Papers by Raven Santos
The STCW Conference was held in Manila, June 2010. During the Manila Conference the STCW Conventi... more The STCW Conference was held in Manila, June 2010. During the Manila Conference the STCW Convention and Code were fully adopted by Members of the Organization. Some of these amendments applied to matters regarding mandatory standards and provisions in order to effectively respond to changes in technology, operations, practices and procedures used on board ships. ECDIS training was not included in the STCW Convention and Code for a long time. With the changes to the STCW Convention and Code (the Manila Amendments), ECDIS training becomes an integral part of the nautical officers training scheme. Following the new STCW Convention and Code standards and provisions the new edition of IMO Model course 1.27 "Operational use of Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS), 2010 Edition" was approved by IMO Sub Committee STW 43/3/1 in May 2011. Entry standards for this Model course are equal to navigational cadets' second year education level. Currently about 200 000 licensed deck officers and masters work at sea and most of them sail on vessels fitted with ECDIS. What kind of training do they need in order to fully comply with new STCW requirements and standards? How can they achieve such training? The Manila Conference determined the transition period to be from 01.01.2012 until 01.01.2017 however, the new MET system should be established before 01.07 .2013. That means that we have about one year for clarifying these questions.
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Thesis Chapters by Raven Santos