New ISF Training Book for Deck Ratings
The 2010 amendments to the IMO STCW Convention enter into force in January 2012 and will make it mandatory for trainee deck ratings to use an approved training record book. This includes existing ratings seeking to qualify for the new STCW grade of Able Seafarer Deck, which many flag states will require as part of their safe manning requirements.
ISF is therefore launching an updated version of its widely used On Board Training Record Book for Deck Ratings which takes full account of STCW 2010, including the additional competence standards for Able Seafarer Deck.
The ISF Book includes structured training tasks developed to ensure that trainees make the best use of their seagoing service, and to help supervising officers make an objective evaluation of whether trainees are competent. A similar book for Engine Ratings (including Able Seafarer Engine) will follow shortly.
