Resolução da Assembleia da República n.º 45/98 — Aprova, para adesão, as emendas ao anexo à Convenção Internacional sobre Normas de Formação, de Certificação e de…

Guidance regarding the certification of officers in charge of a navigational watch and of masters on ships of less than 500 gross tonnage.

(See section B-II/1 for guidance.)

SECTION B-II/4

Guidance regarding ratings forming part of a navigational watch

In addition to the requirements stated in table A-II/4 of this Code, Parties are encouraged for safety reasons to include the following subjects in the training of ratings forming part of a navigational watch:

1) A basic knowledge of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea;

2) Rigging a pilot ladder;

3) An understanding of wheel orders given by pilots in English;

4) Training for proficiency in survival craft and rescue boats;

5) Support duties when berthing and unberthing and during towing operations;

6) A basic knowledge of anchoring;

7) A basic knowledge of dangerous cargoes;

8) A basic knowledge of stowage procedures and arrangements for bringing stores on board; and

9) A basic knowledge of deck maintenance and tools used on deck.

CHAPTER III

Guidance regarding the engine department

SECTION B-III/1

Guidance regarding the certification of officers in charge of an engineering watch in a manned engine-room or as designated duty engineers in a periodically unmanned engine-room.

1 - In table A-III/1, column 1, top block, the tools referred to should include hand tools, common measuring equipment, centre lathes, drilling machines, welding equipment and milling machines as appropriate.

2 - Training in workshop skills ashore can be carried out in a training institution or approved workshop.

3 - On-board training should be adequately documented in the training record book by qualified assessors.

SECTION B-III/2

Guidance regarding the certification of chief engineer officers and second engineer officers of ships powered by main propulsion machinery of 3,000 kW propulsion power or more.

(No provisions.)

SECTION B-III/3

Guidance regarding the certification of chief engineer officers and second engineer officers of ships powered by main propulsion machinery between 750 kW and 3,000 kW propulsion power.

(No provisions.)

SECTION B-III/4

Guidance regarding the training and certification of ratings forming part of a watch in a manned engine-room or designated to perform duties in a periodically unmanned engine-room.

In addition to the requirements stated in -section A-III/4 of this Code, Parties are encouraged for safety reasons to include the following items in the training of ratings forming part of an engineering watch:

1) A basic knowledge of routine pumping operations, such as bilge, ballast and cargo pumping systems;

2) A basic knowledge of electrical installations and the associated dangers;

3) A basic knowledge of maintenance and repair of machinery and tools used in the engine-room; and

4) A basic knowledge of stowage and arrangements for bringing stores on board.

CHAPTER IV

Guidance regarding radiocommunication and radio personnel

SECTION B-IV/1

Guidance regarding the application of chapter IV

(No provisions.)

SECTION B-IV/2

Guidance regarding training and certification of GMDSS radio personnel

Training related to the first-class radioelectronic certificate

General

1 - The requirements of medical fitness, especially as to hearing, eyesight and speech, should be met by the candidate before training is commenced.

2 - The training should be relevant to the provisions of the STCW Convention, the provisions of the Radio Regulations annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention (Radio Regulations) and the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention, currently in force, with particular attention given to provisions for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). In developing training requirements, account should be taken of at least the knowledge and training given in paragraphs 3 to 14 hereunder.

Theory

3 - Knowledge of the general principles and basic factors necessary for safe and efficient use of all -subsystems and equipment required in the GMDSS, sufficient to support the practical training provisions given in paragraph 13.

4 - Knowledge of the use, operation and service areas of GMDSS subsystems, including satellite system characteristics, navigational and meteorological warning systems and selection of appropriate communication circuits.

5 - Knowledge of the principles of electricity and the theory of radio and electronics sufficient to meet the provisions given in paragraphs 6 to 10 below.

6 - Theoretical knowledge of GMDSS radiocommunication equipment, including narrow-band direct-printing telegraphy and radiotelephone transmitters and receivers, digital selective calling equipment, ship earth stations, emergency position-indicating radiobeacons (EPIRBs), marine antenna systems, radio equipment for survival craft together with all auxiliary items, including power supplies, as well as general knowledge of the principles of other equipment generally used for radionavigation, with particular reference to maintaining the equipment in service.

7 - Knowledge of factors that affect system reliability, availability, maintenance procedures and proper use of test equipment.

8 - Knowledge of microprocessors and fault diagnosis in systems using microprocessors.

9 - Knowledge of control systems in the GMDSS radio equipment including testing and analysis.

10 - Knowledge of the use of computer software for the GMDSS radio equipment and methods for correcting faults caused by loss of software control of the equipment.

Regulations and documentation

11 - Knowledge of:

1) The SOLAS Convention and the Radio Regulations with particular emphasis on:

1.1) Distress, urgency and safety radiocommunications;

1.2) Avoiding harmful interference, particularly with distress and safety traffic; and

1.3) Prevention of unauthorized transmissions;

2) Other documents relating to operational and communication procedures for distress, safety and public correspondence services, including charges, navigational warnings, and weather broadcasts in the Maritime Mobile Service and the Maritime Mobile Satellite Service; and

3) Use of the International Code of Signals and the Standard Marine Navigational Vocabulary as replaced by the IMO Standard Marine Communication Phrases.

Watchkeeping and procedures

12 - Knowledge of and training in:

1) Communication procedures and discipline to prevent harmful interference in GMDSS subsystems;

2) Procedures for using propagation prediction information to establish optimum frequencies for communications;

3) Radiocommunication watchkeeping relevant to all GMDSS subsystems, exchange of radiocommunication traffic, particularly concerning distress, urgency and safety procedures and radio records;

4) Use of the international phonetic alphabet;

5) Monitoring a distress frequency while simultaneously monitoring or working on at least one other frequency;

6) Ship reporting systems and procedures;

7) Radiocommunication procedures of the IMO Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual (MERSAR);

8) Radio medical systems and procedures; and

9) Causes of false distress alerts and means to avoid them.

Practical

13 - Practical training, supported by appropriate laboratory work, should be given in:

1) Correct and efficient operation of all GMDSS -subsystems and equipment under normal propagation conditions and under typical interference conditions;

2) Safe operation of all the GMDSS communication equipment and ancillary devices, including safety precautions;

3) Adequate and accurate keyboard skills for the satisfactory exchange of communications;

4) Operational techniques for:

4.1) Receiver and transmitter adjustment for the appropriate mode of operation, including digital selective calling and direct-printing telegraphy;

4.2) Antenna adjustment and re-alignment, as appropriate;

4.3) Use of radio life-saving appliances; and

4.4) Use of emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs);

5) Antenna rigging, repair and maintenance, as appropriate;

6) Reading and understanding pictorial, logic and circuit diagrams;

7) Use and care of those tools and test instruments necessary to carry out at-sea electronic maintenance;

8) Manual soldering and desoldering techniques, including those involving semiconductor devices and modem circuits and the ability to distinguish whether the circuit is suitable to be manually soldered or desoldered;

9) Tracing and repair of faults to component level where practicable, and to board/module level in other cases;

10) Recognition and correction of conditions contributing to the fault occurring;

11) Maintenance procedures, both preventive and corrective for all GMDSS communication equipment and radionavigation equipment; and

12) Methods of alleviating electrical and electromagnetic interference such as bonding, shielding and bypassing.

Miscellaneous

14 - Knowledge of and/or training in:

1) The English language, both written and spoken, for the satisfactory exchange of communications relevant to the safety of life at sea;

2) World geography, especially the principal shipping routes, services of rescue co-ordination centres (RCCs) and related communication routes;

3) Survival at sea, the operation of lifeboats, rescue boats, liferafts, buoyant apparatus and their equipment, with special reference to radio life-saving appliances;

4) Fire prevention and fire-fighting, with particular reference to the radio installation;

5) Preventive measures for the safety of ship and personnel in connection with hazards related to radio equipment, including electrical, radiation, chemical and mechanical hazards;

6) First aid, including heart-respiration revival techniques; and

7) Co-ordinated universal time (UTC), global time zones and the international date line.

Training related to the second-class

radioelectronic certificate

General

15 - The requirements of medical fitness, especially as to hearing, eyesight and speech, should be met by the candidate before training is commenced.

16 - The training should be relevant to the provisions of the STCW Convention, and the SOLAS Convention currently in force, with particular attention given to provisions for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). In developing training requirements, account should be taken of at least the knowledge and training given in paragraphs 17 to 28 hereunder.

Theory

17 - Knowledge of the general principles and basic factors necessary for safe and efficient use of all sub-systems and equipment required in the GMDSS, sufficient to support the practical training provisions given in paragraph 27 below.

18 - Knowledge of the use, operation and service areas of GMDSS subsystems, including satellite system characteristics, navigational and meteorological warning systems and selection of appropriate communication circuits.

19 - Knowledge of the principles of electricity and the theory of radio and electronics sufficient to meet the provisions given in paragraphs 20 to 24 below.

20 - General theoretical knowledge of GMDSS radiocommunication equipment, including narrow-band direct-printing telegraph and radiotelephone transmitters and receivers, digital selective calling equipment, ship earth stations, emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs), marine antenna systems, radio equipment for survival craft together with all auxiliary items, including power supplies, as well as general knowledge of other equipment generally used for radionavigation, with particular reference to maintaining the equipment in service.

21 - General knowledge of factors that affect system reliability, availability, maintenance procedures and proper use of test equipment.

22 - General knowledge of microprocessors and fault diagnosis in systems using microprocessors.

23 - General knowledge of control systems in the GMDSS radio equipment including testing and analysis.

