Watchkeeping and procedures
Clasification Society 2024 - Version 9.40

Watchkeeping and procedures

  34 Training should be given in:

  • .1 communication procedures and discipline to prevent harmful interference in GMDSS sub-systems;

  • .2 procedures for using propagation-prediction information to establish optimum frequencies for communications;

  • .3 radiocommunication watchkeeping relevant to all GMDSS sub-systems, exchange of radiocommunication traffic, particularly concerning distress, urgency and safety procedures, and radio records;

  • .4 use of the international phonetic alphabet;

  • .5 monitoring a distress frequency while simultaneously monitoring or working on at least one other frequency;

  • .6 ship reporting systems and procedures;

  • .7 radiocommunication procedures of the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual;

  • .8 radio medical systems and procedures; and

  • .9 causes of false distress alerts and means to avoid them.footnote

Parent topic: Training Related to the General Operator's Certificate
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