AMSA by this stage of his/her career a brief examination of the education and training outlined within TDM07 Maritime Training Package clearly shows significant difference in the two streams; a) The Engineer Class 3 will have completed training that includes AQF Certificate II, AQF Certificate III, AQF Certificate IV and AQF Diploma by the time the CL3 is achieved. b) The Integrated Rating has completed an AQF Certificate III only. I have extracted the minimum requirements for the two qualifications from the TDM07 Maritime Training Package and presented them as a comparison in Table 1 below. From this it can be shown that the Units of Competency undertaken as part of the Engineer Class 3 program are more than double the number than that of the Integrated Rating course and the content of the Units of Competency are predominately Marine Engineering not deck or other shipboard functions, excluding operational and safety units...”
The submission from Rudy Salzmann included:- “
....The proposal to reduce the requirement from 36 months to 12 months of trainee / education time for Cadets is astounding. How can an established and effective training program be suddenly reduced to a third of its previous duration whilst still maintaining the quality of training? It is impossible. The complexity of the modern day vessel (any type) and the mountain of legal requirements that must be adhered to demands that any entrant into the industry undergoes thorough and extensive training. To expect that a high school graduate will develop the requisite knowledge and skills to safely and effectively operate a state of the art vessel whilst complying with all legal requirements in 12 months is a completely unrealistic expectation...”
The submission from Kylie Attenborough (Cadet Engineer) included:- “....If anything we as cadets need more hands on experience, not less. Especially in a workshop or a shipyard performing task and jobs which are relevant to on board engine room experience...”
The submission from Shane Twomey (ex- Cadet Engineer) included:- “.... If anything, there is a requirement for even greater periods of sea service and workshop time in order to complete the cadet training course. Having gone through the cadet course myself, I feel that the period of 36 weeks is not long enough to adequately prepare cadets to work unsupervised in an engine room. I do not believe the safety and environmental consequences of reducing the training standard and duration have been fully considered...”
Phil Rylance’s submission included:- “....I wonder why AMSA did not consult with the Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers, they are the obvious choice to talk to when proposing change. It begs the question is there a sinister reason to completely ignore the Institutes proposals. Is the old oil and water equation coming into force here? Having attended the presentation at the Fremantle Sailing Club on how the changes were to be made and having listened to the various speakers and to their replies especially on the question of Orals and how the omission of a specific referral to an Oral examination was not really a concern as it could still apply. Why not reword the sentence to specifically state that Orals will still be a pre-requisite for obtaining a pass...”
Roger Salmond’s submission was accompanied by an additional email direct to Min-
ister Albanese which included:- “
....Revalidation of certificates of Competency, this proposed change is blatantly discriminatory towards currently qualified marine engineers. To degrade a person’s qualifications depending on where they are working at the time of revalidation is quite ridiculous. Your Economics degree will not be degraded to bank teller when you re enter the workforce, please allow us the same dignity...”
Lloyd May’s submission included:- “
....As a sea going engineering officer holder of AMSA class1 certificate of competency these amendments will created enormous disadvantage severely reduce the ‘value’ of my AMSA Certificate. The amendments restricts my employment as sailing on lower powered vessels will excluded me from revalidation of my hard earned class 1 certificate. The amendments lower the bar on the present AMSA Engineers certificates of competency. The amendments allow people with much less experience, education, training, dedication and skill to obtain the same qualifications as myself. The short falls that these poorly trained and relatively inexperienced engineers will demonstrate and reflect poorly on my profession and so affect the value of my hard earned qualifications. In my 24 years at sea, I have experienced working with foreign certificated marine engineers and this has personally demonstrated their poor skills due to lower STCW qualifying standard of their country...”
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