24 - Knowledge of the use of computer software for the GMDSS radio equipment and methods for correcting faults caused by loss of software control of the equipment.

Regulations and documentation

25 - Knowledge of:

1) The SOLAS Convention and the Radio Regulations with particular emphasis on:

1.1) Distress, urgency and safety radiocommunications;

1.2) Avoiding harmful interference, particularly with distress and safety traffic; and

1.3) The prevention of unauthorized transmissions;

2) Other documents relating to operational and communication procedures for distress, safety and public correspondence services, including charges, navigational warnings, and weather broadcasts in the Maritime Mobile Service and the Maritime Mobile Satellite Service; and

3) The use of the International Code of Signals and the Standard Marine Navigational Vocabulary as replaced by the IMO Standard Marine Communication Phrases.

Watchkeeping and procedures

26 - Training should be given in:

1) Communication procedures and discipline to prevent harmful interference in GMDSS subsystems;

2) Procedures for using propagation prediction information to establish optimum frequencies for communications;

3) Radiocommunication watchkeeping relevant to all GMDSS subsystems, exchange of radiocommunication traffic, particularly concerning distress, urgency and safety procedures and radio records;

4) Use of the international phonetic alphabet;

5) Monitoring a distress frequency while simultaneously monitoring or working on at least one other frequency;

6) Ship reporting systems and procedures;

7) Radiocommunication procedures of the IMO Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual (MERSAR);

8) Radio medical systems and procedures; and

9) Causes of false distress alerts and means to avoid them.

Practical

27 - Practical training, supported by appropriate laboratory work, should be given in:

1) Correct and efficient operation of all GMDSS sub-systems and equipment under normal propagation conditions and under typical interference conditions;

2) Safe operation of all the GMDSS communication equipment and ancillary devices, including safety precautions;

3) Adequate and accurate keyboard skills for the satisfactory exchange of communications;

4) Operational techniques for:

4.1) Receiver and transmitter adjustment for the appropriate mode of operation, including digital selective calling and direct-printing telegraphy;

4.2) Antenna adjustment and re-alignment, as appropriate;

4.3) Use of radio life-saving appliances; and

4.4) Use of emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs);

5) Antenna rigging, repair and maintenance, as appropriate;

6) Reading and understanding pictorial, logic and module interconnection diagrams;

7) Use and care of those tools and test instruments necessary to carry out at-sea electronic maintenance at the level of unit or module replacement;

8) Basic manual soldering and desoldering techniques and their limitations;

9) Tracing and repair of faults to board/module level;

10) Recognition and correction of conditions contributing to the fault occurring;

11) Basic maintenance procedures, both preventive and corrective, for all the GMDSS communication equipment and radionavigation equipment; and

12) Methods of alleviating electrical and electromagnetic interference such as bonding, shielding and bypassing.

Miscellaneous

28 - Knowledge of and/or training in:

1) The English language, both written and spoken, for the satisfactory exchange of communications relevant to the safety of life at sea;

2) World geography, especially the principal shipping routes, services of rescue co-ordination centres (RCCs) and related communication routes;

3) Survival at sea, the operation of lifeboats, rescue boats, liferafts, buoyant apparatus and their equipment, with special reference to radio life-saving appliances;

4) Fire prevention and fire-fighting, with particular reference to the radio installation;

5) Preventive measures for the safety of ship and personnel in connection with hazards related to radio equipment, including electrical, radiation, chemical and mechanical hazards;

6) First aid, including heart-respiration revival techniques; and

7) Co-ordinated universal time (UTC), global time zones and international date line.

Training related to the general operator's certificate

General

29 - The requirements of medical fitness, especially as to hearing, eyesight and speech, should be met by the candidate before training is commenced.

30 - The training should be relevant to the provisions of the STCW Convention, the Radio Regulations and the SOLAS Convention currently in force, with particular attention given to provisions for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). In developing training requirements, account should be taken of at least the knowledge and training given in paragraphs 31 to 36 hereunder.

Theory

31 - Knowledge of the general principles and basic factors necessary for safe and efficient use of all subsystems and equipment required in the GMDSS sufficient to support the practical training provisions given in paragraph 35 below.

32 - Knowledge of the use, operation and service areas of GMDSS subsystems, including satellite system characteristics, navigational and meteorological warning systems and selection of appropriate communication circuits.

Regulations and documentation

33 - Knowledge of:

1) The SOLAS Convention and the Radio Regulations with particular emphasis on:

1.1) Distress, urgency and safety radiocommunications;

1.2) Avoiding harmful interference, particularly with distress and safety traffic; and

1.3) Prevention of unauthorized transmissions;

2) Other documents relating to operational and communication procedures for distress, safety and public correspondence services, including charges, navigational warnings, and weather broadcasts in the Maritime Mobile Service and the Maritime Mobile Satellite Service; and

3) Use of the International Code of Signals and the Standard Marine Navigational Vocabulary as replaced by the IMO Standard Marine Communication Phrases.

Watchkeeping and procedures

34 - Training should be given in:

1) Communication procedures and discipline to prevent harmful interference in GMDSS subsystems;

2) Procedures for using propagation prediction information to establish optimum frequencies for communications;

3) Radiocommunication watchkeeping relevant to all GMDSS subsystems, exchange of radiocommunication traffic, particularly concerning distress, urgency and safety procedures and radio records;

4) Use of the international phonetic alphabet;

5) Monitoring a distress frequency while simultaneously monitoring or working on at least one other frequency;

6) Ship reporting systems and procedures;

7) Radiocommunication procedures of the IMO Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual (MERSAR);

8) Radio medical systems and procedures; and

9) Causes of false distress alerts and means to avoid them.

Practical

35 - Practical training should be given in:

1) Correct and efficient operation of all GMDSS subsystems and equipment under normal propagation conditions and under typical interference conditions;

2) Safe operation of all the GMDSS communications equipment and ancillary devices, including safety precautions;

3) Accurate and adequate keyboard skills for the satisfactory exchange of communications; and

4) Operational techniques for:

4.1) Receiver and transmitter adjustment for the appropriate mode of operation, including digital selective calling and direct-printing telegraphy;

4.2) Antenna adjustment and re-alignment as appropriate;

4.3) Use of radio life-saving appliances; and

4.4) Use of emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs).

Miscellaneous

36 - Knowledge of, and/or training in:

1) The English language, both written and spoken, for the satisfactory exchange of communications relevant to the safety of life at sea;

2) World geography, especially the principal shipping routes, services of rescue co-ordination centres (RCCs) and related communication routes;

3) Survival at sea, the operation of lifeboats, rescue boats, liferafts, buoyant apparatus and their equipment, with special reference to radio life-saving appliances;

4) Fire prevention and fire-fighting, with particular reference to the radio installation;

5) Preventive measures for the safety of ship and personnel in connection with hazards related to radio equipment, including electrical, radiation, chemical and mechanical hazards;

6) First aid, including heart-respiration revival techniques; and

7) Co-ordinated universal time (UTC), global time zones and international date line.

Training related to the restricted operator's certificate

General

37 - The requirements of medical fitness, especially as to hearing, eyesight and speech, should be met by the candidate before training is commenced.

38 - The training should be relevant to the provisions of the STCW Convention, the Radio Regulations and the SOLAS Convention currently in force, with particular attention given to provisions for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). In developing training guidance, account should be taken of at least the knowledge and training given in paragraphs 39 to 44 hereunder.

Theory

39 - Knowledge of the general principles and basic factors, including VHF range limitation and antenna height effect necessary for safe and efficient use of all subsystems and equipment required in GMDSS in sea area A1, sufficient to support the training given in paragraph 43 below.

40 - Knowledge of the use, operation and service areas of GMDSS sea area A1 subsystems, e. g. navigational and meteorological warning systems and the appropriate communication circuits.

Regulations and documentation

41 - Knowledge of:

1) Those parts of the SOLAS Convention and the Radio Regulations relevant to sea area A1, with particular emphasis on:

1.1) Distress, urgency and safety radiocommunications;

1.2) Avoiding harmful interference, particularly with distress and safety traffic; and

1.3) Prevention of unauthorized transmissions;

2) Other documents relating to operational and communication procedures for distress, safety and public correspondence services, including charges, navigational warnings and weather broadcasts in the Maritime Mobile Service in sea area A1; and

3) Use of the International Code of Signals and the Standard Marine Navigational Vocabulary as replaced by the IMO Standard Marine Communication Phrases.

Watchkeeping and procedures

42 - Training should be given in:

1) Communication procedures and discipline to prevent harmful interference in GMDSS subsystems used in sea area A1;

2) VHF communication procedures for:

2.1) Radiocommunication watchkeeping, exchange of radiocommunication traffic, particularly concerning distress, urgency and safety procedures and radio records;

2.2) Monitoring a distress frequency while simultaneously monitoring or working on at least one other frequency; and

2.3) The digital selective calling system;

3) Use of the international phonetic alphabet;

4) Ship reporting systems and procedures;

5) VHF radiocommunication procedures of the IMO Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual (MERSAR);

6) Radio medical systems and procedures; and

7) Causes of false distress alerts and means to avoid them.

Practical

43 - Practical training should be given in:

1) Correct and efficient operation of the GMDSS subsystems and equipment prescribed for ships operating in sea area A1 under normal propagation conditions and under typical interference conditions;

2) Safe operation of relevant GMDSS communication equipment and ancillary devices, including safety precautions; and

3) Operational techniques for use of:

3.1) VHF, including channel, squelch, and mode adjustment, as appropriate;

3.2) Radio life-saving appliances;

3.3) Emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs); and

3.4) NAVTEX receivers.

