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| Memorandum Circular No. 04
Series of 2002 SUBJECT : Guidelines on the Implementation of the Basic Safety Training and Instruction
and Other Certification Requirements for All Seafarers The 1978 Standards for Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Convention, underwent major revision in July 1995. The amendments to the Convention entered into force on 01 February 1997. In view of the mandatory provisions of the amended Convention, the following clarificatory guidelines to Memorandum Circular No. 16, Series of 1997, are hereby issued on the requirement for basic safety training and instruction and other certification requirements for all seafarers as a prerequisite, among others, for shipboard employment: 1. Seafarers who entered service from 01 February 1997 shall be required to undergo training for the four (4) basic safety courses as prescribed under Regulation VI/1 and Section A-VI/1 of the 1978 STCW Convention, as amended, viz.,: a. Fire Prevention and Firefighting;
b. Personal Survival Techniques; c. Elementary First Aid; and, d. Personal Safety and Social Responsibility; 2. Seafarers who entered the service before 01 February 1997 and completed the three courses as indicated in paragraph 1 (a), (b) and (c) above and have commenced sea service on board vessels of not less than 500 GT or 750 kW for at least twelve (12) months in the last five (5) years shall no longer be required to undergo training for the same three courses. However, seafarers under this category shall be required to undergo training only for Personal Safety and Social Responsibility to complete the four (4) mandatory basic safety training and instruction required under the Convention ; 3. Seafarers who are in possession of training certificates on basic safety and instruction but do not have sea service on board vessels of not less than 500 GT or 750 kW for at least twelve (12) months in the last five (5) years shall be required to undergo assessment or retraining, as may be deemed necessary, in the four (4) basic safety training and instruction as indicated in paragraph one (1) above; 4.
As prescribed by the 1978 STCW Convention, as amended, seafarers shall
be required to hold valid national certificates issued by the following
agencies prior to commencement of employment on board ocean-going ships:
a. Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) - For all Marine Deck and Engineer Officers ; b. Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) - For all ratings forming part of navigational and engineering watches ; c. National Telecommunications Commission - For all Marine Deck Officers with designated radiocommunication functions and Radio Officers ; d. National Assessment Center/Maritime Training Council - For all seafarers required to hold certificates prescribed under Chapters V and VI of the Convention. 5. The specific certificates/documentary evidence required to be in possession of the seafarers while on board foreign-flag vessels, as prescribed by the minimum provisions of the Convention, are provided in Annex 1 of this Circular. 6. Additional training courses for seafarers may only be required if such training is duly confirmed in writing by the employer/principal as necessary pursuant to the function which the seafarer is expected to perform on board the ship. 7. Manning agencies shall be held administratively liable under the present rules and regulations on overseas employment, as amended, for any violation of the above guidelines. 8. This Circular shall take effect immediately. For strict compliance.
ROSALINDA DIMAPILIS BALDOZ
Administrator
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