1 The Maritime Safety Committee (the Committee),
at its eightieth session (11 to 20 May 2005), when approving MSC/Circ.1154 on Guidelines on training
and certification for company security officers, instructed the Sub-Committee
on Standards of Training and Watchkeeping (STW Sub-Committee) to develop
similar guidelines on training and certification requirements for
port facility security officers.
2 The STW Sub-Committee, at its thirty-seventh
session (23 to 27 January 2006), developed and the Committee, at its
eighty-first session (10 to 19 May 2006), approved the Guidelines
on training and certification requirements for port facility security
officers (the Guidelines), as set out in the annex.
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SOLAS Contracting Governments
are invited to bring the Guidelines to the attention of all parties
concerned with matters addressed therein.
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SOLAS Contracting Governments,
international organizations and non-governmental organizations with
consultative status which encounter difficulties with the implementation
of the Guidelines should bring, at the earliest opportunity, the matter
to the attention of the Committee for consideration of actions to
be taken.