Miscellaneous

44 - Knowledge of, and/or training in:

1) The English language, both written and spoken, for the satisfactory exchange of communications relevant to the safety of life at sea;

2) Services of rescue co-ordination centres (RCCs) and related communication routes;

3) Survival at sea, the operation of lifeboats, rescue boats, liferafts, buoyant apparatus and their equipment, with special reference to radio life-saving appliances;

4) Fire prevention and fire-fighting, with particular reference to the radio installation;

5) Preventive measures for the safety of ship and personnel in connection with hazards related to radio equipment, including electrical, radiation, chemical and mechanical hazards; and

6) First aid, including heart-respiration revival techniques.

Training related to maintenance of GMDSS installations on board ships

General

45 - Reference is made to the maintenance requirements of SOLAS Convention regulation IV/15, and to IMO Resolution A.702(17) on radio maintenance guidelines for the GMDSS related to sea areas A3 and A4, which includes in its annex the following provision:

«4.2) The person designated to perform functions for at-sea electronic maintenance should either hold an appropriate certificate as specified by the Radio Regulations, as required, or have equivalent at-sea electronic maintenance qualifications, as may be approved by the Administration, taking into account the recommendations of the Organization on the training of such personnel.»

46 - The following guidance on equivalent electronic maintenance qualifications is provided for use by Administrations as appropriate.

47 - Training as recommended below, does not qualify any person to be an operator of GMDSS radio equipment who does not hold an appropriate radio operator's certificate.

Maintenance training equivalent to the first-class radioelectronic certificate

48 - In determining training equivalent to the elements of the listed first-class radioelectronic certificate:

1) The theory content should cover at least the subjects given in paragraphs 3 to 10;

2) The practical content should cover at least the subjects given in paragraph 13; and

3) The miscellaneous knowledge included should cover at least the subjects given in paragraph 14.

Maintenance training equivalent to the second-class radioelectronic certificate

49 - In determining training equivalent to the maintenance elements of the second-class radioelectronic certificate:

1) The theory content should cover at least the subjects given in paragraphs 17 to 24;

2) The practical content should cover at least the subjects given in paragraph 27; and

3) The miscellaneous knowledge included should cover at least the subjects given in paragraph 28.

CHAPTER V

Guidance regarding special training requirements for personnel on certain types of ships

SECTION B-V/1

Guidance regarding the training and qualifications of tanker personnel

Oil tanker training

1 - The training required by subparagraph 2.2) of regulation V/1 in respect of oil tankers should be divided into two parts, a general part concerning principles involved and a part on the application of those principles to ship operation. Any of this training may be given on board or ashore. It should be supplemented by practical instruction on board and, where appropriate, in a suitable shore-based installation. All training and instruction should be given by properly qualified and suitably experienced personnel.

2 - As much use as possible should be made of shipboard operation and equipment manuals, films and suitable visual aids, and the opportunity should be taken to introduce discussion of the part to be played by the safety organization on board ship and the role of safety officers and safety committees.

Chemical tanker training

3 - The training required by subparagraph 2.2) of regulation V/1 in respect of chemical tankers should be divided into two parts, a general part concerning principles involved and a part on the application on board of those principles to ship operations. Any of this training may be given on board or ashore. It should be supplemented by practical instruction on board and, where appropriate, in a suitable shore-based installation. All training and instruction should be given by properly qualified and suitably experienced personnel.

4 - As much use as possible should be made of shipboard operation and equipment manuals, films and suitable visual aids, and the opportunity should be taken to introduce discussion of the part to be played by the safety organization on board ship and the role of safety officers and safety committees.

Liquefied gas tanker training

5 - The training required by subparagraph 2.2) of regulation V/1 in respect of liquefied gas tankers should be divided into the following two parts:

1) Supervised instruction, conducted in a shore-based facility or on board a specially equipped ship having training facilities and special instructors for this purpose, dealing with the principles envolved and the application of these principles to ship operation, so however that Administrations may, in special situations, permit junior officers or ratings to be trained on board liquefied gas tankers on which they are serving, provided that such service is for a limited period, as established by the Administration, and that such crew members do not have duties or responsibilities in connection with cargo or cargo equipment and provided further that they are later trained in accordance with this guidance for any subsequent service; and

2) Supplementary shipboard training and experience, wherein the principles learned are applied to a particular type of ship and cargo-containment system.

All training and instruction should be given by properly qualified and suitably experienced personnel.

6 - As much use as possible should be made of shipboard operation and equipment manuals, films and suitable visual aids, and the opportunity should be taken to introduce discussion of the part to be played by the safety organization on board ship and the role of safety officers and safety committees.

On-board training for all tanker personnel

7 - All tanker personnel should undergo training on board and, where appropriate, ashore, which should be given by qualified personnel experienced in the handling and characteristics of oil, chemical or liquefied gas cargoes as appropriate and the safety procedures involved. The training should at least cover the matters set out in paragraphs 9 to 15 below.

Regulations

8 - Knowledge of the ship's rules and regulations governing the safety of personnel on board a tanker in port and at sea.

Health hazards and precautions to be taken

9 - Dangers of skin contact; inhalation and accidental swallowing of cargo; oxygen deficiency, with par-ticular reference to inert-gas systems; the harmful -properties of cargoes carried, personnel accidents and associated first aid; lists of do's and dont's.

Fire prevention and fire-fighting

10 - Control of smoking and cooking restrictions; sources of ignition; fire and explosion prevention; methods of fire-fighting; of portable extinguishers and fixed installations.

Pollution prevention

11 - Procedures to be followed to prevent air and water pollution and measures which will be taken in the event of spillage.

Safety equipment and its use

12 - The proper use of protective clothing and equipment, resuscitators, escape and rescue equipment.

Emergency procedures

13 - Familiarization with the emergency plan procedures.

Cargo equipment and operations

14 - A general description of cargo-handling equipment; safe loading and discharge procedures and precautions and safe entry into enclosed spaces.

On-board training for liquefied gas tanker personnel

15 - Personnel who are required to be trained under regulation V/1 should be provided supplementary shipboard training and experience based on the ship's operation manual. Such training and experience should cover the following systems as applicable:

1) The cargo handling system including piping systems; pumps; valves; expansion devices and vapour systems; service requirements and operating characteristics of the cargo handling systems and liquid re-circulation;

2) Instrumentation systems including cargo level indicators; gas-detection systems; hull and cargo temperature monitoring systems; the various methods of transmitting a signal from a sensor to the monitoring station and automatic shutdown systems;

3) Boil-off disposal including use as fuel; compressors; heat exchanger; gas piping and ventilation in machinery and manned spaces; principles of dual-fuel boilers, gas turbines, diesel engines; emergency venting and re-liquefication;

4) Auxiliary systems including ventilation and inerting; quick-closing, remote control, pneumatic, excess flow, safety relief, and pressure/vacuum valves; steam systems for voids, ballast tanks and condenser; and

5) General principles of operating the cargo-handling plant including inerting cargo tanks and void spaces; tank cool-down and loading; operations during loaded and ballasted voyages; discharging and tank stripping; emergency procedures, and pre-planned action in the event of leaks, fires, collision, stranding, emergency cargo discharge and personnel casualty.

Proof of qualification

16 - The master of every oil, chemical and liquefied gas tanker should ensure that the officer primarily responsible for the cargo possesses an appropriate certificate, issued or endorsed or validated as required by regulation V/1, paragraph 4, and has had adequate recent practical experience on board an appropriate type of tanker to permit that officer to safely perform the duties assigned.

SECTION B-V/2

Guidance regarding mandatory minimum requirements for the training and qualification of masters, officers, ratings and other personnel on ro-ro passenger ships.

(No provisions.)

SECTION B-V/3

Guidance regarding additional training for masters and chief mates of large ships and ships with unusual manoeuvring characteristics

1 - It is important that masters and chief mates should have had relevant experience and training before assuming the duties of master or chief mate of large ships or ships having unusual manoeuvring and handling characteristics significantly different from those in which they have recently served. Such characteristics will generally be found in ships which are of considerable deadweight or length or of special design or of high speed.

2 - Prior to their appointment to such a ship, masters and chief mates should:

1) Be informed of the ship's handling characteristics by the company, particularly in relation to the knowledge, understanding and proficiency listed under ship manoeuvring and handling in column 2 of table A-II/2, «Specification of the minimum standard of competence for masters and chief mates of ships of 500 gross tonnage or more»; and

2) Be made thoroughly familiar with the use of all navigational and manoeuvring aids fitted in the ship concerned, including their capabilities and limitations.

3 - Before initially assuming command of one of the ships referred to above, the prospective master should have sufficient and appropriate general experience as master or chief mate, and either:

1) Have sufficient and appropriate experience manoeuvring the same ship under supervision or in manoeuvring a ship having similar manoeuvring characteristics; or

2) Have attended an approved ship-handling simulator course on an installation capable of simulating the manoeuvring characteristics of such a ship.

4 - The additional training and qualifications of masters and chief mates of dynamically supported and high speed craft should be in accordance with the relevant guidelines of the IMO Code of Safety for Dynamically Supported Craft and the IMO Code of Safety for High Speed Craft (HSC) Code, as appropriate.

SECTION B-V/4

Guidance regarding training of officers and ratings responsible for cargo handling on ships carrying dangerous and hazardous substances in solid form in bulk.

1 - Training should be divided into two parts, a general part on the principles involved and a part on the application of such principles to ship operation. All training and instruction should be given by properly qualified and suitably experienced personnel and cover at least the subjects given in paragraphs 2 to 14 hereunder.

