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DECREE NO 6,846, DE May 11, 2009.
Promulga the Emends to the Convention International on Marine Training Standards, Issuance of Certificates and Room Service.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, in the use of the attribution conferring you the art. 84, inciso IV, of the Constitution, and
Considering that the National Congress has approved, by means of Legislative Decree no 271, of September 18, 2008, the Amendment to the International Convention on Marine Training Standards, Issue of Certificates and Room Service, adopted upon the Resolutions of the International Maritime Organization MSC.21 (59), MSC.33 (63), MSC.66 (68), MSC.67 (68), MSC.78 (70) and Conference of the Parties to the Convention, on July 7, 1995 ;
Considering that the Emendas are in force in the external legal plan, as published by the Secretary General of the Organization, as depositary of the Convention on screen ;
DECRETA:
Art. 1º The Emendas to the International Convention on Marine Training Standards, Issue of Certificates and Room Service, attached by copy to the present Decree, will be performed and fulfilled as entirely as they are contained therein.
Art. 2º They are subject to the approval of the National Congress any acts that may result in revision of the said amendments or entailing written charges or commitments to the national heritage, in the terms of art. 49, inciso I, of the Constitution.
Art. 3º This Decree goes into effect on the date of its publication.
Brasilia, May 11, 2009 ; 188o of Independence and 121the of the Republic.
LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA
Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães Neto
Resolution MSC.21 (59)
(adopted on May 22, 1991)
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
ON MARITIME TRAINING STANDARDS, ISSUANCE
OF CERTIFICATES AND ROOM SERVICE, 1978
THE MARITIME SECURITY COMMITTEE,
RECALLING Article 28 (b) of the Convention on the World Maritime Organization, concerning the tasks of the Committee,
RECALLING FURTHER the Article XII (i) (a) (vii) of the International Convention on Marine Training Standards, Issue of Certificates and Room Service, 1978, hereafter referred to as?the Convention, pertaining to the procedures for amending the Annex to the Convention,
HAVING ANALYZED, in its Fifth Ninth session, amendments to the Convention proposed and distributed in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (i) of that Convention,
1.ADOTA, in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (iv) of the Convention, amendments to the Convention, the texts of which are presented in the Annex to this
2.DETERMINA, in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (vii) (2) of the Convention, that the amendments should be deemed to have been accepted in 1the of June 1992, unless, before that date, more than a third of the Parties, or Parties whose merchant fleets assembled constitute no less whereas fifty per cent of the gross tonnage of the worldwide merchant fleet of 100 AB vessels registered, or more, have notified their objections to the amendments ;
3.CONVIDA the Parties to note that, according to with Article XII (1) (a) (viii) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force in 1the of December 1992, depending on their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above ;
4.SOLICITA to the Secretary-General, in accordance with the Article XII (1) (a) (v) of the Convention, which transmits certified copies of this resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex to all Parties to the Convention, for acceptance ;
5.SOLICITA STILL to the Secretary-General who transmits copies of the resolution to Members of the Organization other than Parties
ANNEX
AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON TRAINING STANDARDS OF MARITIME, ISSUE OF CERTIFICATES AND ROOM SERVICE, 1978
CHAPTER I
GENERAL DEVICES
Rule I / 1
Definitions
Replace the current texts of paragraphs (k) and (l) by:
?(k)?Radio operator? means a person carrier of an appropriate certificate, pertaining to the global relief and security system, or recognized by an Administration in accordance with the provisions of the Radio Regulation?.
(p) Replace?recommendations from IMCO? by?recommendations of the Organization
(r) Suppress?IMCO?.
(s) Suppress?IMCO?.
Change the assignment of paragraphs (k) to (s) to (k) to (2).
Rule I / 2
Teor of certificates and form of endorsement
Change the first line of paragraph 2 to:
?With respect to radio operators, the Administrations will be able to:?
Rule I / 4
Control Procedures
In paragraph 3, replace?radio officer? by?radio operator?.
Add the new rule to follow:
?Rule I / 5
Realization of tests
1. These rules should not prevent an Administration from authorizing ships allowed to fly their flag from taking part in tests.
2. For the effects of this rule, the term?test? means a proof, or a series of evidence, carried out over a restricted period, which may involve the use of automated or integrated systems, to evaluate alternative methods of carrying out specific tasks, or to meet the specific devices prescribed by this Convention, which provide at least the same degree of safety and prevention of pollution provided by these rules.
3. The Administrations that authorize vessels to take part in tests should be convinced that these tests will be carried out in a manner that provides at least the same degree of safety and pollution prevention that is provided by these rules. These tests should be carried out in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the Organization.
4. Details regarding these tests should be informed to the Organization as early as possible, but not less than six months before the date on which the tests are scheduled to begin. The Organization should forward this information to all Parties.
5. The results of the tests authorized in accordance with paragraph 1, and any recommendations that the Administration may make with respect to those results, should be informed to the Organization, which should forward these results and recommendations to all Parties.
