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II SÉRIE-A — NÚMERO 44

systems and equipment required in the GMDSS, sufficient to support the practical training provisions given in paragraph 27 below.

18 — Knowledge of the use, operation and service areas of GMDSS subsystems, including satellite system characteristics, navigational and meteorological warning systems and selection of appropriate communication circuits.

19 — Knowledge of the principles of electricity and the theory of radio and electronics sufficient to meet the provisions given in paragraphs 20 to 24 below.

20 — General theoretical knowledge of GMDSS radiocommunication equipment, including narrow-band direct-printing telegraph and radiotelephone transmitters and receivers, digital selective calling equipment, ship earth stations, emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs), marine antenna systems, radio equipment for survival craft together with all auxiliary items, including power supplies, as well as general knowledge of other equipment generally used for radiona-vigation, with particular reference to maintaining the equipment in service. .

21 — General knowledge of factors that affect system reliability, availability, maintenance procedures and proper use of test equipment.

22 — General knowledge of microprocessors and fault diagnosis in systems using microprocessors.

23 — General knowledge of control systems in the GMDSS radio equipment including testing and analysis.

24 — 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

25 — 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) The 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) The 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

26 — Training should be given 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, exchange 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 or working on at least one other frequency;

6) Ship reporting systems and procedures;

7) Radiocommunication procedures of the IMO Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual (MERSAR);

8) Radio medical systems and procedures; and

9) Causes of false distress alerts and means to avoid them.

Practical

27 — 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) Operational 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 module interconnection diagrams;

7) Use and care of those tools and test instruments necessary to carry out at-sea electronic maintenance at the level of unit or module replacement;

8) Basic manual soldering and desoldering techniques and their limitations;

9) Tracing and repair of faults to board/module level;

10) Recognition and correction of conditions contributing to the fault occurring;

11) Basic maintenance procedures, both preventive and corrective, for all the GMDSS communication equipment and radionavigation equipment; and

12) Methods of alleviating electrical and electromagnetic interference such as bonding, shielding and bypassing.

Miscellaneous

28 — 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 maures for the safety of ship and personnel in connectiofl&ith hazards related to radio equipment, including electrJSal, radiation, chemical and mechanical hazards;