Principles

Characteristics and properties

2 - The important physical characteristics and chemical properties of dangerous and hazardous substances, sufficient to give a basic understanding of the intrinsic hazards and risks involved.

Classification of materials possessing chemical hazards

3 - IMO dangerous goods classes 4-9 and materials hazardous only in bulk (MHB) and the hazards associated with each class.

Health hazards

4 - Dangers from skin contact, inhalation, ingestion and radiation.

Conventions, regulations and recommendations

5 - General familiarization with the relevant requirements of chapters II-2 and VII of the 1974 SOLAS Convention as amended.

6 - General use of and familiarization with the Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes (BC Code) with particular reference to:

1) Safety of personnel including safety equipment, measuring instruments, their use and practical application and interpretation of results;

2) Hazards from cargoes which have a tendency to shift; and

3) Materials possessing chemical hazards.

Shipboard application

Class 4.1 - Flammable solids

Class 4.2 - Substances liable to spontaneous combustion

Class 4.3 - Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases

7 - Carriage, stowage and control of temperature to prevent decomposition and possible explosion; stowage categories; general stowage precautions, including those applicable to self-reactive and related substances; segregation requirements to prevent heating and ignition; the emission of poisonous or flammable gases and the formation of explosive mixtures.

Class 5.1 - Oxidizing substances

8 - Carriage, stowage and control of temperature to prevent decomposition and possible explosion; stowage categories; general stowage precautions and segregation requirements to ensure separation from combustible material, from acids and heat sources to prevent fire, explosion and the formation of toxic gases.

Class 6.1 - Toxic substances

9 - Contamination of foodstuffs, working areas and living accommodation and ventilation.

Class 7 - Radioactives

10 - Transport index; types of ores and concentrates; stowage and segregation from persons, undeveloped photographic film and plates and foodstuffs; stowage categories; general stowage requirements; special stowage requirements; segregation requirements and separation distances; segregation from other dangerous goods.

Class 8 - Corrosives

11 - Dangers from wetted substances.

Class 9 - Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles

12 - Examples and associated hazards; the hazards of materials hazardous only in bulk (MHB); general and specific stowage precautions; working and transport precautions; segregation requirements.

Safety precautions and emergency procedures

13 - Electrical safety in cargo spaces; precautions to be taken for entry into enclosed spaces that may contain oxygen depleted, poisonous or flammable atmospheres; the possible effects of fire in shipments of substances of each class; use of the Emergency Procedures for Ships Carrying Dangerous Goods; emergency plans and procedures to be followed in case of incidents involving dangerous and hazardous substances and the use of individual entries in the Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes in this respect.

Medical first aid

14 - The IMO Medical First Aid Guide for Use in Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods (MFAG) and its use and application in association with other guides and medical advice by radio.

SECTION B-V/5

Guidance regarding training of officers and ratings responsible for cargo handling on ships carrying dangerous and hazardous substances in packaged form.

1 - Training should be divided into two parts, a general part on the principles involved and a part on the application of such principles to ship operation. All training and instruction should be given by properly qualified and suitably experienced personnel and cover at least the subjects given in paragraphs 2 to 19 hereunder.

Principles

Characteristics and properties

2 - The important physical characteristics and chemical properties of dangerous and hazardous substances, sufficient to give a basic understanding of the intrinsic hazards and risks involved.

Classification of dangerous and hazardous substances and materials possessing chemical hazards

3 - IMO dangerous goods classes 1-9 and the hazards associated with each class; materials hazardous only in bulk (MHB).

Health hazards

4 - Dangers from skin contact, inhalation, ingestion and radiation.

Conventions, regulations and recommendations

5 - General familiarization with the relevant requirements of chapters II-2 and VII of the 1974 SOLAS Convention and of annex III of MARPOL 73/78 including its implementation through the IMDG Code.

Use of and familiarization with the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code

6 - General knowledge of the requirements of the IMDG Code concerning declaration, documentation, packing, labelling and placarding; freight container and vehicle packing; portable tanks, tank containers and road tank vehicles, and other transport units used for dangerous substances.

7 - Knowledge of identification, marking, labelling, for stowage, securing, separation and segregation in different ships types mentioned in the IMDG Code.

8 - Safety of personnel including safety equipment, measuring instruments, their use and practical application and the interpretation of results.

Shipboard application

Class 1 - Explosives

9 - The 6 hazard divisions and 13 compatibility groups; packagings and magazines used for carriage of explosives; structural serviceability of freight containers and vehicles; stowage provisions, including specific arrangements for on-deck and under deck stowage; segregation from dangerous goods of other classes within class 1 and from non-dangerous goods; transport and stowage on passenger ships; suitability of cargo spaces; security precautions, precautions to be taken during loading and unloading.

Class 2 - Gases (compressed, liquefied, refrigerate liquefied or gases in solution) flammable, non-compressed, non-poisonous and poisonous.

10 - Types of pressure vessels and portable tanks including relief and closing devices used; stowage categories; general stowage precautions including those for flammable and poisonous gases and gases which are marine pollutants.

Classe 3 - Flammable liquids

11 - Packagings, tank containers, portable tanks and road tank vehicles; stowage categories, including the specific requirements for plastics receptacles; general stowage precautions including those for marine pollutants; segregation requirements; precautions to be taken when carrying flammable liquids at elevated temperatures.

Class 4.1 - Flammable solids

Class 4.2 - Substances liable to spontaneous combustion

Class 4.3 - Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases

12 - Types of packagings; carriage and stowage under controlled temperatures to prevent decomposition and possible explosion; stowage categories; general stowage precautions, including those applicable to self-reactive and related substances, desensitized explosives and marine pollutants; segregation requirements to prevent heating and ignition, the emission of poisonous or flammable gases and the formation of explosive mixtures.

Class 5.1 - Oxidizing substances

Class 5.2 - Organic peroxides

13 - Types of packagings; carriage and stowage under controlled temperatures to prevent decomposition and possible explosion; stowage categories; general stowage precautions, including those applicable to marine pollutants; segregation requirements to ensure separation from combustible material, from acids and heat sources to prevent fire, explosion and the formation of toxic gases; precautions to minimize friction and impact which can initiate decomposition.

Class 6.1 - Toxic substances

Class 6.2 - Infectious substances

14 - Types of packagings; stowage categories; general stowage precautions including those applicable to toxic, flammable liquids and marine pollutants; segregation requirements, especially considering that the characteristic common to these substances is their ability to cause death or serious injury to human health; decontamination measures in the event of spillage.

Class 7 - Radioactives

15 - Types of packagings; transport index in relation to stowage and segregation; stowage and segregation from persons, undeveloped photographic film and plates and foodstuffs; stowage categories; general stowage requirements; segregation requirements and separation distances; segregation from other dangerous goods.

Class 8 - Corrosives

16 - Types of packagings; stowage categories; general stowage precautions, including those applicable to corrosive, flammable liquids and marine pollutants; segregation requirements, especially considering that the characteristic common to these substances is their ability to cause severe damage to living tissue.

Class 9 - Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles

17 - Examples of hazards including marine pollution.

Safety precautions and emergency procedures

18 - Electrical safety in cargo spaces; precautions to be taken for entry into enclosed spaces that may contain oxygen depleted, poisonous or flammable atmospheres; the possible effects of spillage or fire in shipments of substances of each class; consideration of events on deck or below deck; use of the IMO Emergency Procedures for Ships Carrying Dangerous Goods; emergency plans and procedures to be followed in case of incidents involving dangerous substances.

Medical first aid

19 - The IMO Medical First Aid Guide for Use in Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods (MFAG) and its use and application in association with other guides and medical advice by radio.

CHAPTER VI

Guidance regarding emergency, occupational safety, medical care and survival functions

SECTION B-VI/1

Guidance regarding familiarization and basic safety training and instruction for all seafarers

Fire prevention and fire-fighting

1 - The basic training in fire prevention and firefighting required by section A-VI/2 should include at least the theoretical and practical elements itemized in paragraphs 2 to 4 hereunder.

Theoretical training

2 - The theoretical training should cover:

1) The three elements of fire and explosion (the fire triangle), fuel; source of ignition; oxygen;

2) Ignition sources: chemical; biological; physical;

3) Flammable materials: flammability; ignition point; burning temperature; burning speed; thermal value; lower flammable limit (LFL); upper flammable limit (UFL); flammable range; inerting; static electricity; flashpoint; auto-ignition;

4) Fire hazard and spread of fire by radiation, convection, and conduction;

5) Reactivity;

6) Classification of fires and applicable extinguishing agents;

7) Main causes of fire on board ships: oil leakage in engine-room; cigarettes; overheating (bearings); galley appliances (stoves, flues, fryers, hotplates, etc.); spontaneous ignition (cargo, wastes, etc.); hot work (welding, cutting, etc.); electrical apparatus (short circuit, nonprofessional repairs); reaction, self-heating and autoignition; arson; static electricity;

8) Fire prevention;

9) Fire and smoke detection systems; automatic fire alarms;

10) Fire-fighting equipment including:

10.1) Fixed installations on board and their locations; fire mains, hydrants; international shore connection; smothering installations, carbon dioxide (CO(índice 2)), foam; halogenated hydrocarbons; pressure water spray system in special category spaces, etc.; automatic sprinkler system; emergency fire pump; emergency generator; chemical powder applicants; general outline of required and available mobile apparatus; high pressure fog system; high expansion foam; new developments and equipment;

10.2) Firefighter's outfit, personal equipment; breathing apparatus; resuscitation apparatus; smoke helmet or mask; fireproof life-line and harness; and their location on board; and

10.3) General equipment including fire hoses, nozzles, connections, fire axes; portable fire extinguishers; fire blankets;

11) Construction and arrangements including escape routes; means for gas freeing tanks; class A, B and C divisions; inert gas systems;

12) Ship fire-fighting organization, including general alarm; fire control plans, muster stations and duties of individuals; communications, including ship-shore when in port; personnel safety procedures; periodic shipboard drills; patrol systems;

13) Practical knowledge of resuscitation methods;

14) Fire-fighting methods including sounding the alarm; locating and isolating; jettisoning; inhibiting; cooling; smothering; extinguishing; reflash watch; smoke extraction; and

15) Fire-fighting agents including water, solid jet, spray, fog, flooding; foam, high, medium and low expansion; carbon dioxide (CO(índice 2)); halon; aqueous film forming foam (AFFF); dry chemical powder; new developments and equipment.