6. Any Party that has any objection to certain tests authorized in accordance with this rule should inform this objection to the Organization as soon as possible. The Organization should forward the details concerning the objection to all Parties.
7. An Administration that has authorized a test should respect the objections received from other Administrations with respect to that test, determining the vessels authorized to fly their flag that do not carry out a test while they are navigating in the waters of a coastal state that has informed its objection to the Organization.
8. An Administration that comes to the conclusion, on the basis of a test, that a given system will provide at least the same degree of safety and pollution prevention that the one provided by these rules may authorize vessels authorized to uproar your flag to continue operating indefinitely with that system, subject to the following requirements:
(a) the Administration should, after having informed the details of the tests in accordance with paragraph 5, provide the details of any of these authorizations, including the identification of the vessels that may be subject to the authorization, to the Organization, which will forward this information to all Parties ;
(b) any operations authorized on the basis of in this paragraph should be carried out in accordance with the guidelines received from other Administrations in accordance with paragraph 7, to the extent that those objections have not been withdrawn ; and
(c) shall only be allowed to carry out a authorized operation in accordance with this paragraph if the Maritime Safety Committee decides that the adoption of an amendment to the Convention is appropriate and, if this is the case, whether the operation should be stopped or authorized to proceed before the amendment between in effect. Upon request of any Party, the Maritime Safety Committee should establish a date for the analysis of test results and to make the appropriate decisions.
CHAPTER II
COMMANDER-DECK DEPARTMENT
APPENDIX TO RULE II / 2
Minimum knowledge required for the issuance of certificates for Comandantes and
Immediate vessels of 200 AB, or more
7.Manobra of the ship
In the current paragraph:
(j) Substitute?vessels or ferries lifeguards? by?rescue vessels or survival craft?.
(k) Substitute?rescue boats or ferries lifeguards? by?rescue vessels or survival craft?.
8. Stability, construction and control of ship's avices
In the current paragraph:
(e) Replace?recommendations from IMCO? by?the recommendations of Organization?.
16. Communications
Replace the subtitle?Communications? by?Radiocommunications and visual signals?.
Change the current paragraphs (b) and (c) to:
?(b) Knowledge of the procedures used in radiocommunications and ability to use radio equipment to send messages of distress, urgency, security and navigation.
(c) Knowledge of procedures for send distress signals, as set out in the Radio Regulation?.
17. Life-saving equipment
In the current text, replace?vessels lifesal, life-saving bales? by?survival vessels and rescue vessels?.
18. Search and save
In the current text, suppress?IMCO?.
19. Demonstration methods of proficiency
(f) Lifeguards
In the current text, replace?vessels lifeguards? by?survival craft, rescue vessels?.
APPENDIX TO RULE II / 4
Minimum knowledge required for the issuance of certificates for officers who give
room service on the passenger ship of 200 AB, or more
10. Radiotelephony and visual signals
Replace the subtitle?Radiotelephony and signals visuals? by?Radiocommunications and visual signals?.
(c) Replace the current text by:
?(c) Knowledge of the procedures used in radiocommunication and ability to use radio equipment to send relief messages, urgency, security and navigation.?
12. Life-saving equipment
Replace the current text by:
?Ability to organize exercises of abandonment of the ship and knowledge of the operation of survival craft and rescue vessels, their accessories and launch devices and their equipment, including radio equipment for rescue vessels, radio emergency transmitter indicators of position by satellite (EPIRB), immersion clothing and thermal protection aids. Knowledge of survival techniques in the sea?.
13. Emergency procedures
Replace the current text by:
?Knowledge of the related items in the appropriate appendix of the current edition of the?Document for Guidance? of ILO/IMO?.
16. English Language
In the current text, suppress?IMCO?.
20. Search and save
In the current text, suppress?IMCO?.
Rule II / 6
Required minimum requirements for subaltern personnel component
of a room of service on the passenger
Replace the current text of subparagraph 2 (d) (vii) for:
?knowledge of illuminative rockets donated parachutes, manual illumination signals and floating smoking signs ;?
Replace the current Chapter IV by:
CHAPTER IV
RADIO PESSOAL
explicative note:
The mandatory devices concerning the radio room service are presented in the Radio Regulation and the International Convention for the Safety of Human Life in the Sea, 1974, as amended. Devices for the maintenance of radio equipment are presented at the International Convention for the Safety of Human Life in the Sea, 1974, as amended, and in the guidelines adopted by the Organization.
Rule IV / 1
Application
1. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the radio personnel of a vessel operating in the global marine relief and rescue system (GMDSS) as set out by the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as changed.
2. Up to 1o February 1999, the radio personnel of a ship complying with the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of Human Life at Sea, 1974, in force before 1the of February 1992, shall comply the provisions of the International Convention on Marine Training Standards, Issue of Certificates and Room Service, 1978, in force before 1the December 1992.
Rule IV / 2
Minimum mandatory requirements for the issuance of certificates for the radio personnel of the GMDSS system
1.Todo radio operator in charge of tasks of radiocommunications on board a vessel, or carrying out these tasks, must be holder of a certificate, or certificates, appropriate, issued or recognized by the Administration in accordance with the provisions of the Radio Regulation.
