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Mark Eldon-Roberts – Manager, Ship Operations & Qualifications
AMSA future marine
qualifications initiatives
Why new initiatives?
► Introduction of Marine Order 70 series
► Meeting industry needs
► Realising efficiencies
► Removing barriers
► Cutting ‘red tape’
► Reducing cost
Marine Order 71
As an example Marine Order 71 includes a range of
smaller vessel STCW certificates that include:
• Master <24 metres Foreign Going
• <500 GT - Watchkeeper Deck, Mate & Master
• Engineer Watchkeeper option to qualify for Chief
Engineer <3000 GT near-coastal
Education
Final Assessments
Providing technical advice to DVD to align near coastal
final assessments to reflect the processes and records
with Marine Order 70 series final assessments
Consideration for Future
Professional Development National Forum for education,
certification, audit and industry stakeholders.
Guest speakers - held over 2 days in a central location
Education
Education
• Near Coastal Diploma for Deck and Engineering is a
subset of the Diploma for STCW CoC allowing for skilling
progression alignment with career and CoC
progression from near coastal to STCW
• Revamping the STCW revalidation courses to bring them
in line with industry changes in technology, IMO model
courses and STCW Manilla amendment 2010
requirements
Sailing vessel endorsements
A certificate of competency as Master, of any capacity,
issued under MO71 may be endorsed in accordance with
MO70 for:
• Sailing vessels – square rigged
• Sailing vessels – fore and aft
Significant issues facing yachting qualifications
• Sea service, course content & duration
• No career pathway
• No AMSA approved STCW yachting course(s)
• No recognition of UK MCA STCW yachting certificates
• Course not recognised in the training package – MAR13
The Proposal
The Australian yachting industry to …………..
• Map the UK MCA STCW commercial yachting course(s)
against the Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council
(TLISC) training package MAR13 Diploma course
• Produce a gap analysis of the competencies omitted and
required by the MO70 series, and
• Present the results to AMSA
A Workable Solution
AMSA to create a STCW commercial yachting course
and career pathway for those in the yachting industry by
…….
• Approving STCW commercial yachting course(s)
• Approving colleges to present the AMSA approved
STCW commercial yachting course(s) based on the UK
MCA syllabi
A workable solution …..
• Approving a bridging course to allow holders of a STCW
commercial yachting certificate to gain a full STCW
certificate, and
• Issue both full and yachting STCW certificates to those
that satisfy the AMSA requirements, including
Certificates of Recognition for equivalent certificates
Benefits to the yachting industry
• An Australian issued STCW commercial yachting
certificate recognised internationally
• A career pathway for those who wish to progress and
gain higher STCW qualifications
• Australia would recognise equivalent foreign yachting
certificates and issue Certificates of Recognition
Engineer Class 3 near coastal
► Engineer Class 3 near-coastal to be STCW
endorsed
► Pathways for existing Engineer Class 3 not issued
under the TLISC MAR training package
- Certificate of Safety Training & Advanced FF
- TAGs book
- Certificate of Medical Fitness (MO9)
- Final assessment
Australia Post
Realising efficiencies:
► Old system up to 80% error rate
► Applications are lodged on form AMSA419 and paid
for at one of 40 nominated Australia Post retail
outlets
► Australia Post will only accept complete
applications and will take the passport photo
► Guidelines on completing the form are available on
the AMSA website
Certification & Pilotage System Database
► Smartform to replace form AMSA419
► Data entered held with seafarer details
► Applicant able to view application process
► College course completions to be sent directly into
the AMSA qualifications database
► Seagoing service to be sent by shipping companies
directly into the AMSA qualifications database
► Result is a more secure and inclusive database
Future initiatives to be introduced
► All AMSA certificates to be issued as plastic credit
style certificates ( approximately 1Q 2015)
- Realising cost efficiencies
► Entry to the AMSA oral exam will require the
candidate to pass a pre-oral assessment
- Freeing up examiner time
- Better prepared applicants for oral exams
► Create pathway for RAN engs to gain SCTW CoC
Fact Sheets
►Why?
- Feedback from users about issues re access to website
information, and AMSA’s wish for continued improvement
- MO 70 series changes - review and redevelopment of the
International section on the AMSA website
►So what is being done?
- Review of all the existing pages on the International website.
Project expected to be completed and live on the website by early
July
►Result - information separated into concise Fact Sheets
Fact Sheets - individual
► Overview
► Applications for Seafarer Certificates in Australia – Master and Deck Officers, Engineer Officers and
Ratings
► GMDS
► Compass Adjuster
► ASSB
► Recognition of Sea Service – for RAN, FPSO etc, Trailer Hopper
► Applications for Recognition of Primary Certificates issued by Foreign Countries
► Medical Fitness
► Applications for Endorsement
► STCW Certificates and Endorsements – Standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for
Seafarers
► Applications for Revalidation and Continued Competence
► Oral Examination
► And more ………………
Fact Sheets
• Each Fact Sheet will be numbered, e,g, STCW 01,
STCW02, etc.
• There will be links throughout the Fact Sheets,
highlighted in blue, to take the user directly to more
information or key documents
• We have brought with us and are seeking comments on:
• the list of Fact Sheets under development
• draft sample Fact Sheets
Frequently Asked Questions - FAQs
► AMSA will also introduce FAQ’s on the International
website for seafarers to refer to
► Sample – question with drop down answer
What is Continued Competence?
The 2010 Manila amendments to the International Convention on the Standards of Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978, as amended (STCW Convention), require serving seafarers to demonstrate
continued competence in sea survival and fire fighting to maintain the validity of their certificate.
This can be achieved by a combination of onboard training and experience (a letter from your employer stating you
have participated in onboard mandatory fire and abandon ship drills), and practical training ashore at an AMSA
approved training provider. This is in addition to the mandatory qualifying sea service revalidation requirements for
Masters and Deck & Engineer Officers.
The new continued competence requirement has been rolled into the revalidation requirements