Practical training

3 - The practical training given below should take place in spaces which provide truly realistic training conditions (e. g. simulated shipboard conditions), and whenever possible and practical should also be carried out in darkness as well as by daylight and should allow the trainees to acquire the ability to:

1) Use various types of portable fire extinguishers;

2) Use self-contained breathing apparatus;

3) Extinguish smaller fires, e. g. electrical fires, oil fires and propane fires;

4) Extinguish extensive fires with water (jet and spray nozzles);

5) Extinguish fires with either foam, powder or any other suitable chemical agent;

6) Enter and pass through, with life-line but without breathing apparatus, a compartment into which high expansion foam has been injected;

7) Fight fire in smoke-filled enclosed spaces wearing self-contained breathing apparatus;

8) Extinguish fire with water fog, or any other suitable fire-fighting agent in an accommodation room or simulated engine-room with fire and heavy smoke;

9) Extinguish an oil fire with fog applicator and spray nozzles; dry chemical powder or foam applicators;

10) Effect a rescue in a smoke-filled space wearing breathing apparatus.

General

4 - Trainees should also be made aware of the necessity of maintaining a state of readiness on board.

Elementary first aid

5 - The training in elementary first aid required by regulation VI/1 as part of the basic training should be given at an early stage in vocational training, preferably during pre-sea training, to enable seafarers to take immediate action upon encountering an accident or other medical emergency until the arrival of a person with first aid skills or the person in charge of medical care on board.

Personal safety and social responsibilities

6 - Administrations should bear in mind the significance of communication and language skills in maintaining safety of life and property at sea and in -preventing marine pollution. Given the international character of the maritime industry, the reliance on voice communications from ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore, the increasing use of multi-national crews, and the concern that crew members should be able to communicate with passengers in an emergency, adoption of a common language for maritime communications would promote safe practice by reducing the risk of human error in communication essential information.

7 - Although not universal, by common practice English is rapidly becoming the standard language of communication for maritime safety purposes, partly as a result of the use of the Standard Marine Navigational Vocabulary, as replaced by the IMO Standard Marine Communication Phrases.

8 - Administrations should consider the benefits of ensuring that seafarers have an ability to use at least an elementary English vocabulary, with an emphasis on nautical terms and situations.

SECTION B-VI/2

Guidance regarding certification for proficiency in survival craft, rescue boats and fast rescue boats

1 - Before training is commenced the requirement of medical fitness, particularly regarding eyesight and hearing, should be met by the candidate.

2 - The training should be relevant to the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), as amended.

SECTION B-VI/3

Guidance regarding training in advanced fire-fighting

(No provisions.)

SECTION B-VI/4

Guidance regarding requirements in medical

first aid and medical care

(No provisions.)

CHAPTER VII

Guidance regarding alternative certification

SECTION B-VII/1

Guidance regarding the issue of alternative certificates

(No provisions.)

SECTION B-VII/2

Guidance regarding certification of seafarers

(No provisions.)

SECTION B-VII/3

Guidance regarding principles governing the issue of alternative certificates

(No provisions.)

CHAPTER VIII

Guidance regarding watchkeeping

SECTION B-VIII/1

Guidance regarding fitness for duty

Prevention of fatigue

1 - In observing the rest period requirements, «overriding operational conditions» should be construed to mean only essential shipboard work which cannot be delayed for safety or environmental reasons or which could not reasonably have been anticipated at the commencement of the voyage.

2 - Although there is no universally accepted technical definition of fatigue, everyone involved in ship operations should be alert to the factors which can contribute to fatigue, including, but not limited to those identified by the Organization, and take them into account when making decisions on ship operations.

3 - In applying regulation VIII/1, the following should be taken into account:

1) Provisions made to prevent fatigue should ensure that excessive or unreasonable overall working hours are not undertaken. In particular, the minimum rest periods specified in section A-VIII/1 should not be interpreted as implying that all other hours may be devoted to watchkeeping or other duties;

2) That the frequency and lenght of leave periods, and the granting of compensatory leave, are material factors in preventing fatigue from building up over a period of time;

3) The provisions may be varied for ships on short-sea voyages, provided special safety arrangements are put in place.

4 - Administrations should considerer the introduction of a requirement that records of hours of work or rest of seafarers should be maintained and that such records are inspected by the Administration at appropriate intervals to ensure compliance with regulations concerning working hours or rest periods.

5 - Based on information received as a result of investigating maritime casualties, Administrations should keep their provisions on prevention of fatigue under review.

SECTION B-VIII/2

Guidance regarding watchkeeping arrangements and principles to be observed

1 - The following operational guidance should be taken into account by companies, masters and watchkeeping officers.

Part 1

Guidance on certification

(No provisions.)

Part 2

Guidance on voyage planning

(No provisions.)

Part 3

Guidance on watchkeeping at sea

(No provisions.)

Part 3.1

Guidance on keeping a navigational watch

Introduction

2 - Particular guidance may be necessary for special types of ships as well as for ships carrying hazardous, dangerous, toxic or highly flammable cargoes. The master should provide this operational guidance as appropriate.

3 - It is essential that officers in charge of the navigational watch appreciate that the efficient performance of their duties is necessary in the interests of the safety of life and property at sea and of preventing pollution of the marine environment.

Bridge resource management

4 - Companies should issue guidance on proper bridge procedures, and promote the use of checklists appropriate to each ship taking into account national and international guidance.

5 - Companies should also issue guidance to masters and officers in charge of the navigational watch on each ship concerning the need for continuously reassessing how bridge-watch resources are being allocated and used, based on bridge resource management principles such as the following:

1) A sufficient number of qualified individuals should be on watch to ensure all duties can be performed effectively;

2) All members of the navigational watch should be appropriately qualified and fit to perform their duties efficiently and effectively or the officer in charge of the navigational watch should take into account any limitation in qualifications or fitness of the individuals available when making navigational and operational decisions;

3) Duties should be clearly and unambiguously assigned to specific individuals, who should confirm that they understand their responsibilities;

4) Tasks should be performed according to a clear order of priority;

5) No member of the navigational watch should be assigned more duties or more difficult tasks than can be performed effectively;

6) Individuals should be assigned at all times to locations at which they can most efficiently and effectively perform their duties, and individuals should be reassigned to other locations as circumstances may require;

7) Members of the navigational watch should not be assigned to different duties, tasks or locations until the officer in charge of the navigational watch is certain that the adjustment can be accomplish efficiently and effectively;

8) Instruments and equipment considered necessary for effective performance of duties should be readily available to appropriate members of the navigational watch;

9) Communications among members of the navigational watch should be clear, immediate, reliable, and relevant to the business at hand;

10) Non-essential activity and distractions should be avoided, suppressed or removed;

11) All bridge equipment should be operating properly and if not, the officer in charge of the navigational watch should take into account any malfunction which may exist in making operational decisions;

12) All essential information should be collected, processed and interpreted, and made conveniently available to those who require it for the performance of their duties;

13) Non-essential materials should not be placed on the bridge or any work surface; and

14) Members of the navigational watch should at all times be prepared to respond efficiently and effectively to changes in circumstances.

Part 3.2

Guidance on keeping an engineering watch

6 - Particular guidance may be necessary for special types of propulsion systems or ancillary equipment and for ships carrying hazardous, dangerous, toxic or highly flammable materials or other special types of cargo. The chief engineer officer should provide this operational guidance as appropriate.

7 - It is essential that officers in charge of the engineering watch appreciate that the efficient performance of engineering watchkeeping duties is necessary in the interest of the safety of life and property at sea and of preventing pollution of the marine environment.

8 - The relieving officer, before assuming charge of the engineering watch, should:

1) Be familiar with the location and use of the equipment provided for the safety of life in a hazardous or toxic environment;

2) Ascertain that materials for the administrations of emergency medical first aid are readily available, particularly those required for the treatment of burns and scalds; and

3) When in port, safely anchored or moored, be aware of:

3.1) Cargo activities, the status of maintenance and repair functions and all other operations affecting the watch; and

3.2) The auxiliary machinery in use for passenger or crew accommodation services, cargo operations, operational water supplies and exhaust systems.

Part 3.3

Guidance on keeping a radio watch

General

9 - Among other things, the Radio Regulations require that each ship radio station is licensed, is under the ultimate authority of the master or other person responsible for the ship and is only operated under the control of adequately qualified personnel. The Radio Regulations also require that a distress alert shall only be sent on the authority of the master or other person responsible for the ship.

10 - The master should bear in mind that all personnel assigned responsibility for sending a distress alert must be instructed with regard to, be knowledgeable of, and be able to operate properly, all radio equipment on the ship as required by regulation I/14, subparagraph 1.4). This should be recorded in the deck or radio log-book.

