QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 1745)
It requires all seafarers to attend a mandatory Anti-Piracy Awareness Seminar using an enhanced module and directs manning agencies to report attendance to POEA.
POEA Memorandum Circular No. 02, Series of 2010 and POEA Memorandum Circular No. 11, Series of 2011.
Yes. The advisory explicitly states that all seafarers—including those who attended in 2010—must attend the enhanced module seminar.
It is the enhanced Anti-Piracy Awareness Seminar module jointly crafted by the Maritime Training Council and the National Maritime Polytechnic.
This Administration (as stated in the advisory) endorsed the enhanced module for adoption and implementation.
No. The advisory states that certificates of attendance shall no longer be required for contract processing.
All manning agencies must submit a monthly report of their seafarers who attended the seminar, using the prescribed module.
The advisory directs submission to sbprocessing@poea.gov.ph.
It must indicate the date of attendance of each seafarer who attended the seminar.
It must be conducted in-house by accredited and authorized trainers of manning agencies for their departing seafarers.
Accredited and authorized trainers of manning agencies.
It applies to all seafarers, including those who have already attended the seminar in 2010.
Compliance of all concerned is enjoined.
It was adopted on 6 March 2012.
It discontinues the requirement for certificates of attendance for contract processing.