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II SÉRIE-A — NÚMERO 44

height effect necessary for safe and efficient use of all subsystems and equipment required in GMDSS in sea area Al, sufficient to support the training given in para-gi^ph 43 below.

40 — Knowledge of the use, operation and service areas of GMDSS sea area Al subsystems, e. g. navigational and meteorological warning systems and the appropriate communication circuits.

Regulations and documentation

41 — Knowledge of:

1) Those parts of the SOLAS Convention and the Radio Regulations relevant to sea area Al, 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 in sea area Al; and

3) Use of the International Code of Signals and the Standard Marine Navigational Vocabulary as replaced by the IMO Standard Marine Communication Phrases.

Walchkeeping and procedures

42 — Training should be given in:

1) Communication procedures and discipline to prevent harmful interference in GMDSS subsystems used in sea area Al;

2) VHF communication procedures for:

2.1) Radiocommunication watchkeeping, exchange of radiocommunication traffic, particularly concerning distress, urgency and safety procedures and radio records;

2.2) Monitoring a distress frequency while simultaneously monitoring or working on at least one other frequency; and

2.3) The digital selective calling system;

3) Use of the international phonetic alphabet;

4) Ship reporting systems and procedures;

5) VHF radiocommunication procedures of the IMO Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual (MERSAR);

6) Radio medical systems and procedures; and

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

Practical

43 — Practical training should be given in:

1) Correct and efficient operation of the GMDSS subsystems and equipment prescribed for ships operating in sea area Al under normal propagation conditions and under typical interference conditions;

2) Safe operation of relevant GMDSS communication equipment and ancillary devices, including safety precautions; and

3) Operational techniques for use of:

3.1) VHF, including channel, squelch, and mode adjustment, as appropriate;

3.2) Radio life-saving appliances;

3.3) Emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs); and

3.4) NAVTEX receivers.

Miscellaneous

44 — 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) 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; and

6) First aid, including heart-respiration revival techniques.

Training related to maintenance ot GMDSS installations on board ships

General

45 — Reference is made to the maintenance requirements of SOLAS Convention regulation IV/15, and to IMO Resolution A.702(17) on radio maintenance guidelines for the GMDSS related to sea areas A3 and A4, which includes in its annex the following provision:

«4.2) The person designated to perform functions for at-sea electronic maintenance should either hold an appropriate certificate as specified by the Radio Regulations, as required, or have equivalent at-sea electronic maintenance qualifications, as may be approved by the Administration, taking into account the recommendations of the Organization on the training of such personnel.»

46 — The following guidance on equivalent electronic maintenance qualifications is provided for use by Administrations as appropriate.

47 — Training as recommended below, does not qualify any person to be an operator of GMDSS radio equipment who does not hold an appropriate radio operator's certificate.

Maintenance training equivalent

to the first-class radioelectronic certificate

48 — In determining training equivalent to the elements of the listed first-class radioelectronic certificate:

1) The theory content should cover at least the subjects given in paragraphs 3 to 10;

2) The practical content should cover at least the subjects given in paragraph 13; and

3) The miscellaneous knowledge included should cover at least the subjects given in paragraph 14.

Maintenance training equivalent to the second-class radioelectronic certificate

49 — In determining training equivalent to the maintenance elements of the second-class radioelectronic certificate:

1) The theory content should cover at least the subjects given in paragraphs 17 to 24;

2) The practical content should cover at least the subjects given in paragraph 27; and

3) The miscellaneous knowledge included shou\à cover at least the subjects given in paragraph 28.