QuestionsQuestions (NTC MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 17-10-98)
It amends Memorandum Circular No. 8-7-98 by adding additional guidelines in the issuance of the General Operator Certificate (GOC).
Item 2, Item 2.2 is amended (and supplemented with an additional sub-provision under said paragraph), and Item 4.4 is amended.
It amends Item 2.2 to read as: “fire on board ship” (as part of the required coverage/guidelines).
It adds a2.4 “Preventive measures for the safety of ship and personnel in connection with hazards related to radio equipment, including electrical and non-ionizing radiation hazards.”
They require preventive measures for the safety of ship and personnel regarding hazards related to radio equipment, specifically including electrical hazards and non-ionizing radiation hazards.
It expands the safety knowledge/competence topics expected in GOC issuance to include fire onboard and preventive measures for radio equipment-related hazards.
Item 4.4 is amended to specify a practical examination covering the plotting of azimuth, elevation, and the operational/regional satellite, and knowledge to transmit the alphabet by Morse code through keyer, voice, light, or any other means of transmitting/communicating the code signals.
Plotting the azimuth, elevation, and operational/regional satellite; and knowledge to transmit the alphabet by Morse code via keyer, voice, light, or other means.
For exam purposes, it refers to the specific satellite used in operational or regional communications that the examinee must be able to plot/handle in the practical examination.
By Morse code through a keyer, voice, light, or any other means of transmitting or communicating the code signals.
With the amendments, all other provisions in Memorandum Circular No. 8-7-98 stand.
It was adopted by Ponciano V. Cruz, Jr., Commissioner, and Roberto L. Duque, Deputy Commissioner, with their signatures.
It indicates that the circular is supplemental and modifying prior guidelines, specifically by amending designated items of the earlier memorandum.
First, it expands safety-related requirements under Item 2.2 to include fire onboard and preventive measures for radio equipment hazards (electrical and non-ionizing radiation). Second, it refines the practical examination requirements under Item 4.4 to include plotting azimuth/elevation/operational-regional satellite and Morse code alphabet transmission via specified means.