Watchkeeping

11 - In addition to the requirements concerning radiowatchkeeping, the master of every seagoing ship should ensure that:

1) The ship's radio station is adequately manned for the purpose of exchanging general communications - in particular public correspondence, taking into account the contraints imposed by the duties of those authorized to operate it; and

2) The radio equipment provided on board and, where fitted, the reserve sources of energy, are maintained in an efficient working condition.

12 - Necessary instruction and information on use of radio equipment and procedures for distress and safety purposes should be given periodically to all relevant crew members by the person designated in the muster list to have primary responsibility for radiocommunications during distress incidents. This should be recorded in the radio log.

13 - The master of every ship no subject to the SOLAS Convention should require that radiowatchkeeping is adequately maintained as determined by the Administration, taking into account the Radio Regulations.

Operational

14 - Prior to sailing, the radio operator designated as having primary responsibility for radiocommunications during distress incidents should ensure that:

1) All distress and safety radio equipment and the reserve source of energy are in an efficient working condition, and that this is recorded in the radio log;

2) All documents required by international agreement, notices to ship radio stations and additional documents required by the Administration are available and are corrected in accordance with the latest supplements, and that any discrepancy is reported to the master;

3) The radio clock is correctly set against standard time signals;

4) Antennae are correctly positioned, undamaged and properly connected; and

5) To the extent practicable, routine weather and navigational warning messages for the area in which the ship will be navigating are updated together with those for other areas requested by the master, and that such messages are passed to the master.

15 - On sailing and opening the station, the radio operator on watch should:

1) Listen to the appropriate distress frequencies for any possible existing distress situation; and

2) Send a traffic report (name, position and destination, etc.) to the local coast station and any other appropriate coast station from which general communications may be expected.

16 - While the station is open, the radio operator on watch should:

1) Check the radio clock against standard time signals at least once a day;

2) Send a traffic report when entering and on leaving the service area of a coast station from which general communications might be expected; and

3) Transmit reports to ship reporting systems in accordance with the instructions of the master.

17 - While at sea, the radio operator designated as having primary responsibility for radiocommunications during distress incidents should ensure the proper functioning of:

1) The Digital Selective Calling (DSC) distress and safety radio equipment by means of a test call at least once each week; and

2) The distress and safety radio equipment by means of a test at least once each day but without radiating any signal.

The results of these tests should be recorded in the radio log.

18 - The radio operator designated to handle general communications should ensure that an effective watch is maintained on those frequencies on which communications are likely to be exchanged, having regard to the position of the ship in relation to those coast stations and to coast earth stations from which traffic may be expected. When exchanging traffic, radio operators should follow the relevant ITU recommendations.

19 - When closing the station on arrival at a port, the radio operator on watch should advise the local coast station and other coast stations with which contact has been maintained of the ship's arrival and of the closing of the station.

20 - When closing the radio station the radio operator designated as having primary responsibility for radiocommunications during distress incidents should:

1) Ensure that transmitting antennae are earthed; and

2) Check that the reserve sources of energy are sufficiently charged.

Distress alerts and procedures

21 - The distress alert or distress call has absolute priority over all other transmissions. All stations which receive such signals are required by the Radio Regulations to immediately cease all transmissions capable of interfering with distress communications.

22 - In the case of a distress affecting own ship, the radio operator designated as having primary responsibility for radiocommunications during distress incidents should immediately assume responsibility for following the procedures of the Radio Regulations and relevant ITU-R recommendations.

23 - On receiving a distress alert:

1) The radio operator on watch should alert the master and, if appropriate, the radio operator designated as having primary responsibility for radiocommunications during distress incidents; and

2) The radio operator designated as having primary responsibility for radiocommunications during distress incidents should evaluate the situation and immediately assume responsibility for following the procedures of the Radio Regulations and relevant ITU-R recommendations.

Urgency messages

24 - In case of urgency affecting own ship, the radio operator designated as having responsibility for radiocommunications during incidents should immediately assume responsibility for following the procedures of the Radio Regulations and relevant ITU-R recommendations.

25 - In cases of communications relating to medical advice, the radio operator designated as having primary responsibility for radiocommunications during distress incidents should follow the procedures of the Radio Regulations and adhere to the conditions as published in the relevant international documentation [see subparagraph 14.2)] or as specified by the satellite service provider.

26 - In cases of communications relating to medical transports, as defined in the annex 1 to the Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (Protocol 1), the radio operator designated as having primary responsibility for radiocommunications during distress incidents should follow the procedures of the Radio Regulations.

27 - On receiving an urgency message, the radio operator on watch should alert the master and, if appropriate, the radio operator designated as having primary responsibility for radiocommunications during distress incidents.

Safety messages

28 - When a safety message is to be transmitted, the master and the radio operator on watch should follow the procedures of the Radio Regulations.

29 - On receiving a safety message, the radio operator on watch should note its content and act in accordance with the master's instructions.

30 - Bridge-to-bridge communications should be exchanged on VHF channel 13. Bridge-to-bridge communications are described as «Intership navigation safety communications» in the Radio Regulations.

Radio records

31 - Additional entries in the radio log should be made in accordance with paragraphs 10, 12, 14, 17 and 33.

32 - Unauthorized transmissions and incidents or harmful interference should, if possible, be identified, recorded in the radio log and brought to the attention of the Administration in compliance with the Radio Regulations, together with an appropriate extract from the radio log.

Battery maintenance

33 - Batteries providing a source of energy for any part of the radio installation including those associated with uninterrupted power supplies are the responsibility of the radio operator designated as having primary responsibility for radiocommunications during distress incidents and should be:

1) Tested on-load and off-load daily and, where necessary, brought up to the fully charged condition;

2) Tested once per week by means of a hydrometer where practicable, or where a hydrometer cannot be used, by a suitable load test; and

3) Checked once per month for the security of each battery and its connections and the condition of the batteries and their compartment or compartments.

The results of these tests should be recorded in the radio log.

Part 4

Guidance on watchkeeping in port

(No provisions.)

Part 5

Guidance on prevention of drug and alcohol abuse

34 - Drug and alcohol abuse directly affect the fitness and ability of a seafarer to perform watchkeeping duties. Seafarers found to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol should not be permitted to perform watchkeeping duties until they are no longer impaired in their ability to perform those duties.

35 - Administrations should considerer developing national legislation:

1) Prescribing a maximum of 0.08% blood alcohol level (BAC) during watchkeeping duty as a minimum safety standard on their ships; and

2) Prohibiting the consumption of alcohol within 4 hours prior to serving as a member of a watch.

Drug and alcohol abuse screening programme guidelines

36 - The Administration should ensure that adequate measures are taken to prevent alcohol and drugs from impairing the ability of watchkeeping personnel, and should establish screening programmes as necessary which:

1) Identify drug and alcohol abuse;

2) Respect the dignity, privacy, confidentiality and fundamental legal rights of the individuals concerned; and

3) Take into account relevant international guidelines.

Certified true copy of the English text of the amendments to the annex to the International Convention on Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, and the WTCW Code, together with resolutions at 1 and 2 of the Conference of Parties to the International Convention on Standards of Training. Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, on the adoption of the amendments and on the adoption of the STCW Code, respectively, adopted on 7 July 1995, the originals of which are deposited with the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization.

For the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization:

(ver assinatura no documento original)

EMENDAS DE 1995 AO ANEXO À CONVENÇÃO INTERNACIONAL SOBRE NORMAS DE FORMAÇÃO, DE CERTIFICAÇÃO E DE SERVIÇO DE QUARTOS PARA OS MARÍTIMOS, 1978.

Anexo n.º 1 à Acta Final da Conferência

Resolução n.º 1

Adopção das emendas de 1995 ao anexo à Convenção Internacional sobre Normas de Formação, de Certificação e de Serviço de Quartos para os Marítimos, 1978.

A Conferência:

Nos termos do artigo XII (1) (b) da Convenção Internacional sobre Normas de Formação, de Certificação e de Serviço de Quartos para os Marítimos, 1978 (daqui em diante designada «Convenção»), relativo ao procedimento de emenda da Convenção por uma Conferência das Partes;

Tendo considerado as emendas ao anexo à Convenção propostas e distribuídas aos membros da Organização e a todas as Partes à Convenção, com a finalidade de substituir o texto existente do anexo à Convenção:

1 - Adopta, nos termos do artigo XII (1) (b) (ii) da Convenção, como emendas ao anexo à Convenção, o texto constante no anexo à presente resolução.

2 - Determina, em conformidade com o artigo XII (1) (a) (vii) 2 da Convenção, que as emendas em anexo ao presente documento deverão ser consideradas como tendo sido adoptadas em 1 de Agosto de 1996, a menos que, anteriormente a essa data, mais de um terço das Partes à Convenção ou um conjunto de Partes à Convenção cujas frotas mercantes representem no total um mínimo de 50% da tonelagem de arqueação bruta da frota mundial dos navios de comércio com arqueação bruta igual ou superior a 100 t, tenham notificado o Secretário-Geral que se opõe às emendas.

3 - Convida as Partes a tomar em devida nota que, nos termos do artigo XII (1) (a) (ix) da Convenção, as emendas em anexo ao presente documento deverão entrar em vigor em 1 de Fevereiro de 1997, após terem sido consideradas aceites em conformidade com o parágrafo 2 anterior.

ANEXO

Emendas ao anexo à Convenção Internacional sobre Normas de Formação, de Certificação e de Serviço de Quartos para os Marítimos, 1978.

