Posted:
January 26, 2012
The AMO Safety and Education Plan's STAR Center (Simulation, Training, Assessment & Research) will host an intercessional meeting of the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.
The MERPAC working group will conduct the intercessional meeting with an agenda that includes review and discussion of existing performance measures and development of new performance measures to assess mariner competencies under STCW for engineering officers and deck officers with junior licenses, followed by finalization of MERPAC's recommendations to the U.S. Coast Guard for these performance measures.
MERPAC was re-established and re-convened in 2011. Originally established in 1992 at the request of the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, MERPAC's purpose is now to advise the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on matters relating to the training, qualification, licensing, certification and fitness of mariners in the U.S. merchant marine.
AMO National Vice President for Government Relations Michael Murphy has described MERPAC as "one of the few avenues where industry can have a direct input to the U.S. Coast Guard when they consider changes to rules and regulations."
More information about the MERPAC intercessional meeting is available on the National Maritime Center Web site.
STAR Center to host MERPAC meeting
The AMO Safety and Education Plan's STAR Center (Simulation, Training, Assessment & Research) will host an intercessional meeting of the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.
The MERPAC working group will conduct the intercessional meeting with an agenda that includes review and discussion of existing performance measures and development of new performance measures to assess mariner competencies under STCW for engineering officers and deck officers with junior licenses, followed by finalization of MERPAC's recommendations to the U.S. Coast Guard for these performance measures.
MERPAC was re-established and re-convened in 2011. Originally established in 1992 at the request of the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, MERPAC's purpose is now to advise the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on matters relating to the training, qualification, licensing, certification and fitness of mariners in the U.S. merchant marine.
AMO National Vice President for Government Relations Michael Murphy has described MERPAC as "one of the few avenues where industry can have a direct input to the U.S. Coast Guard when they consider changes to rules and regulations."
More information about the MERPAC intercessional meeting is available on the National Maritime Center Web site.