1044-(180)

II SÉR1E-A — NÚMERO 44

2 — The importance of adequate training for masters and other personnel serving on board oil, chemical and liquefied gas tankers and ro-ro passenger ships is stressed, and it is recognized that in some cases there may be limited facilities for obtaining the required experience and providing specialized training programmes, particularly in developing countries.

Examination database

3 — Parties with maritime training academies or examination centres serving several countries and wishing to establish a database of examination questions and answers are encourage to do so, on the basis of bilateral cooperation with a country or countries which already have such a database.

Availability of maritime training simulators

4 — The IMO Secretariat maintains a list of maritime training simulators, as a source of information for Parties and others, on the availability of different types of simulators for training seafarers, in particular where such training facilities may not be available to them nationally.

5 — Parties are urged to provide information on their national maritime training simulators to the IMO Secretariat and to update the information whenever any change or addition is made to their maritime training simulator facilities.

Information on technical co-operation

6 — Information on technical advisory services, access to international training institutions affiliated with IMO, and information on fellowships and other technical cooperation which may be provided by or through IMO may be obtained by contacting the Secretary-General at 4 Albert Embankment, London SEI 7SR, United Kingdom.

(No guidance provided regarding articles xu to xvn.)

Guidance regarding provisions of the annex to the STCW Convention

CHAPTERI Guidance regarding general provisions

SECTION B-I/l Guidance regarding definitions and clarifications

1 —- The definitions contained in article n of the Convention, and the definitions and interpretations contained in regulation III of its annex, apply equally to the terms used in parts A and B of this Code. Supplementary definitions which apply only to the provisions of this Code are contained in section A-I/l.

2 — Officers with capacities covered under the provisions of chapter vii may be designated as polyvalent officer, dual purpose officer or other designations as approved by the Administt&tAOn, in accordance with the terminology used in the applicable safe manning requirements.

3 — Ratings qualified to serve in capacities covered under the provisions of chapter vn may be designated

as polyvalent ratings or other designations as approved by the Administration, in accordance with the terminology used in the applicable safe manning requirements.

SECTION B-I/2

Guidance regarding certificates and endorsements

1 — Where an endorsement is integrated in the format of a certificate as provided by section A-I/2, paragraph 1, the relevant information should be inserted in the certificate in the manner explained hereunder, except for the omission of the space numbered (2). Otherwise in preparing endorsements attesting the issue of a certificate, the spaces numbered (1) to (17) in the form which follows the text hereunder, should be completed as follows:

1) Enter the name of the issuing State;

2) Enter the number assigned to the certificate by the Administration;

3) Enter the full name the seafarer to whom the certificate is issued. The name should be the same as that appearing in the seafarer's passport, seafarer's identity certificate and other official documents issued by the Administration;

4) The number or numbers of the STCW Convention regulation or regulations under which the seafarer has been found qualified should be entered here, for example:

4.1) II/l, if the seafarer has been found qualified to fill the capacity of officer in charge of a navigational watch;

4.2) III/l, if the seafarer has been found qualified to act as the officer in charge of an engineering watch

in a manned engine-room, or as designated duty engineer officer in a periodically unmanned engine-room;

4.3) IV/2, if the seafarer has been found qualified to fill the capacity of radio operator;

4.4) VII/1, if the certificate is a functional certificate and the seafarer has been found qualified to perform functions specified in part A of the Code, for example, the function of marine engineering at the management level; and

4.5) III/l and V/l, if found qualified to act as the officer in charge of an engineering watch in a manned engine-room, or as designated duty engineer officer in a periodically unmanned engine-room in tankers [see limitations in subparagraphs (8) and (10) below];

5) Enter the date of expiry of the endorsement. This date should not be later than the date of expiry, if any, of the certificate'in respect of which the endorsement is issued, nor later than five years after the date of issue of the endorsement;

6) In this column should be entered each of the functions specified in part A of the Code, which the seafarer is qualified to perform. Functions and their associated levels of responsibility are specified in the tables of competence set out in chapters n, in and iv of part A of the Code, and are also listed for convenient reference

. in the introduction to part A. When reference is made under 4) above to regulations in chapters ii, ill or w it is not necessary to list specific functions;