2022 PHILIPPINE RESPONSE - Report - Page 173
PHILIPPINE MEASURES
Immediate Measures
1.
In response to the letter, PROTECT
submitted its corrective measures
including its factual evidence.
Based on the evaluation of the
submitted documents, the Board
of Examiners concluded that the
Grievance has been addressed.
(Attachment 56, Attachment 56-F)
2.
The BOE has validated all practical
assessment scenarios submitted
by ACs using the approved
Practical Assessment Scenario
Validation Form (Attachment 48)
as per the approved competency
mapping required by the MARINA
Advisory
No.
2020-87.
The
validation process showed that all
ACs are already compliant with the
said Advisory.
3.
MARINA will issue a Memorandum
Circular which provides policies,
rules, and regulations for the
approval of the conduct of the
practical assessment revising the
STCW
Circular
No.
2015-10.
Specifically, Section 11 provides that
ACs shall be subjected to regular
monitoring by the Monitoring
Division, random surveillance, to
be conducted by the Surveillance
Division
and/or
unannounced/random visit by the
Board of Examiners (BOE).
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.
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KEY AREA 4
In the letter of MARINA dated 20
January 2022 (Attachment 54 Letter to Protect Marine and
Engine Officers of the Philippines,
Inc., the AC was duly notified of the
EC findings and was required to
submit corrections and corrective
actions to rectify the specific
findings taking into consideration
the requirements under the STCW
Circular Nos. 2018-08 and 2018-09,
as amended by the MARINA
Memorandum Circular No. SC2020-03. Moreover, the concerned
AC was required to submit
measures
to
preclude
the
recurrence of the said findings and
to mainstream the said mitigating
measures in its Quality Standard
System (QSS).
