The Manila Amendments STCW2010

The Manila AmendmentsSTCW2010

Tim WilsonDirector, New Zealand Maritime School

Chairman, GlobalMET

The Process

• 5 Years• 5 Sub-committee meetings• 2 Inter-sessional meetings• Diplomatic Conference• Papers and Late nights

Many experts, many interests, but also many former seafarers

Minimum Rest Periods

• 10 hrs in any 24 hr– Max 2 periods, one > 6 hrs

• 77 in any 7 day period

• May still be over-ridden by Master

• Administration may allow reduction to 70 hrs in 7 days for 2 weeks and rest in two 24 hr periods to be taken in 3 periods

• Signed records to be maintained

Modernisation

• Deck• Engine• Tanker

New Certificates

• Able Seafarer Deck and Engine

• Electro-technical Rating and Officer

Management

• BRM/ERM• Leadership and Management

Continued Competence

• 5 Years• Refresher or Demonstration

- Basic Safety- Survival- Advanced Fire

Assessment• Knowledge may be examined• Competencies require practical demonstration– On board through task book– At colleges and assessment centers using simulation

• Quality training on board is essential

What is Now Required?

• National Implementation by 2017• Genuine partnerships.

• Senior Officers must motivate and train

• Focus on Assessment of Competence

• Training, Equipment & Resource Commitment

Employers Trainers Trainees Regulators+ + +

Key Changes

• Hours of Rest• Medical Standards• Able Seafarer• Modernising of deck and engineering• BRM/ERM plus Leadership/Management • Improved Tanker Competencies • Electrotech Officer (non-mandatory)• Refresher/Continuing Competence