STS - IMC

Duration	2 Working Days
Eligibility	Serving seafarers or other shipboard personnel likely to have designated security duties
Course Intake	24 candidates per batch
Course_Fees	2000
Course Schedule	Begins Every Monday (subject to availability of candidates - minimum 3)
Documents Required	Copy of Passport - 1 No. Copy of CDC - 1 No. Passport size Photographs - 2 Nos.

The Security Training for Seafarers with Designated Security Duties (STSDSD) course meets the requirements laid down in: Paragraph 4 to 6 of Regulation VI/6, Paragraph 6 to 8 of Section A-VI/6 and Table A-VI/6-2 of STCW Convention as amended in 2010.
It also meets the additional criteria specified in the STCW Convention, applicable to the issue of the certificate.
The STSDSD course is conducted in accordance to the guidelines stipulated in the DGS STCW 2010 Training Circular no. 3 of 2013

Standard of competency for seafarers' with designated security duties

Every seafarer who is designated to perform security duties, including anti-piracy and anti-armed-robbery-related activities, shall be required to demonstrate competence to undertake the tasks, duties and responsibilities listed in column 1 of table A-VI/6-2.
The level of knowledge of the subjects in column 2 of table A-VI/6-2 shall be sufficient to enable every candidate to perform on board designated security duties, including anti-piracy and anti-armed-robbery-related activities.
Every candidate for certification shall be required to provide evidence of having achieved the required standard of competence through:
Demonstration of competence to undertake the tasks, duties and responsibilities listed in column 1 of table A-VI/6-2, in accordance with the methods for demonstrating competence and the criteria for evaluating competence tabulated in columns 3 and 4 of that table
Examination or continuous assessment as part of an approved training programme covering the material set out in column 2 of table A-VI/6-2
Demonstration of competence to undertake the tasks, duties and responsibilities listed in column 1 of table A-VI/6-2, in accordance with the methods for demonstrating competence and the criteria for evaluating competence tabulated in columns 3 and 4 of that table;
Examination or continuous assessment as part of an approved training programme covering the material set out in column 2 of table A-VI/6-2

STSDSD