2. In addition to this, a radio operator of a vessel for which is required by the International Convention for the Safety of Human Life in the Sea, 1974, as amended, which has a radio installation should:
(a) to be 18 years of age, or more ;
(b) be approved by the Administration as to its medical fitness, especially with respect to your visual acuity, hearing and speech ;
(c) meet the requirements of the appendix of this regulations.
3. You should be required of every candidate for a certificate to pass an examination, or in examinations that satisfy the Administration.
4. The level of knowledge required for the issuance of certificates should be sufficient for radio operators to perform their radiocommunications tasks safely and in an efficient manner. The knowledge required to obtain each type of certificate set out in the Radio Regulation should be in accordance with that Regulation. In addition to this, for all types of certificates defined in the Radio Regulation, the necessary knowledge and adestration should cover the subjects related to the appendix of this rule. When establishing the appropriate level of knowledge and adestration, the Administration should also take into consideration the relevant recommendations of the Organization.
Appendix to Rule IV / 2
Additional minimum requirements concerning knowledge and adestration for radio personnel
1. In addition to meeting the requirements for issuing a certificate in accordance with the Radio Regulation, radio operators should have knowledge and adestration, including practical adjunction, in the following subjects:
(a) the realization of radio services in emergencies, covering:
(i) abandonment of the ship ;
(ii) fire on board the vessel ;
(iii) partial or total breakdown of the facilities of radio ;
(b) the operation of survival craft, of rescue vessels and their equipment, with special emphasis on the saves-life radio equipment ;
(c) survival at sea ;
(d) first responds ;
(e) fire prevention and fire fighting, with special emphasis on the radio installations ;
(f) preventive measures for the safety of the ship and personnel, together with the dangers related to radio equipment, including the electrical, radiation, chemical and mechanical hazards ;
(g) the use of the Relief Manual and Save for Merchant Ships (MERSAR), with special emphasis on radiocommunications ;
(h) systems and procedures to inform the position of the ship ;
(i) the use of the International Code of Signs and the Maritime Navigation Standard Vocabulary ;
(j) medical radio systems and procedures.
2. The Administration may alter, as appropriate, the knowledge and adestration required by paragraph 1 for the issuance of a radio operator certificate for a holder of a certificate issued in accordance with the Chapters II, III or IV, provided that the Administration is satisfied that the standard of adestration, or the level of knowledge, for the issuance of the certificate that it possesses is appropriate.
Rule IV /3
Required minimum requirements to ensure the continuous proficiency and the update of the knowledge to the GMDSS system radio personnel
1. It should be required of any radio operator who is holder of a certificate, or certificates, issued or recognized by the Administration, to remain qualified for the service embarked on, which satisfies the Administration with respect to the following items:
(a) medical fitness, especially with respect to your visual acuity, hearing and speech, at regular intervals, not exceeding five years ; and
(b) professional competence:
(i) performing radio services on a ship employed on sea voyages, without any interruption, for a period longer than five years ; or
(ii) by virtue of having performed functions concerning the tasks appropriate to the degree of the certificate it holds, which are considered at least equivalent to the embarked service required under paragraph 1 (b) (i) ; or
(iii) being approved in an approved test, or successfully completing a course, or approved adestration courses, carried out at sea or on land, which should cover those elements that are directly pertinent to the safety of human life at sea and that are applicable for the certificate that the person possesses, in accordance with the requirements of the International Convention for the Protection of Human Life in the Sea, 1974, as amended, and of the Radio Regulation.
2. Where new methods, equipment or procedures become mandatory on board vessels allowed to fly the flag of a Party, the Administration may require radio operators to be approved in a test, or to complete successfully a suitable adestration course or courses, carried out at sea or on land, with a special emphasis on security-related tasks.
3. Every radio operator, to remain qualified for the service embarked on board certain types of vessels for which special adestration special requirements have been agreed upon, shall successfully complete an adestration pertinent approved, or be approved in examinations that should take relevant international rules and recommendations into consideration.
4. The Administration should ensure that vessels authorized to fly their flag have on board the texts of the recent amendments in international rules concerning radiocommunications and pertinent to the safety of human life at sea.
5. The Administrations are encouraged, upon consultation with those concerned, to formulate or promote the formulation of a structure of outreach and upgrade courses, volunteers or compulsory as appropriate, at sea or on land, to radio operators who are serving in the sea and mainly for those who are re-entering the service embarked. The course, or courses, should cover elements that are directly pertinent to radio tasks and include changes occurring in maritime radiocommunication technology and relevant international rules and recommendations concerning the safety of human life at sea.?
CHAPTER VI
Rule VI / 1
Replace the current text by:
?Mandatory minimum requirements for the issuance of proficiency certificates in
survival vessels and on rescue vessels?
