18 DE ABRIL DE 1998

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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, (change 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 - working on at least one other frequency;

6) Ship reportir systems and procedures;

• 7) Radjpcnr.i' #ication procedures of the IMO Merchant Ship Jsearu. 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)pperational 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

1) 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-