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Order Fom/3302/2005, Of 14 October, Which Regulates The Test Or Refresher Course Necessary For The Renewal Of The Merchant Marine Cards.

Original Language Title: ORDEN FOM/3302/2005, de 14 de octubre, por la que se regula la prueba o curso de actualizaciĆ³n preciso para obtener la revalidaciĆ³n de las tarjetas de la Marina Mercante.

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Royal Decree 2062/1999 of 30 December 1999 regulating the minimum level of training in maritime professions, in Article 6, allows for the revalidation of professional cards from the merchant navy by means of the the accreditation of professional competence, which may be demonstrated by the passing of a test or an update course recognised by the General Directorate of the Merchant Navy. The Order of 21 June 2001 on professional cards of the Merchant Marine is pronounced in the same sense as the regular, in Article 5, the accreditation of professional competence for the revalidation of the merchant marine card. This updating system is adapted to the requirements of the International Convention on Training, Titulation and Guard for seafarers (STCW 1978/95). In the preparation of this order, the autonomous communities with littoral and hearing the affected sectors have been consulted, having been informed favourably by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The regulation is materially protected in article 149.1.20. of the Constitution, which attributes to the State exclusive competence in the matter of the merchant marine and has the habilitation contained in the final disposition second of the Royal Decree 2062/1999. In its virtue, I have:

Article 1. Object of the order.

This order is intended to regulate the test or knowledge update course referred to in Article 6.2.b) of Royal Decree 2062/1999 of 30 December 1999, accrediting the professional competence required for the revalidation of the Merchant Marine Card as referred to in Article 5.1.c of the Order of 21 June 2001.

Article 2. Scope.

Professional card holders of the merchant navy who intend to revalidate their professional card and who do not satisfy the conditions of the accreditation of professional competence referred to in the headings 1 (a) and 1 (b) Article 5 of the Order of 21 June 2001, must exceed the test or upgrade course recognized by the General Directorate of the Merchant Navy in accordance with the provisions of this order.

Article 3. Content of the tests and refresher courses.

1. The tests and refresher courses shall include changes which have occurred in at least the five years preceding the call for national and international regulations on the safety of human life at sea and protection of the marine environment, in accordance with the minimum content listed in the Annex. Reference should also be made to the technological developments incorporated on board vessels resulting from the introduction of such regulations.

2. The holders of professional cards of the merchant navy, corresponding to bridge and machine specialties, will have to carry out a refresher course, the number of hours of which will be between a minimum of 16 and a minimum. maximum of 24 hours. 3. Professional card holders of the merchant marine of first and second radio will have to carry out a test of practical type in a center approved by the General Direction of the Merchant Navy to impart General Operator specialty courses of the global maritime distress and safety system. The test will make it possible to check the knowledge of new technologies applied to radio communications.

Article 4. Conditions for obtaining recognition.

1. The tests and/or courses of updating of knowledge to be overcome by those holders of professional marine cards issued by the General Directorate of the Merchant Marine will be carried out, within its competence, by the public institutions responsible for providing training to obtain the academic qualifications needed to obtain professional qualifications from the merchant marine.

2. Before starting this activity, the public centers will request the General Directorate of the Merchant Navy to recognize the tests and/or refresher courses mentioned that they intend to carry out. They will present the content programme and its planning. 3. Once such recognition has been obtained, the public institutions shall communicate annually to that Directorate-General the schedule of the tests and/or refresher courses, and shall report on the basis of any modification of the said procedure. calendar.

Article 5. Certification of the test or course.

The public centre will extend a certification to the person concerned who has passed the test or the refresher course and will be the accreditable document of the professional competence to be presented with the revalidation of the corresponding professional cards, together with the rest of the documentation referred to in Article 4.4 of the Order of 21 June 2001.

Final disposition. Entry into force.

This order will enter into force within thirty days of publication in the Official Gazette of the State.

Madrid, 14 October 2005.

ALVAREZ ARZA

ANNEX National and international regulations

Bridge Craft

International Convention for the Safety of Human Life in the Sea (SOLAS 74/78). International Convention to Prevent Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78). International Convention on Standards of Training, Titulation and Guard for the People of the Sea (STCW 78, as amended). International Codes approved by the International Maritime Organization in relation to the safety of human life at sea and the protection of the marine environment, such as the Code of Safety Practices relating to Solid Loads to Granel (BC Code), International Code of Dangerous Goods (IMDG Code), the High Speed Naves Code (HGV Code), the International Code of Salvage Devices (IDS Code), International Security Management Code (ISM Code), International Code of Quimibores (CIQ Code), International Code of Gaseros (Code IGC), International Maritime Protection Code (ISPS Code). National rules on maritime safety and on the prevention and control of marine pollution, in particular those relating to the minimum conditions required for ships carrying dangerous or polluting goods with origin or destination in Spanish seaports and on rules and safety rules applicable to passenger ships carrying out crossings between Spanish ports. International manual of the Air Services and Maritime Search and Rescue Services (IAMSAR 1999). International Convention on International Regulations to Prevent Approaches, made in London on October 20, 1972. International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) made in Hamburg on 27 April 1979. Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal (Basel Convention) of 22 March 1989. Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, made in Paris on 22 September 1992. (OSPAR). International Convention on Cooperation, Preparation and Fight against Oil Pollution, 1990 (OPRCC), made in London on 30 November. International Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution and Protocols, made in Barcelona on 16 February 1976. International Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from the Sea by Waste and Other Materials (LDC), made in London, Mexico City, Moscow and Washington on 29 December 1972. International Convention on High-Sea Intervention in Cases of Accidents that Cause or May Cause Pollution by Hydrocarbons (Intervention), made in Brussels on 29 November 1969. Navigation and radionavigation safety equipment.

Craft Machines

International Convention for the Safety of Human Life in the Sea (SOLAS 74/78). International Convention to Prevent Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78). International Convention on Standards of Training, Titulation and Guard for the People of the Sea (STCW 78, as amended). International Codes approved by the International Maritime Organization in relation to the safety of human life at sea and the protection of the marine environment, such as the Code of Safety Practices relating to Solid Loads to Granel (BC Code), International Code of Dangerous Goods (IMDG Code), the High Speed Naves Code (HGV Code), the International Code of Salvage Devices (IDS Code), International Security Management Code (ISM Code), International Code of Quimibores (CIQ Code), International Code of Gaseros (Code IGC), International Maritime Protection Code (ISPS Code). National rules on maritime safety and on the prevention and control of marine pollution, in particular those relating to the minimum conditions required for ships carrying dangerous or polluting goods with origin or destination in Spanish seaports and on rules and safety rules applicable to passenger ships carrying out crossings between Spanish ports. Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal (Basel Convention) of 22 March 1989. Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, made in Paris on 22 September 1992. (OSPAR). International Convention on Cooperation, Preparation and Fight against Oil Pollution, 1990 (OPRCC), made in London on 30 November. International Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution and Protocols, made in Barcelona on 16 February 1976. International Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from the Sea by Waste and Other Materials (LDC), made in London, Mexico City, Moscow and Washington on 29 December 1972. International manual of the Air Services and Maritime Search and Rescue Services (IAMSAR 1999).

Radio Specialty

Send a distress call with each of the SMSSM devices that allow this function. Receive and attend, if necessary, a distress call initiated by another ship or by a land station. Receive, by appropriate means, information to help the navigation. Maintain general communications with each of the SMSSM devices that allow this function, in spoken and written form, in both Spanish and English.