(e) Replace the current subparagraphs (iii) to (v) and (ix) by:
?(iii) to interpret the existing marks in the survival craft and rescue vessels, with respect to the number of people who are authorized to take ;
(iv) give the correct orders required to launch and to embark on the survival vessel and rescue vessels, move them away from the vessel, maneuver them and disembark from the survival vessel or rescue vessel ;
(v) prepare and launch in the water safely to survival vessel and rescue vessels and move them away quickly from the sewn of the vessel ;
(viii) use the equipment of signaling, including the illuminative rockets endowed with parachutes, manual illumination signals and floating smoking signs ;
(ix) use the radio equipment saved-vidas;
(x) wear and use an immersion outfit ; use a thermal protection aid?.
APPENDIX TO RULE VI / 1
Replace the current text of paragraph 2 (c) and (f) by:
?2. (c) actions to be carried out when it is called to garner the posts of the survival vessel and the rescue vessel ;
(f) actions to be performed when you are at on board a survival vessel or a rescue vessel.?
Replace the current text from paragraphs 5 a to 8 by:
?5. Construction and apparel of the survival vessel and rescue vessels and each item of their equipment.
6. Specific features and features of the survival vessel and rescue vessels.
7. The various types of devices used to launch the survival vessel and rescue vessels.
8. Methods of launching the survival vessel and rescue vessels with the hectic sea.?
Replace the current text of paragraph 10 by:
?10. Maneuver of survival vessel and rescue vessels under adverse weather conditions.?
Replace the current text of paragraphs 15 a to 19 by:
?15. Life-saving radio equipment taken on the survival vessel and rescue vessels, including radio transmitter radio indicators of position by satellite.
16. Effects of hypothermia and their prevention ; use of protection coverings and protective clothing, including immersion clothing and thermal protection aids.
17. Methods of giving departure and operating the engine of a survival vessel or rescue vessel and its accessories, together with the use of the existing fire extinguisher.
18. Use of rescue vessels and lifeboats to bring together lifeguards and for the rescue of survivors and persons in the sea.
19. Abicing the survival vessel and the rescue vessels.?
Resolution MSC.33 (63)
(adopted on May 23, 1994)
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
ON MARITIME TRAINING STANDARDS, ISSUANCE
OF CERTIFICATES AND ROOM SERVICE, 1978
THE MARITIME SECURITY COMMITTEE,
RECALLING Article 28 (b) of the Convention on the World Maritime Organization, concerning the tasks of the Committee,
RECALLING YET the Article XII (1) (a) of the International Convention on Marine Training Standards, Issue of Certificates and Room Service, 1978, hereafter referred to as?the Convention, pertaining to the procedures for amending the Annex to the Convention,
HAVING ANALYZED, in its sexageth third session, amendments to the Convention proposed and distributed in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (i) of that Convention,
1. ADOTA, in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (iv) of the Convention, amendments to the Convention, whose texts are presented in the Annex to this resolution ;
2. DETERMINA, in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (vii) (2) of the Convention, that the amendments should be considered to have been accepted in 1the of July 1995, unless, before that date, more than a third of the Parties, or Parties whose merchant fleets assembled constitute no less than fifty per cent of the gross tonnage of the world merchant fleet of 100 AB registered vessels, or more, have notified their objections to the amendments ;
3. INVITES the Parties to observe that, in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (ix) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force in 1the December 1996, depending on their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above ;
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (v) of the Convention, to transmit certified copies of this resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex to all Parties to the Convention, for acceptance ;
5. REQUESTS FURTHER to the Secretary-General to transmit copies of the resolution to Members of the Organization not Parties to the Convention.
ANNEX
AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON
MARITIME TRAINING STANDARDS, ISSUANCE
OF CERTIFICATES AND ROOM SERVICE, 1978
1 The current Chapter V is replaced by the following:
2
?CHAPTER V
Special training requirements for personnel working on tank vessels
Rule 1
Required minimum requirements for training and qualification of Comandantes, officers and subaltern personnel of tank ships
1 The officers and under-altering personnel who will perform specific tasks, and that they will have assignments concerning those tasks, related to cargo and with cargo equipment on tanker vessels, should have completed a proper fire-fighting course carried out on land ; and
.1ter completed a period of at least three months of service supervised at sea, on tank ships, to acquire the proper knowledge of safe operational procedures ; or
.2ter completed a familiarization course with tank ships that has been approved, covering at least the summary presented in Appendix 1 to this rule.
The Administration may, in the meantime, accept a period of supervised service in the sea less than three months, as set out in subparagraph .1 for officers and subaltern personnel of a tank ship, if all the following conditions are met:
.3que the period thus accepted is not inferior to one month ;
.4que the tank ship has less than 1,600 AB ;
.5que the duration of the journey in which the tanker ship is being employed does not exceed 72 hours ; and
.6que the Administration is convinced that the operational features of the vessel, including the number of trips and the number of loading and unloading operations the ship is carrying out during that period is such that the same level of knowledge can be acquired in that period.
