The minimum certification and qualifications required by lecturers to deliver our approved courses for the issue of an AMSA STCW Certificate. These requirements are in accordance with the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping 1978, as amended (STCW).
In our latest safety lesson, we examine key learnings from a marine incident investigation where a passenger jumped overboard while a tender vessel was berthing.
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We have a legislative requirement to report on our activities, funding and operations. We provide annual reports to government, and publish our regulatory plans, corporate plans, and plan on a page to fulfill this requirement.
This report is a summary of research conducted into the effects of oil and dispersed oil on temperate seagrass using a range of in situ and laboratory experiments on whole plants and seagrass leaf blade sections.
Exercise George Bass, held on 5 and 6 June 1996, was the major national oil spill response exercise conducted by Australia's National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil for the years 1995 and 1996. Similar major exercises are held each two years, the last being Exercise Capricorn held in Gladstone in March 1994.
Australia implements a range of standards and regulations to protect the marine environment from pollution. These standards and regulations ensure we meet international obligations. You must comply with these regulations and report marine pollution incidents.
You may also need to make a general incident report.
If you are a supervisor or qualified person working in the Australian maritime industry, you will need to observe and sign off a seafarer using a task book.
We are responsible for casualty response and pollution prevention in the marine environment. Our response capabilities are coordinated and maintained under the National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies.
The report provides a detailed description of AMSA's operations during the year as well as the financial statements and the Auditor-General's report on those financial statements.