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Appendix to regulation 6

Minimum additional knowledge and training requirements for GMDSS radio personnel

1 – In addition to satisfying the requirements for the issue of a certificate in compliance with the Radio

Regulations, every candidate for certification shall have knowledge of:

.1 - Provision of radio services in emergencies;

.2 - Search and rescue radiocommunications, including procedures in the Merchant Ship Search and Rescue

Manual (MERSAR);

.3 - The means to prevent the transmission of false distress alerts and the procedures to mitigate the effects

of false distress alerts;

.4 - Ship reporting systems;

.5 - Radio medical services;

.6 - Use of the International Code of Signals and the Standard Marine Communication Phrases; and

.7 - Preventive measures for the safety of the vessel and personnel in connection with hazards related to radio

equipment, including electrical and non-ionizing radiation hazards.

Regulation 7

Mandatory minimum requirements to ensure the continued proficiency and updating of knowledge for

skippers, officers and engineer officers

1 – Every skipper or officer holding a certificate who is serving at sea or intends to return to sea after a period

ashore shall, in order to continue to qualify for seagoing service, be required at regular intervals not exceeding

five years, to satisfy the Administration as to:

.1 - Medical fitness, particularly regarding eyesight and hearing; and

.2 - Seagoing service as skipper or officer of at least one year during the preceding five years; or

.3 - Ability to perform fishing vessel operational duties relating to the duties appropriate to the grade of

certificate held which are considered to be at least equivalent to the seagoing service required in paragraph 1.2,

or by:

.3.1 - Passing an approved test; or

.3.2 - Successfully completing an approved course or course appropriate, for skippers and officers who are

serving on fishing vessels, especially for re-entrants to seagoing service on these vessels; or

.3.3 - Having completed approved seagoing service as an officer for a period of not less than three months

on a fishing vessel in a supernumerary capacity, immediately prior to taking up the position for which the

certificate is valid.

2 – The refresher and updating courses required by this regulation shall be approved by the Administration

and include the text of recent changes in international regulations concerning the safety of life at sea and the

protection of the marine environment.

3 – The Administration shall ensure that the texts of recent changes in international regulations concerning

the safety of life at sea and the protection of the marine environment are made available to ships under its

jurisdiction.

Regulation 8

Mandatory minimum requirements to ensure the continued proficiency and updating of knowledge for

GMDSS radio personnel

1 – Every GMDSS radio personnel holding a certificate or certificates issued or recognized by the Party shall,

in order to continue to qualify for seagoing service, be required to satisfy the Party as to the following:

.1 - Medical fitness, particularly regarding eyesight and hearing, at regular intervals not exceeding five years;

and

.2 - Professional competence: