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ENG CIRCULAR - 009
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No:ENG/EXAM-17(26)/2000 Date
: 21st Sep. 2001
Entry into obtaining the Advanced
Fire Fighting Course Certification process had been regulated
by guidelines issued vide letter No.ENG/EXAM-43(14)/94 dated 30.3.94
and vide circular letter No. ENG/MISC-43(10)/96 dated 13th August
1998 issued earlier. During the earlier days there was lot of
rush for these Advanced Fire Fighting Courses as a result of which
certain restrictions had to be put on the eligibility of the candidates,
who would take up this course. However, in the recent years most
of the institutes conducting these Advanced Fire Fighting Courses
have recorded low in-puts because the certification process with
such candidates have more or less reached a saturation stage.
In order to ensure that such courses are now available to aspiring
genuine seafarers, all restrictions as have been stipulated earlier
are henceforth revoked and it would not be necessary for any candidate
henceforth to obtain a NOC under any circumstances prior to doing
the Advanced Fire Fighting Course under the following guidelines.
1. A candidate must be a serving
seafarer. He therefore should be able to produce necessary documents
in support of this fact at the time of booking e.g. a certificate
form the company or an endorsement of sailing on PP or CDC, etc.
In addition, he must have attended an approved Fire Prevention
and Fire Fighting Course (FPFF).
2. The requirement of the FPFF
Course may be exempted in the following cases: a. Naval personnel
having sailed and in possession of Identity card / discharge book
b. a serving seafarer in possession
of an approved certificate of competency / proficiency for work
on near coastal / foreign going ships
3. Candidate having an approved
eligibility criteria for the examination of operational level
shipboard job. i.e. an officer in charge of an engineering or
navigational watch.
The Onus will be on the institutes
conducting the advance course to establish that the seafarer has
gainfully served at sea prior to undergoing the advance course.
This circular supercedes all
the other circular restricting / regulating the conditions imposed
on seafarers aspiring to undergo the advance fire fighting course.
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