2022 PHILIPPINE RESPONSE - Report - Page 142
EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT OF COMPETENCE
PHILIPPINE MEASURES
KEY AREA 3
Immediate Measures
To ensure standard implementation of
the requirements established by the
Maritime
Administration,
all
Assessment Centers applying for
approval
to
conduct
practical
assessment are required to establish a
Quality Standard System (QSS) in the
conduct of Practical Assessment.
Assessment Centers are also required
to undertake all assessment processes
and procedures strictly in accordance
with their QSS.
Further, Assessment Centers are
required to submit validated and pilottested practical assessment scenarios
in accordance with the requirements
under the Regulation I/12 Section A-I/12
paragraph 8 of the STCW Convention.
This shall be supported by the
accomplished Practical Assessment
Scenario Validation Form which is
drawn from the Criteria for Evaluating
Practical Assessment Scenario. The
pilot testing of scenarios prior to
submission to the Administration shall
involve
AC-identified
participants
appropriate
to
the
Level
of
Responsibility.
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Upon submission, the Circular requires
the conduct of validation through
documentary review of the MARINA
Board of Examiners to ensure that the
practical
assessment
scenarios
developed by the applying Assessment
Center
are
aligned
with
the
Competency Mapping and the Criteria
for Evaluating Practical Assessment
Scenarios prior to proceeding with the
inspection. All scenarios that are not
compliant with the aforementioned
requirements shall be returned to the
respective Assessment Center with
Notice of Deficiency.
Once found compliant during the
documentary review, the Circular
requires that an inspection at the
Assessment Center shall be conducted
during which at least one (1) set of
scenarios shall be validated. The Board
of Examiners monitors and logs the
observations and findings in the
Practical
Assessment
Scenario
Validation Form for the conduct of test
run.
This
Memorandum
Circular
is
scheduled to be presented to the
MARINA Board on 09 March 2022 and
shall take into force 15 days upon
approval and publication.
