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Maritime instructors’ training
program inked with Japan
M
ARINA, along with Japan’s Ministry of land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT),
together with the Seaman’s Employment Centre of
Japan inked a Memorandum on Cooperation on
Advanced Courses on Maritime Instructors’ Training
Program. Present during the signing ceremonies
were representetives of MARINA headed by
Administrator CE Marcial Qurrico C. Amaro, III , PhD;
Capt. Eleazar Diaz, Executive Director, SCTW Office; OIC of the Office of the
Deputy Administrator for Operations, Capt. Alfredo V. Vidal, Jr.; and from
the Japan end, MLIT Director-General Ichiro Hao, SECOJ Director-General
Osamu Honda, and representatives from the Embassy of Japan.
Thanks to this MOC, teaching skills of Filipino maritime instructors
will be improved and will be given more up-t-o-date technical info while
Filipino instructors will be invited to Japan to participate in further training
programs courtesy of SECOJ and MLIT.
As provided for in this MOC, MARINA will be assisted by MLIT to
conduct a two-month education and training program in Japan which
will incorporate three navigational instructors and three engineering
instructors. MLIT will also select the institutes which will hold training
All trainees will be provided accommodation and
roundtrip air fare, insurance coverage in case of death,
injury and illness during their training period in Japan
courses that include classroom and onboard training. The preliminary
selection of the candidates to be submitted to SECOJ for the final selection
will be conducted by MARINA SCTW office, while SECOJ will make the final
selection and notify MARINA SCTW of the results. The submission of the
necessary documents of the selected trainees for the filing of Certificate
of Eligibility will be taken care by MARINA SCTW, while Certificate of
Eligibility will be sent by SECOJ along with Trainee Visa for successful
applicants.
All trainees will be provided accommodation and roundtrip air fare,
insurance coverage in case of death, injury and illness during their training
period in Japan.
Qualifications for applicants of the training program, according to MLIT
must be: a. between 25 and 49 years old; b. must be a part of a maritime
educational institution in the Philippines with teaching experience of at
least one year in navigational or Engineering course; c. must be willing
to continue engaging in maritime education or training for at least five
years after completing the program; d. an Operational Level seafarer for
international voyage stipulated in the SCTW convention as amended or
one who is equivalently competent to this qualification; e. fluent in English
and; f. must be mentally fit and does not need dental treatment while
staying in Japan.
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