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Generic Competencies for Masters and First Deck Officer

A rapid growth of the maritime transport caused a rapid development of new technologies for almost all processes taking place on board modern ships. These new devices and technologies significantly influenced decisionmaking processes, but also reduced the number of crewmembers and increased crew‟s workload. Consequently, competences identified in the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (hereinafter STCW), in many cases need to be adjusted or even upgraded to upkeep with redefined working processes. In a number of cases these new technologies require masters and deck officers to use more general capabilities and skills and to readjust the working processes to prevailing conditions. In such circumstances special attention has to be paid to more generic competences. Consequently, in the paper generic competences needed to perform work on management level in cases characterized by limited or no previous experience are discussed. In particular, the paper deals with those generic competences that are significantly inter-related with those defined in the STCW Convention. Finally, in the paper a need to emphasize the most important generic competencies during MET process is highlighted.

Generic Competences, STCW Convention, Masters and First Deck Officers

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