CAPÍTULO I — Disposições gerais

Regra I/1

Definições e clarificações

1 - Para efeitos de aplicação da Convenção, salvo disposição expressa em contrário:

1) «Regras» designa as regras constantes do anexo à Convenção;

2) «Aprovado» significa aprovado pela Parte, conforme as presentes regras;

3) «Comandante» designa a pessoa responsável pelo comando de um navio;

4) «Oficial» designa um membro da tripulação, com excepção do comandante, assim designado pelas leis ou regulamentos nacionais ou, na ausência dessa designação, pelas convenções colectivas ou pelo costume;

5) «Oficial de convés» designa um oficial qualificado, em conformidade com o estipulado no capítulo II da Convenção;

6) «Imediato» designa o oficial cujo posto vem imediatamente a seguir ao de comandante e ao qual competirá o comando do navio em caso de incapacidade do comandante;

7) «Oficial de máquinas» designa um oficial qualificado, em conformidade com o estipulado no capítulo III da Convenção;

8) «Chefe de máquinas» designa o oficial de máquinas principal, responsável pela instalação propulsora mecânica, bem como pela condução e manutenção das instalações mecânicas e eléctricas do navio;

9) «Segundo-oficial de máquinas» designa o oficial de máquinas cujo posto vem imediatamente a seguir ao de chefe de máquinas e ao qual competirá a responsabilidade pela instalação propulsora mecânica, bem como pela condução e manutenção das instalações mecânicas e eléctricas do navio, em caso de incapacidade do chefe de máquinas;

10) «Praticante de máquinas» designa uma pessoa que está a receber formação para oficial de máquinas e assim designada pelas leis ou regulamentos nacionais;

11) «Operador de rádio» designa uma pessoa titular de um certificado apropriado emitido ou reconhecido pela Administração, em conformidade com o estipulado no Regulamento das Radiocomunicações;

12) «Marítimo da mestrança e marinhagem» designa um membro da tripulação do navio, com excepção do comandante ou dos oficiais;

13) «Viagens costeiras» designa as viagens efectuadas nas proximidades de uma Parte, tal como definido por essa Parte;

14) «Potência propulsora» designa a potência de saída máxima contínua e total, expressa em kilowatts, debitada por todas as máquinas propulsoras principais do navio, que consta do certificado de registo do navio ou de outro documento oficial;

15) «Tarefas relativas ao serviço radioeléctrico» designa, nomeadamente e conforme apropriado, a escuta, a manutenção e as reparações técnicas executadas em conformidade com o Regulamento das Radiocomunicações, a Convenção Internacional para a Salvaguarda da Vida Humana no Mar e, segundo o critério de cada Administração, as recomendações pertinentes da Organização;

16) «Petroleiro» designa um navio construído e utilizado para o transporte de petróleo e produtos petrolíferos a granel;

17) «Navio químico» designa um navio construído ou adaptado para o transporte a granel de quaisquer produtos químicos líquidos enumerados no capítulo 17 do Código para a Construção e Equipamento de Navios Que Transportem Produtos Químicos Perigosos a Granel (International Bulk Chemical Code);

18) «Navio de transporte de gás liquefeito» designa um navio construído ou adaptado e utilizado para o transporte a granel de quaisquer dos gases liquefeitos ou de outros produtos enumerados no capítulo 19 do Código para a Construção e Equipamento de Navios Que Transportem Gases Liquefeitos a Granel (International Gas Carrier Code);

19) «Navio ro-ro de passageiros» designa um navio de passageiros com espaços de carga rolada ou compartimentos de categoria especial, conforme definido pela Convenção Internacional para a Salvaguarda da Vida Humana no Mar, 1974, e emendas posteriores;

20) «Mês» designa um mês de calendário ou 30 dias compostos por períodos inferiores a um mês;

21) «Código STCW» designa o Código sobre Normas de Formação, de Certificação e de Serviço de Quartos para os Marítimos, conforme adoptado pela Resolução n.º 2 da Conferência de 1995 e eventuais emendas posteriores;

22) «Função» designa um conjunto de tarefas, serviços e responsabilidades especificadas no Código STCW necessárias para a operação do navio, a salvaguarda da vida humana no mar ou a protecção do meio ambiente marinho;

23) «Companhia» designa o proprietário do navio ou qualquer outra organização ou pessoa, tal como o gestor ou afretador a casco nu, a quem o proprietário do navio tenha atribuído a responsabilidade pela operação do navio e que, ao assumir tal responsabilidade, tenha acordado em assumir todas as tarefas e responsabilidades impostas à companhia pelas presentes regras;

24) «Certificado apropriado» designa um certificado emitido e autenticado em conformidade com as disposições do presente anexo habilitando o seu legítimo titular a desempenhar a capacidade e a executar as funções previstas ao nível de responsabilidade nele especificadas, a bordo de um navio do tipo, arqueação, potência e meios de propulsão considerados durante a viagem particular em causa;

25) «Serviço de mar» designa um serviço a bordo de um navio relevante para a emissão de um certificado ou outra qualificação.

2 - As presentes regras são complementadas pelas disposições obrigatórias constantes da parte A do Código STCW e:

1) Qualquer referência a um requisito de uma regra constitui também uma referência à secção correspondente da parte A do Código STCW;

2) Na aplicação das presentes regras, as recomendações e notas explicativas conexas contidas na parte B do Código STCW devem ser tomadas em consideração, na medida do possível, com vista a obter-se, à escala mundial, uma maior uniformidade na implementação das disposições da Convenção;

3) As emendas à parte A do Código STCW deverão ser adoptadas, entrar em vigor e produzir efeitos de acordo com as disposições do artigo XII da Convenção respeitantes ao procedimento de emenda aplicável ao anexo;

4) As emendas à parte B do Código STCW deverão ser efectuadas pelo Comité de Segurança Marítima, em conformidade com as suas regras de procedimento.

3 - As referências feitas no artigo VI da Convenção à «Administração» e à «Administração que os emite» não deverão ser interpretadas como limitação do direito das Partes de emitir e autenticar certificados, em conformidade com o disposto nas presentes regras.

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Emissão e autenticação de certificados

1 - Os certificados deverão ser redigidos na língua ou línguas oficial(ais) do país emissor. Se a língua utilizada não for o inglês, o texto deverá incluir uma tradução para essa língua.

2 - Relativamente aos operadores de rádio, as Partes podem:

1) Incluir os conhecimentos adicionais requeridos pelas regras aplicáveis no exame para emissão de um certificado, em conformidade com o Regulamento das Radiocomunicações; ou

2) Emitir um certificado separado, indicando que o titular possui os conhecimentos adicionais exigidos pelas regras aplicáveis.

3 - A autenticação exigida pelo artigo VI da Convenção para atestar a emissão de um certificado deverá apenas ser emitida se todos os requisitos da Convenção tiverem sido observados.

4 - De acordo com os critérios de uma Parte, as autenticações podem ser incluídas no modelo dos certificados emitidos conforme a secção A-I/2 do Código STCW. Em caso de tal inclusão, o modelo utilizado deverá ser o definido no parágrafo 1 da secção A-I/2. Se a autenticação for efectuada de outro modo, o modelo da autenticação deverá ser o definido no parágrafo 2 dessa secção.

5 - Uma Administração que reconheça um certificado nos termos da regra I/10 deverá autenticar esse certificado, por forma a atestar o seu reconhecimento. a autenticação deverá apenas ser emitida se todos os requisitos da Convenção tiverem sido observados. O modelo da autenticação deverá ser o definido no parágrafo 3 da secção A-I/2 do Código STCW.

6 - As autenticações referidas nos parágrafos 3, 4 e 5:

1) Podem ser emitidas como documentos separados;

2) Deverão ser numeradas de modo unívoco, excepto as autenticações que atestem a emissão de um certificado, em que o número atribuído pode ser o mesmo do certificado, desde que o número seja unívoco;

3) Deverão caducar logo que a validade do certificado autenticado expire ou este seja cassado, suspenso ou cancelado pela Parte que o emitiu e, em qualquer caso, após um período não superior a cinco anos após a data da sua emissão.

7 - A capacidade na qual o titular de um certificado está autorizado a desempenhar a bordo deverá ser identificada no modelo de autenticação em termos idênticos aos que são utilizados pela Administração na fixação da lotação de segurança.

8 - As Administrações podem utilizar um modelo diferente do definido na secção A-I/2 do Código STCW, desde que, como condição mínima, a informação obrigatória seja apresentada em caracteres romanos e algarismos árabes, sendo contudo aceites as variações permitidas em conformidade com o disposto na secção A-I/2.

9 - Sem prejuízo do disposto no parágrafo 5 da regra I/10, os certificados requeridos pela Convenção devem ser mantidos disponíveis, na sua forma original, a bordo do navio onde o titular desempenha as suas funções.

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Princípios por que se devem reger as viagens costeiras

1 - Ao definir, para efeitos da Convenção, as viagens costeiras, nenhuma Parte deverá impor requisitos mais rigorosos em matéria de formação, de experiência ou de certificação aos marítimos que prestam serviço em navios autorizados a arvorar a bandeira de outra Parte e que efectuam tais viagens do que os exigidos aos marítimos que prestam serviços em navios autorizados a arvorar a sua própria bandeira. Em caso algum deverá tal Parte impor requisitos mais rigorosos aos marítimos que prestam serviço em navios autorizados a arvorar a bandeira de outra Parte do que os prescritos pela Convenção para os navios não afectos a viagens costeiras.

2 - No que respeita aos navios autorizados a arvorar a bandeira de uma Parte que efectuam regularmente viagens costeiras nas proximidades da costa de uma outra Parte, a Parte cuja bandeira o navio está autorizado a arvorar deverá impor requisitos em matéria de formação, de experiência e de certificação aos marítimos que exercem funções nesses navios pelo menos equivalentes aos impostos pela Parte nas proximidades de cuja costa o navio opera, desde que não ultrapassem os requisitos da Convenção estabelecidos para navios não afectos a viagens costeiras. Os marítimos que exerçam funções num navio que, durante a sua viagem, ultrapasse o que está definido por uma Parte como viagens costeiras, e entre em águas não abrangidas por aquela definição, deverão cumprir os requisitos de competência apropriados da Convenção.