2 The Common, the Heads of Machines, the Immediate, the Subheads of Machines, and if any other person other than those mentioned above has the immediate responsibility for the loading, unloading and care with the handling or handling of the load, in addition to the provisions of the paragraphs 1.1 and 1.2, should have:
.1uma proper experience of your assignments on tanker vessels, and pertinent to the type of tanker in which they serve, i.e. tanker, tanker for chemicals, or tanker ship for liqu-effects ; and
.2concluído a training program specialized and approved, suitable for its assignments in the type of tank vessel in which they will serve, i.e. tanker, tanker for chemical products, or tanker vessel for liqu-effects gases. The specialized training programme should cover at least the summary presented in Appendix 2, 3 or 4 of this rule, as is appropriate.
3 Up to two years after the entry into force of the Convention for a Party, a seafarer may be deemed to have met the requirements of paragraph 2.2, if it has exercised a relevant function on board the type of vessel involved, for a period of not less than one year, in the last five years.
4 The Administrations should ensure that it is issued an authorized document for officers and subaltern personnel who are qualified in accordance with paragraph 1 or 2 of this rule, as is appropriate, or that any appropriate document existing is properly endorsed.?
5 Are added the following new ones appendages:
APPENDIX 1 To REGRA V / 1
Course of familiarization in tank ships
The familiarization course in tanker ships mentioned in paragraph 1.2 of the Rule V / 1 should cover at least the summary presented below.
1 Characteristic of loads
An approach in general lines, including a practical demonstration of the physical properties of oil, chemicals or gases transported in bulk ; existing relation between the pressure and the temperature of vapours. Influence of the pressure on the boiling temperature. Explanation of what is pressure, diffusion, partial pressure, flammability limit, point of fulgor, and self-ignition temperature of saturated vapors. Practical importance of the point of fulgor and the lower inflatable boundary. Simple explanations on the types of electrostatic load generation. Symbols and chemical structures, elements of the chemistry of acids and bases, chemical reactions of well known groups, enough to allow proper use of the codes.
2 Toxity
Principles and simple explanations about the basic concepts ; toxic limits, both acute and chronic effects of toxicity, poisons and systemic irritants.
3 Perigos
.1Perigos of explosion and flammability
Limits of flammability. Sources of ignition and explosion.
.2Perigos for health
Dangers of contact with skin, inhalation and ingestion.
.3Perigos to the environment
Effect of oil release, chemicals or gases on human and marine life. Effect of specific gravity and solubility. Danger of vaping emanation. Effect of the pressure of vapours and atmospheric conditions.
.4 Persian of radioactivity, from reaction exponential, polymerization, effects of temperature and impurities as catalyst agents. Reaction with the air, water and other chemical agents.
.5 Hazards of corrosion
Dangers to personnel, attacks on materials of build. Effects of concentration.
4 Control of dangers
Inertisation, formation of water sheet, agents sector, monitoring techniques. Measures against static. Ventilation Segregation. Inhibition of the load. The importance of the compatibility of materials.
5 Safety and protection equipment of the personal
The operation and the aination of the instruments of measurement and similar equipment. Specialized equipment in the extinguishing of fires, breathing and exhaust equipment. Safe use of clothing and protective equipment.
6 pollution prevention
Procedures to be followed in order to prevent the air and water pollution and measures to be taken in the event of spillage, including the need to immediately transmit all relevant information to appropriate staff when a spill is detected, or when a spill occurs failure to represent a risk of spillage ; to quickly inform the ground personnel in charge of the measures of reaction to the incident ; and to properly comply with the on-board procedures to attenuate the effects of the spill.
APPENDIX 2 To REGRA V / 1
Tankers
The specialized training program mentioned in the paragraph 2.2 of Rule V / 1, suitable for tasks to be carried out in tankers should provide a theoretical and practical knowledge of the following subjects:
.1Regras and procedure codes
Familiarization with:
.1os suitable devices from international conventions pertinent ;
.2códigos international and national ;
.3Manual of the IMO on Pollution by Oil ; and
.4Orientações pertinent on safety of oil tankers.
.2Projeto and tanker equipment
Familiarization with:
.1dispositivos of piping, pumps and deck ;
.2tipos of cargo pumps and their employment with various types of load ;
.3sistemas of cleaning, degasification and tank inertisation ;
.4suspiro of cargo tanks and ventilation of the compartments habitable ;
.5sistemas of instruments and alarms ;
.6sistemas of load heating ; and
.7fatores of security of electrical systems.
.3Características of the load
Knowledge of chemical properties and physical of the different loads of oil.
.4Operações of the ship
Calculations concerning the load. Loading and unloading plans. Loading and unloading procedures, including ship-to-ship transfers. Checklists. Use of monitoring equipment. Importance of proper supervision of personnel. Degasification and tank cleaning operations. When it is suitable, cleaning procedures with raw oil and the operation and maintenance of inert gas systems. Control of the input in the pump compartments and in the closed compartments. Use of equipment for detecting the presence of gas and safety. Procedures for placing the load on the upper part of the tank and suitable ballast and disballast procedures. Prevention of air pollution and water.
