WHEREAS, the 1995 amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch keeping for Seafarers, specifically Regulation I/12 requires the use of simulators and Section A I/12 of the Code has set standards governing the use of simulators in training;

WHEREAS, the Philippine Government as a Party to the Convention desires to comply with the provision of this regulation in order to give full and complete effect to the Convention;

WHEREAS, simulators, as experienced by maritime countries worldwide have a number of significant advantages as a training tool to improve mariner professional competence, and is a good mechanism to evaluate skills and competence for certification;

BE IT RESOLVED,, as it is hereby resolved by the Maritime Training Council, in a meeting convened to institutionalize the use of simulators for training as required under Regulation I/12, Paragraph 1.1 of the STCW 78 Convention as amended;

Be it resolved further to adopt the performance standards as stipulated in Section A - I/12 of the STCW Code and for this purpose the MTC Secretariat shall issue the Guidelines in the Implementation on Performance Standards for Simulators.

APPROVED:

(SGD.) BIENVENIDO E. LAGUESMA
Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment
and Chairman, Maritime Training Council

(SGD.) HERMOGENES P. POBRE
Chairman, Professional Regulation Commission

(SGD.) REYNALDO A. REGALADO
Administrator, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration

(SGD.) ELEUTERIO N. GARDINER
Administrator, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration

(SGD.) AGUSTIN R. BENGZON
Administrator, Maritime Industry Authority

(SGD.) MANUEL I. DE LEON
Commandant, Philippine Coast Guard

(SGD.) ANGEL C. ALCALA
Chairman, Commission on Higher Education

(SGD.) VICENTE F. ALDANESE, JR.
Private Sector Representative
(Filipino Association for Mariners Employment)

(SGD.) GREGORIO S. OCA
Private Sector Representative
(Associated Marine Officers and Seamen ™s Union of the Philippines)