KEY AREA 3
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Table A-II/1 of Section A-II/1 of the
STCW Code requires candidates to
achieve the competence “Plan and
conduct a passage and determine
position” and Table A-II/2 of Section
A-II/2 of the STCW Code requires
candidates
to
achieve
the
competence “Plan a voyage and
conduct navigation”.
In addition, the set of six
approved scenarios designed for
the practical assessment of deck
officers and masters designed by
Protect Marine Deck and Engine
Officers of the Philippines are
very similar with each other in
terms of tasks and assessment
outcomes.
The tasks described in the
simulator scenario specifications
to achieve the above-mentioned
competences are not consistent
with
the
actual
required
performance imposed on the
candidates and some of the
tasks are not performed at all.
This was identified in scenarios
approved by the Board of Deck
Officers at both operational and
management level; for example,
one scenario was “Port-au Prince
to Gibraltar” and another was
“Gibraltar to Port-au-Prince” and
they only covered half of the
defined assessment outcomes.
•
This was identified in all the
simulator scenarios examined at
the Protect Marine Deck and
Engine Officers of the Philippines
and at the Integrated Maritime
Practical Assessment Center &
Technical Solutions. For example,
the simulator scenario “Port-au
Prince to Gibraltar” defined by
Protect Marine Deck and Engine
Officers of the Philippines only
required
the
candidates
to
complete two tasks, namely to
introduce way points and to verify
the navigation courses along the
route for consistency with only one
criterion, although the defined
assessment outcome involved
planning of a complete passage
between those ports.
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Section A-I/12.8.1 of the STCW Code
requires that where simulators are
used to assess the ability of
candidates to demonstrate levels
of competency, assessors shall
ensure that performance criteria
are identified clearly and explicitly
and are valid and available to the
candidates.
However, the assessment tasks
and outcomes defined in the
simulator scenarios prepared by
Protect Marine Deck and Engine
Officers of the Philippines and by
Integrated Maritime Practical
Assessment Center & Technical
Solutions do not specify the
performance and assessment
criteria, as required by Section AI/12.8.1 of the STCW Code.