.5Manutenção and repair
Precautions to be taken before and during the work of maintenance and repair, including from those affecting pumping systems, plumbing, electrical and control systems. Safety factors required in the realization of work using fire. Control of works using fire and procedures for the realisation of those works.
.6Operações emergency
The importance of elaborating the ship's emergencies plans. Cargo insulation operations in emergency. Measures to be taken in the event of failure of essential services for cargo. Fighting the fire in tankers. Measures to be taken after a collision, encalhe or cargo spill. Procedures for first aid and use of resuscitation equipment. Use of breathing equipment. Rescue of victims who find themselves in closed compartments.
APPENDIX 3 To REGRA V / 1
Tank ships for chemical products
The specialized training program mentioned in paragraph 2.2 of the Rule V / 1, suitable for tasks carried out on tanker vessels for chemical products, should provide the theoretical and practical knowledge of the following subjects:
.1Regras and procedure codes
Familiarization with the relevant international conventions and with the IMO codes and with relevant national and international codes.
.2Projeto and tank equipment for chemicals
A succinct description of the specialized devices of plumbing, pumping and tanks, and overflowing control. Types of load pumps and their employment in the various types of cargo. Cleaning and de-gasification systems of tanks. Sigh of cargo tanks and ventilation of the habitable compartments, decompression chambers. Instrument systems and alarms. Tank temperature control systems. The safety factors of electrical systems.
.3Características of the load
A sufficient knowledge of the characteristics of the loads liquid chemical, to allow the correct use of the relevant international codes.
.4Operações of the ship
Calculations concerning the load. Loading and unloading plans. Loading and unloading procedures. Checklists. Use of monitoring equipment. Degasification and tank cleaning operations (correct use of absorption and humidification and detergent agents). Use and maintenance of inert atmospheres. Control of the input in the pump compartments and in the closed compartments. Use of equipment for detecting the presence of gases and safety. Waste and water liaison used in tank washing.
.5Manutenção and repair
Precautions to be taken before and during the work of maintenance and repair of pumping systems, plumbing, electrical and control systems.
.6Operações emergency
The importance of elaborating the ship's emergencies plans. Cargo insulation operations in emergency. Measures to be taken in the event of failure of essential services for cargo. Fighting fire in tanker vessels for chemicals. Measures to be taken after a collision, encalhe or cargo spill. Procedures for first aid and use of resuscitation equipment. Use of breathing equipment. Rescue victims who find themselves in closed compartments.
APPENDIX 4 To REGRA V / 1
Tanker ships for gas-effective gas
The specialized training program mentioned in paragraph 2.2 of the Rule V / 1, suitable for tasks carried out on tanker vessels for gas-effective gas, should provide the theoretical and practical knowledge of the following subjects:
.1Regras and procedure codes
Familiarization with the relevant international conventions and with the IMO codes and with relevant national and international codes.
.2Projeto and tank equipment for fifty-effect gas
Familiarization with:
.1Tipos of tanker vessels for gas-effective gas ;
.2Sistemas of cargo wrapping (construction, surveyors) ;
.3Equipamentos for handling of the load (pumps, network systems) ;
.4Sistemas of charge conditioning (heating, cooling) ;
.5Sistemas of control of the atmosphere in the tank (inert gas, nitrogen) ;
.6Instrumentação of the systems of wrapping and handling of the load ;
.7Sistemas of fighting fire ; and
.8Equipamentos safety and rescue.
.3Combate the fire
Advanced practical techniques and fire fighting tactics applicable to tank vessels for gas-effect gas, including the use of water borriphin systems.
.4Química and physics
An introduction to chemistry and elementary physics, to the extent that are related to safe transportation on bulk-to-bulk gas vessels:
.4.1Propriedades and characteristics of gases points and their vapours:
.1Definição of gas ;
.2Leis simple relative to gases ;
.3Equação of gases ;
.4Densidade of gases ;
.5Difusão and mixture of gases ;
.6Compressão of gases ;
.7Liquefação of gases ;
.8Refrigeração of gases ;
.9Temperatura critical ;
.10Importância the practice of the point of fulgor ;
.11Limites superior and lower explosives ;
.12Temperatura of self-ignition ;
.13Compatibilidade of gases ;
.14Reatividade; and
.15Polimerização, inhibitors.
.4.2Propriedades of isolated liquids
.1Densidades of liquids and vapours ;
.2Variação with the temperature ;
.3Pressão and temperature of vapors ;
.4Entalpia; and
.5Vaporização and liquids in boiling.
.4.3Natureza and properties of solutions
.1Solubilidade of gases in liquids ;
.2Miscibilidade between liquids and the effects of the temperature changes ;
.3Densidades of solutions and dependence on temperature and concentration ;
.4Efeitos of the substances dissolved in the fusion and boiling points ;
.5Hidratos, formation and dispersion ;
.6Higroscopicidade;
.7Secagem of the air and other gases ;
.8Ponto dew ; and
.9Efeitos of low temperature.
