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January 2011 - Post 2010 STCW

Manila Amendments

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 STCW/CONF Manila June 2010

“Seafarers – the unsung heroes of an unsung

industry” – 50,000 ships, 1.25 million seafarers
carry over 90% of international trade
Asia’s leadership role in providing a significant
source of trained manpower for the
technologically advanced ships of today
STCW to continue to respond satisfactorily to the
changing conditions and circumstances
affecting seafarers’ professional lives, today
and in the foreseeable future.

IMO SG Metropolous – opening address

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What is a quality seafarer?

• One that can be relied upon to ensure

the efficient, safe, clean, secure
running of the ship in achieving the
purpose of the operation of the ship
• ‘Triple E’ - Efficiently, Economically,
Environmentally friendly
• Train, Train, Retrain, Retain

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 Danger

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Responsibility

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What are the industry competence requirements?

The knowledge, skills and attitude to ensure

effective and efficient modern ship operations:
• seamanship – on modern ships (?)
• navigation – electronic – monitoring
• engineering – electro-technology - systems
• shipboard operations – seafaring knowledge –
shore-based operations – industry knowledge
• leadership and teamwork
• what are the recruitment, training and retention
implications?
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 Manila Amendments

The Manila Amendments to STCW are intended to make

the convention coverage more appropriate to the
current industry – e-navigation, systems engineering,
electro-technology, leadership and teamwork

But:

There is serious need for raising situational and

industry awareness, improved ‘soft skills and much
better assessment of competence

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 Important changes address
• training in modern technology such as ECDIS
• training in marine environmental awareness
• training in leadership and teamwork
• training for electro-technical officers and ratings
• updating of tanker competence training
• training for security and dealing with piracy
• introduction of modern training methodology
• training for ships operating in polar waters
• training for operating dynamic positioning systems
• certification requirements for able seafarers
• stronger measures to prevent fraudulent CoC practices
and improve monitoring of compliance
• revised hours of work and rest
• prevention of drug and alcohol abuse

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 Conference Resolutions

5 Verification of certificates and endorsements

6 Standards of training & certification and
manning levels – manning is responsibility of
administrations and shipowners
7 Promotion of technical knowledge, skills and
professionalism of seafarers
9 IMO invited to update model courses
11 Competence in polar waters
12 Attracting recruits and retaining seafarers

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 Conference Resolutions

13 Provision of suitable onboard trainee

accommodation
14 Promotion of participation by women
15 Amend STCW on 5 yearly basis, review every 10
years
19 Day of the Seafarer to be 25 June each year

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Model Courses
• 7 Series being revised to accord with STCW 2010
• Also GMDSS, ECDIS tanker courses
• New courses being developed for security,
general and with specific security duties
• New courses required for Leadership and
Teamwork, Electro-Tech (India), Able Seafarer
Deck, Engine and Electro-Tech
• Marine Environmental Awareness course
reviewed and amended (Holland).

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Fraudulent Certificates
• Information to be placed on public website
• Proposals to address serious situation requested
Development of e-Navigation strategy
• Correspondence Group led by Norway
• STW agreed that e-navigation must be taken into
account, STCW addresses risks and reliability
issues, seamanlike skills essential, consider
steps taken by aviation industry, working group
to finalise submission to Correspondence Group

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• E-Navigation strategy implementation working

group established
• Draft model course on e-navigation to be
developed
• Establish a common S-mode, to be used in
Integrated Bridge Systems (IBS)
• ‘Navigating navigator’ preferred over ‘monitoring
navigator’ – significant debate
• No need for further provisions for competence of
instructors

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Entering enclosed spaces

• Sub-Committee draft Assembly resolution
considered and delegates asked to send
comments on associated education and training
to MSC; felt that it was already covered by
Chapters V and VI of STCW Code
Approved seagoing service
• Prolonged debate, but decided not to develop
unified interpretation and existing administration
determinations to continue

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Training standards for recovery operations
•Awaiting consideration by DE 55 of performance
standards based on functional requirements
Passenger ship tenders
•Working group report to go to DE 55
Approved sea-going service – no need for a unified
interpretation – long debate
Next cycle of STCW amendments not before 2015
Adm Peter Brady (Jamaica) re-elected Chairman
Mr A H Kayssi (Lebanon) re-elected Vice Chairman

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Proposed working groups 1. on e-navigation
implementation strategy and 2. on training matters
Proposed drafting group for model course
validation
GlobalMET, supported by South Africa, proposed
that a group of experts clarify relevant issues to
provide leadership, direction and advice concerning
development of training strategies in short, medium
and long term, taking into account advances in
technology, future generation needs and MET
delivery that meets future industry needs –
submission to go to MSC in 2012.
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