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The Maritime
Training Council
The Maritime Training Council
(MTC) was established on May 1, 1984 pursuant to Letter of
Instruction 1404 dated 1 May 1984, to give effect to the International
Maritime Organization’s Standard of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW)
for Seafarers 1978 Convention. The Maritime Training Council is attached to the Department of Labor and
Employment.
The Council is composed of the Secretary of Labor and Employment as Chairperson and heads of the following government agencies: Commission on Higher
Education (CHED), Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Overseas
Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA),
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the
private sector representatives from the employers and seafarers sectors.
Pursuant
to Executive Order No. 242 dated 12 May 2000, additional members were included. These are the
representative from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Office of the President.
Other
government agencies that are involved in the implementation of the STCW'95 are:
1.
National Telecommunication Commission (NATELCOM)
2.
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
3.
Department of Health (DOH)
Functions
As mandated under
LOI 1404, the MTC has the following functions:
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Develop, formulate and prescribe standards of training for
seafarers as prescribed by the convention.
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Assist the ministry of education, culture
and sports in regulating and supervising the establishment and operation of
seamen training centers throughout the country;
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Liaise and coordinate with international
organizations particularly with the international maritime organization as
regards the training , upgrading and qualifying seafarers;
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Formulate rules and regulations to implement
the STCW of 1978;
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Prescribe and collect fees from the seamen
training centers subject to clearance by the national tax research center and to
be remitted to and will constitute as part of the seafarers welfare fund;
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Undertake special programs/projects in
furtherance of the objectives of training and upgrading of seafarers; and
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Study, evaluate and recommend to the
ministry of education, culture and sports the number and maximum enrolment of
nautical schools to ensure that the graduates will have reasonable opportunity
to be employed aboard ship after their graduation.
In addition, by
virtue of EO 242, the MTC is responsible for the following:
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Ensure that all legal and administrative measures taken and
provide by the concerned government agencies and instrumentalities are
appropriate and compliant the convention, as amended;
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Ensure that the evaluation of the quality standards of the
government instrumentalities involved in the administration of the certification
system, training courses and programs, examination and assessment carried out by
or under the authority of that government instrumentality concerned, including
the qualification of instructors and assessors are conducted in accordance with
paragraph 2 of regulation 1/8 of the convention, as amended;
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Be responsible to other state parties with respect to the
Philippine compliance to the convention, as amended, including compliance with
regulation 1/10;
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Communicate to the international maritime organization (IMO)
information required under regulation 1/7 of the convention, as amended.
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Mandaluyong City, Philippines 1501
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