.5Perigos to health
.5.1Toxidade
.1Modos by which the gases litheffect and the your vapors can be toxic ;
.2Propriedades toxic from inhibitors and the products, from combustion of both the construction materials and the gas-effects transported ;
acute and chronic .3Efeitos of toxicity, systemic poisons and irriters ;
.4Valor Minimum Limitator (TLV).
.5.2Perigos of the contact with the skin, from inhalation and of ingestion.
.5.3Primeiros rescues and the application of antidotes.
.6Acondicionamento of the load
.1Princípios of the packaging systems ;
.2Regras;
.3Vistorias;
.4Construção of the tanks, materials, coatings, isolates ; and
.5Compatibilidade.
.7Poluição
.1Perigos to human life and the environment marine ;
.2Efeito of the specific weight and the solubility ;
.3Perigo coming from the displacement of the clouds of vaping ; and
.4Alijamento of cryogenic liquids.
.8Sistema of charge handling
.1Descrição of the main types of pumps, of the pumping devices and the return systems of vapours, systems of networks and valves ;
.2Explicação than is pressure, vacuum, aspiration, flow and height of load ;
.3Filtros and grates ;
.4Dispositivos expansion ;
.5Telas against flames ;
.6Gases inert normally used ;
.7Sistemas of storage, generation and distributions ;
.8Sistemas of temperature monitoring and of pressure ;
.9Sistemas of sigh of cargo ;
.10Sistemas of recirculation of liquids and of reliquefaction ;
.11Medição of the load ; systems of instrumentation and alarms ;
.12Sistemas of detection of the presence of gases and of monitoring ;
.13Sistemas monitoring of CO2 ;
.14Sistemas of the boil of the load ; and
.15Sistemas helpers.
.9Procedimentos to operate the ship
.1Preparativos and procedures for loading and unloading ;
.2Listas verification ;
.3Manutenção of the conditions of the cargo on travel and at the port ;
.4Segregação of the loads and procedures for load transfer ;
.5Mudança of loads, cleaning procedures of tanks ;
.6Retirada and analysis of the load samples ;
.7Lastro and disballast ;
.8Sistemas heating and cooling ;
.9Procedimentos of heating and of degasification ; and
.10Procedimentos for system chilling degasified from the ambient temperature and safety precautions involved.
.10Procedimentos and equipment of security
.1Finalidade, aferition and use of the portable measuring instruments ;
.2Equipamentos and combat procedures to fire ;
.3Equipamentos of breath ;
.4Ressuscitadores;
.5Conjuntos to escape ;
.6Equipamentos save ;
.7Roupas and protective equipment ;
.8Entrada in closed compartments ;
.9Precauções to be taken before and during the realization of repairs and maintenance in the load and control systems ;
.10Supervisão of personnel during operations possibly dangerous ;
.11Tipos and principles of equipment electrical with security certificate ; and
.12Fontes of ignition.
.11Procedimentos emergency
.1A importance of elaborating on the plans of emergencies of the vessel ;
.2Operações of charge isolation in emergency ;
.3Sistemas of closing of the load valves in emergency ;
.4Medidas to be taken in case of failure of the essential services for the load ; and
.5Medidas to be taken after a collision, filings or cargo spill in case the vessel is involved in toxic or flammable vapours.
.12Princípios general operations with the load
.1Inertização of cargo tanks and spaces empty ;
.2Resfriamento of tanks, loading ;
.3Operações carried out during travel with load and in ballast ;
.4Descarga and tank evacuation ; and
.5Procedimentos of emergency, including actions planned in advance for the case of leaks, fire, collision, encalhe, discharge of the cargo in emergency, personnel accidents.
Resolution MSC.66 (68)
(adopted on June 4, 1997)
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
ON MARITIME TRAINING STANDARDS, ISSUANCE
OF CERTIFICATES AND ROOM SERVICE, 1978, COMO EMENDADA
THE MARITIME SECURITY COMMITTEE,
RECALLING Article 28 (b) of the Convention on the World Maritime Organization, concerning the tasks of the Committee,
RECALLING STILL the Article XII of the Convention International on Marine Training Standards, Issue of Certificates and Room Service (STCW), 1978, hereafter referred to as?the Convention, pertaining to the procedures for amending the Convention,
HAVING ANALYZED Resolution 6 of the Conference of 1995 of the Parties to the STCW Convention of 1978 and the relevant devices concerning the training of the Comandantes, officers, subaltern personnel and other persons serving on passenger ships ;
HAVING ANALYZED ALSO, on his sexageth 8th session, amendments to the Rules V/2 and V/3 of the Convention proposed and distributed in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (i) of that Convention,
1. ADOTA, in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (iv) of the Convention, amendments to the Convention, the texts of which are presented in the Annex to this resolution ;
2. DETERMINA, in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (vii) (2) of the Convention, that the amendments should be considered to have been accepted in 1the of July 1998, unless, before that date, more than a third of the Parties, or Parties whose merchant fleets assembled constitute no less than 50% of the gross tonnage of the world merchant fleet of vessels of 100 AB or more than registration, have notified their objections to the amendments ;
3. INVITES the Parties to the STCW Convention to observe that, in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (ix) of the Convention, the amendments will enter into force in 1the January 1999, depending on their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above ;
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (v) of the Convention, which transmits certified copies of this resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex to all Parties to the Convention ;
5. REQUESTS FURTHER to the Secretary-General to transmit copies of the resolution to Members of the Organization not Parties to the Convention.
