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Guidelines - Master (FG) - Advanced Shipboard Management
Applicable to:
Training Institutes conducting Master (FG) courses
Effective Date:
01.05.2004
Superseded Circulars:
None mentioned
Key Changes and Requirements
1. Course Details and Eligibility
This circular introduces guidelines for the Master (FG) - Advanced Shipboard Management course. It aims to standardize training and bring uniformity to amenities and equipment provided by institutes.
- Aims: To prepare students for the Certificate of Competency as Master of a Foreign going Ship.
- Objectives: The course covers the contents of Appendix M-II/3A of META Manual Vol. II.
- Application: Mandatory compliance for all institutes from 01.05.2004.
- Eligibility: Institutes must have satisfactorily conducted Chief Mate Phase I & II courses for over a year.
2. Course Duration and Assessment
The course duration is 4 weeks, with a total of 120 hours of lectures and internal assessment. Institutes shall carry out written internal assessment near the end of the course.
II/4 List of library books to include:
- STCW'95, IMO Model Course 7.01, SOLAS 1974, MARPOL 73/78, etc.
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