RESPONSE BY VARIOUS SECTORS

International Maritime Organisation (IMO)

Although the STCW Convention is the most significant development in the area of seafarers training, certification and watchkeeping, in IMO's own admission, the Convention was increasingly becoming outdated. The organisation therefore undertook a major review of the Convention in 1993 culminating with the adoption by an international conference of the 1995 Revision. Skill and competence requirements are now specified in the form of tables given in a Code. The tables in the Code specify the competence requirements and give the knowledge, understanding and proficiency needed to fulfill each competence. The table also list methods for demonstrating competence which include use of simulators and practical demonstration of skills. The criteria for evaluating competence is also given by determination of accepted parameters of assessment results. It is in these tables that the use of radar and ARPA simulators become mandatory. The provisions also take into account new technology by accepting ECDIS systems in the term "charts"

The IMO's International Safety Management Code (ISM) which was made mandatory with the addition of Chapter 9 to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) is another IMO tool that would ensure that training of seafarers be sufficiently precise to reflect performance needs on board ships. The indirect benefit of the Code on training of seafarers is the eventual need to have current training methods take into account the rapid technological and operational changes in the industry.

Industry

Members of the International Ship Managers Association (ISMA) has for some years been operating under a Code produced by the association. On training, the Code inter alia requires members to ensure that personnel are trained to levels where by they can perfor

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