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STCW-78 Convention focused almost entirely on:
Knowledge
The emphasis of STCW-95 has been shifted to:
practical skills and competence
It includes all commercial vessels engaged on domestic or international voyages.
seagoing ships
The STCW Convention does not apply to seafarers serving on:
warships, naval auxiliaries or any other government owned or operated ship engaged in non-commercial service; fishing vessels, pleasure yacht
True or False: The STCW Convention is a book consisting of three sections.
True
It outlines the legal responsibilities a party has to meet.
Articles
It gives technical details on how the legal responsibilities referred to in the articles should be met.
The annex
Contains mandatory standards of training, certification and watch-keeping.
Part A
This is a way of classifying shipboard tasks by functions and levels of responsibility.
Function
Medical standards
Regulation 1/9