3 - Qualquer Parte pode conceder a um navio autorizado a arvorar a bandeira os benefícios previstos nas disposições da Convenção relativas a viagens costeiras, quando tal navio efectue regularmente, nas proximidades da costa de um Estado que não é Parte, viagens costeiras, tal como definido por essa Parte.

4 - As Partes que definam viagens costeiras em conformidade com os requisitos da presente regra deverão comunicar ao Secretário-Geral, nos termos da regra I/7, os pormenores das disposições adoptadas.

5 - Nada do disposto na presente regra limitará, de qualquer modo, a jurisdição de qualquer Estado, quer seja ou não Parte à Convenção.

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Procedimentos de inspecção

1 - As inspecções efectuadas nos termos do artigo X por inspectores devidamente autorizados para esse efeitos deverão limitar-se ao seguinte:

1) Verificar, de acordo com o parágrafo (1) do artigo X, se todos os marítimos que exercem funções a bordo e que são obrigados pela Convenção a possuir certificados são titulares de um certificado apropriado ou de uma dispensa válida, ou apresentam prova documental de que foi efectuado pedido de autenticação à Administração, nos termos do parágrafo 5 da regra I/10;

2) Verificar se o número e os certificados dos marítimos que exercem funções a bordo estão em conformidade com os requisitos de lotação de segurança fixada pela Administração; e

3) Avaliar, de acordo com a secção A-I/4 do Código STCW, a aptidão dos marítimos embarcados no navio para cumprir as normas relativas ao serviço de quartos, tal como exigido pela Convenção, caso haja razões para suspeitar que essas normas não estão a ser observadas em virtude de se ter verificado qualquer uma das seguintes ocorrências:

3.1) O navio esteve envolvido num abalroamento, naufrágio ou encalhe; ou

3.2) O navio, quando a navegar, fundeado ou atracado, efectuou uma descarga de substâncias ilegal nos termos de qualquer convenção internacional; ou

3.3) O navio manobrou de um modo irregular ou perigoso, não respeitando as normas de organização do tráfego adoptadas pela Organização ou as práticas e os procedimentos de navegação em condições de segurança; ou

3.4) O navio está a ser operado por forma a constituir um perigo para as pessoas, os bens ou o meio ambiente.

2 - As deficiências que podem constituir um perigo para as pessoas, os bens ou o meio ambiente incluem o seguinte:

1) Marítimos que deverão ser titulares de certificados, sem um certificado apropriado, uma dispensa válida ou prova documental de que foi efectuado pedido de autenticação à Administração, nos termos do parágrafo 5 da regra I/10.

2) Incumprimento dos requisitos de lotação de segurança da Administração;

3) O modo como está organizado o serviço de quartos de navegação ou de máquinas não está de acordo com as exigências estabelecidas para esse navio pela Administração;

4) Ausência num quarto de pessoa qualificada para operar o equipamento indispensável à segurança da navegação, à segurança das radiocomunicações ou à prevenção da poluição marítima; e

5) Impossibilidade de dispor, para o primeiro quarto no início de uma viagem e para os quartos subsequentes, de pessoal suficientemente descansado e pronto para o serviço de quartos.

3 - Uma Parte que efectua uma inspecção só poderá justificar a retenção de um navio efectuada nos termos do artigo X desde que não tenham sido corrigidas qualquer das anomalias referidas no parágrafo 2 e na medida em que essa Parte tenha determinado que as mesmas constituem um perigo para as pessoas, os bens ou o meio ambiente.

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Disposições nacionais

1 - As Partes deverão implementar processos e procedimentos para a investigação imparcial de qualquer comunicação de incompetência, acto ou omissão que possa pôr directamente em perigo a segurança da vida humana ou dos bens materiais no mar ou do meio ambiente marinho por parte dos titulares de certificados ou de autenticações emitidos por essa Parte, no desempenho das funções definidas nos seus certificados, assim como para a cassação, suspensão ou cancelamento de tais certificados por tais razões e para a prevenção de fraudes.

2 - As Partes deverão definir penalidades ou sanções disciplinares para os casos nos quais as disposições das respectivas legislações nacionais que implementem o cumprimento da Convenção não sejam respeitadas por parte dos navios autorizados a arvorar a sua bandeira ou por parte dos marítimos legalmente certificados pela Parte.

3 - De um modo particular, as penalidades e sanções disciplinares atrás referidas deverão ser prescritas e aplicadas nos casos em que:

1) Uma companhia ou um comandante tenha empregado qualquer pessoa que não seja titular de um certificado previsto na Convenção;

2) Um comandante tenha autorizado o desempenho de quaisquer funções ou serviço, em qualquer capacidade para a qual seja exigível a certificação, por pessoa não titular de um certificado apropriado, de uma dispensa válida ou da prova documental exigida pelo parágrafo 5 da regra I/10;

3) Uma pessoa tenha obtido um emprego a bordo por meios fraudulentos ou falsificação de documentos, para o desempenho de quaisquer funções ou serviço, em qualquer capacidade, para o qual as presentes regras exijam a posse de um certificado ou dispensa válida.

4 - Uma Parte na jurisdição da qual se encontre uma companhia ou qualquer pessoa que, com base em indícios claros, tenha sido responsável ou tenha conhecimento de qualquer incumprimento aparente das disposições da Convenção referidas no parágrafo 3 anterior deverá prestar toda a sua possível colaboração a qualquer Parte que manifeste a sua intenção de proceder judicialmente na área da sua jurisdição.

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Formação e avaliação

1 - Cada Parte deverá garantir que:

1) A formação e a avaliação dos marítimos, exigidas nos termos da Convenção, são administradas, supervisionadas e controladas de acordo com o disposto na secção A-I/6 do Código STCW; e

2) Os responsáveis pela formação e avaliação da competência dos marítimos, exigidas nos termos da Convenção, possuem as qualificações adequadas, em conformidade com o disposto na secção A-I/6 do Código STCW, para o tipo e nível de formação ou avaliação envolvida.

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Comunicação da informação

1 - Para além da comunicação obrigatória da informação nos termos do artigo IV, cada Parte deverá fornecer ao Secretário-Geral, nos prazos e no formato estipulados na secção A-I/7 do Código STCW, quaisquer outras informações que possam ser exigidas pelo Código sobre outras medidas tomadas pela Parte, com vista a implementar e garantir o cumprimento completo e total da Convenção.

2 - Após a recepção da totalidade da informação, nos termos do artigo IV e da secção A-I/7 do Código STCW, e que a informação confirme a total implementação e cumprimento da Convenção, o Secretário-Geral deverá apresentar um relatório, para o efeito, ao Comité de Segurança Marítima.

3 - Após a subsequente confirmação pelo Comité de Segurança Marítima, nos termos dos procedimentos adoptados pelo Comité, de que a informação prestada demonstra o total e completo cumprimento das disposições da Convenção:

1) O Comité de Segurança Marítima deverá identificar as Partes em causa; e

2) As outras Partes poderão, nos termos das regras I/4 e I/10, aceitar, em princípio, que os certificados emitidos directamente ou em sua representação das Partes identificadas no parágrafo 3.1) se encontram em conformidade com a Convenção.

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Normas de qualidade

1 - Cada Parte deverá garantir que:

1) Nos termos da secção A-I/8 do Código STCW, as actividades de formação, avaliação de competência, certificação, autenticação e revalidação de documentos efectuadas por organismos não governamentais ou entidades sob a sua autoridade são controladas de modo contínuo através de um sistema de normas de qualidade, de modo a garantir a obtenção dos objectivos definidos, incluindo os que digam respeito às qualificações e experiência dos instrutores e responsáveis pela avaliação de competência; e

2) Quando tais actividades forem executadas por organismos ou entidades governamentais, deverá ser implementado um sistema de normas de qualidade.

2 - Cada Parte deverá ainda garantir que uma avaliação é periodicamente realizada, de acordo com as disposições constantes na secção A-I/8 do Código STCW, por pessoas qualificadas que não estejam envolvidas directamente nas actividades por si avaliadas.

3 - A informação relativa à avaliação requerida no parágrafo 2 deverá ser comunicada ao Secretário-Geral.

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Normas de aptidão física - Emissão e registo de certificados

1 - Cada Parte deverá estabelecer normas de aptidão física para os marítimos, especialmente quanto à acuidade visual e auditiva.

2 - Cada Parte deverá assegurar que os certificados são emitidos exclusivamente aos candidatos que satisfaçam os requisitos da presente regra.

3 - Os candidatos à certificação deverão apresentar provas satisfatórias:

1) Da sua identidade;

2) De que a sua idade não é inferior à definida na regra relevante para o certificado a que se candidatam;

3) De satisfazerem as normas de aptidão física, especialmente no que se refere à acuidade visual e auditiva definida pela Parte, e de serem titulares de documento válido atestando a sua aptidão física, emitido por um médico qualificado, devidamente reconhecido pela Parte;

4) De terem concluído o serviço de mar e qualquer outra formação obrigatória, nos termos das presentes regras, para obtenção do certificado a que se candidatam; e

5) De satisfazerem as normas de competência definidas pelas presentes regras para as capacidades, funções e níveis que devam ser identificados na autenticação do certificado.

4 - Cada Parte compromete-se a: