The Maritime Industry Authority, with itsAdvisory No 2020-66, has actually lately released a 1 year expansion of the credibility of STCW certifications of Filipino seafarers, as component of the Agency’s momentary backup action in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
All STCW certifications, which are ending in between 01 September 2020 to 31 December 2020, will be expanded for a duration of one (1) year from the day of expiration of the certification without applying for an application at the MARINA.
This puts on all STCW certifications of all Filipino seafarers that are both onboard or onto land at the time of expiration of their certifications, and also are certified with the arrangements that are pointed out by MARINA on its advisory.
Firstly, the seafarer has to have a finished authorized seagoing solution executing obligations proper to the certification held, for a duration of a minimum of: twelve (12) months in overall throughout the last 5 years before revalidation or; 3 (3) months in overall throughout the last 6 months quickly prior to revalidation.
Meanwhile, for Certificate of Proficiency (POLICE) in vessel training courses, the seafarer has to have finished authorized seagoing solution executing the obligations proper to the container certification held, for a duration of a minimum of 3 months in overall throughout the coming before 5 years.
Lastly, the seafarer has to fulfill the requirements of clinical physical fitness defined in Section A-I/9 of the STCW Code.
Aside from the arrangements pointed out over, all the seafarers are likewise motivated to obtain revalidation of their Certificate of Competency (COC) and also Certificate of Proficiency (POLICE) after finishing their online/offline training courses, as appropriate to their certification to be revalidated at the earliest chance, based on the basic demands for revalidation. The 5 (5 )- year credibility day will be believed from the initial expiry day of the previous certification.
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On the various other hand, the worried qualified manning companies and also delivery business are needed to make certain that their team are certified with those STCW demands, and also are thus guided to send to MARINA the checklist of their crewmember/s whose credibility of STCW certificate/s have actually been expanded according to thisAdvisory An digital duplicate of the stated info will be sent by means of email at certification extension_extension@mail.marina.gov.ph complying with the connected design template in Annex A that can be located in the advisory.
The MARINA has actually know the difficulties in the maritime sector in the middle of COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in regards to conduct of trainings, revalidation of certifications, and also ship to coast communications consisting of team modifications, that is why the Agency is continually applying its optimum initiative to adjust to the modifications without jeopardizing the employment possibility of Filipino seafarers.
Reference: marina.gov.ph