ANNEX
AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON
MARITIME TRAINING STANDARDS, ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES AND ROOM SERVICE, 1978,
AS CHANGED
CHAPTER V
SPECIAL TRAINING REQUIRED FOR THE STAFF
DE CERTAIN TYPES OF SHIPS
Rule V/2- Minimum mandatory requirements for training and the qualification of Comandantes, officers, subaltern personnel and other persons serving on passenger ships?ro-ro?.
1É added the following text at the end of paragraph 3:
?or be required to provide evidence of having obtained the standard of competence required in the last five years.?
2É add the new Rule V/3, after Rule V/2 actual.
?Rule V/3
Minimum mandatory requirements for training and the qualification of Comandantes, officers, subaltern personnel and other persons serving on passenger ships other than?ro-ro?.
1 This rule applies to the Comandants, officers, subaltern personnel and other people who serve on passenger ships other than?ro-ro?, employees on international trips. The Administrations should establish the applicability of these requirements to the personnel serving on passenger ships employed on domestic travel.
2 Before you are assigned to exercise functions on board passenger ships, seafarers should have completed the training required by paragraphs 4 a to 8 below, in accordance with their duties, duties and responsibilities.
3 The seafarers to whom it is required to are trained in accordance with paragraphs 4, 7 and 8 below should, at intervals not exceeding five years, carry out a proper update training, or be required to provide evidence of having obtained the required standard of competence in the last five years.
4 The people assigned in the master tables to assist passengers in emergency situations on board passenger ships should have completed a training in crowd control, as set out in section A-V/3, paragraph 1 of the STCW Code.
5 The Comandants, officers and other people designated to exercise specific functions and assignments on board passenger ships should have completed the familiarization training set out in section A-V/3, paragraph 2 of the STCW Code.
6 The personnel providing services directly to passengers on board passenger ships is expected to have completed the security training set out in section A-V/3, paragraph 3 of the STCW Code.
7 The Commanders, Immediacy and all the persons designated for duties of responsibility for boarding and disembarkation of passengers shall have completed the passenger safety training which has been approved, as set out in section A-V/3, paragraph 4 of the Code STCW.
8 The Commanders, Immediates, Heads of Machines, Officers of Machines and any person who has responsibility for the safety of passengers in emergency situations on board passenger ships should have completed crisis control and behavior training human which has been approved, as set out in section A-V/3, paragraph 5 of the STCW Code.
9 The Administrations should ensure that be handed over to every person who is qualified in accordance with the provisions of this rule the documentary evidence of the training he has completed.?
Resolution MSC.67 (68)
(adopted on June 4, 1997)
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE MARITIME TRAINING CODE,
ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES AND ROOM SERVICE (STCW)
THE MARITIME SECURITY COMMITTEE,
RECALLING Article 28 (b) of the Convention on the World Maritime Organization, concerning the tasks of the Committee,
RECALLING STILL the Article XII and the Rule I/1.2.3 of the International Convention on Marine Training Standards, Issue of Certificates and Room Service (STCW), 1978, hereafter referred to as?the Convention, pertaining to the procedures for amending Part A of the Code of Maritime Training, Certification Issue and Room Service (STCW),
HAVING ANALYZED Resolution 5 of the Conference of 1995 of the Parties to the STCW Convention of 1978 and the relevant devices concerning the training of ship personnel?ro-ro? of passengers in crisis administration and in human behaviour,
HAVING ANALYZED ALSO, on his sexageth 8th session, amendments to Part A of the STCW Code proposed and distributed in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (i) of the Convention,
1. ADOTA, in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (iv) of the Convention, amendments to the STCW Code, the texts of which are presented in the Annex to this resolution ;
2. DETERMINA, in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (vii) (2) of the Convention, that the mentioned amendments should be considered to have been accepted in 1the of July 1998, unless, before that date, more than a third of the Parties, or Parts whose merchant fleets assembled constitute no less than 50% of the gross tonnage of the world merchant fleet of 100 AB or more of registration have notified their objections to the amendments ;
3. INVITES the Parties to the STCW Convention to observe that, in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (ix) of the Convention, the amendments to the STCW Code, in annex, will enter into force in 1the January 1999, depending on their acceptance in accordance with the paragraph 2 above ;
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in accordance with Article XII (1) (a) (v) of the Convention, which transmits certified copies of this resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex to all Parties to the Convention ;
5. REQUESTS FURTHER to the Secretary-General to transmit copies of the resolution to Members of the Organization not Parties to the Convention.
