AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 15 AND 16, ARTICLE V, AND SECTIONS 23, 24 AND 25, ARTICLE VI OF BOARD MARINE ENGINEER OFFICERS RESOLUTION NO. 48, SERIES OF 1999 (RE: RULES AND REGULATION…

WHEREAS, after a careful perusal of Sections 15 and 16, Article V,
and Sections 23, 24 and 25, Article VI of Board Resolution No. 48,
series of 1999, the Board deemed it necessary to amend said sections to
conform with the recent developments arising from their implementation.

WHEREFORE, the Board resolved to amend Sections 15 and 16, Article
V, and Sections 23, 24 and 25, Article VI of Board Resolution No. 48,
series of 1999, as follows:

SECTION 1.        Sections 15 and 16, Article V of Board Resolution No. 48, series of 1999, are hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 15.        Application — The applicant for the written
examination shall file a computerized application form, duly
accomplished, in the Application Section of the Marine Engineer Officers
Division (MEOD) of the PRC or in any of the PRC regional offices
accompanied by authentic or authenticated copies of the required
documents.

“A Filipino citizen applicant who graduated from a foreign
maritime institution or academy shall be required to present an
endorsement from the Commission on Higher Education in order that he
will be allowed to take the marine engineer officers licensure
examination.

“Section 16.        Examination and Assessment — All applicants
for registration, certification and admission to the practice of the
Marine Engineer Officers profession in any capacity, function and level,
shall be required to take and pass the written examination. They shall
also be required to take and pass the practical assessment which shall
meet the standard of competence prescribed in PART A of the STCW Code;
provided that, only those who passed the written examination shall be
allowed to take the practical assessment.

“When conditions and circumstances so warrant, the Board may
give/administer, subject to the approval of the Commission, walk-in
examinations, outside of the regular examination schedule which shall
also involve the same examination and assessment described above.”

SECTION 2.        Sections 23, 24 and 25, Article VI of Board Resolution No. 48, series of 1999, are hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 23.        Required Rating to Pass the Written
Examination and Practical Assessment — (a) To pass the written
examination, an examinee must obtain a weighted general average rating
of at least seventy percent (70%), with no grade lower than sixty
percent (60%) in any given subject;

(b)            To pass the practical assessment, an examinee must obtain a grade of at least seventy percent (70%); and

(c)            To pass the licensure examination for marine
engineer officers, an examinee must obtain a weighted general average
rating of at least seventy percent (70%) in both the written examination
and practical assessment which shall be computed on the basis of the
weighted general average rating in the written examination and the grade
in the practical assessment with the following equivalents:

70% for the Written Examination; and

30% for the Practical Assessment.”

“Section 24.        Removal Examination —

(a)            An examinee in the written examination who
obtained a weighted general average rating of at least seventy percent
(70%) but obtained a grade lower than sixty percent (60%) in any given
subject, shall be considered Conditioned and must take the written
examination in the subject/s where he obtained a grade lower than sixty
percent (60%) within a period of two (2) years from the last examination
taken. The examinee shall be deemed to have failed in the examination
should he fail to take the examination in the subject/s where he
obtained a grade lower than 60% within a period of two (2) years from
the last examination taken; Provided, that if such examinee fails to
obtain a grade of at least sixty percent (60%) in the subject/s
re-examined, he shall be considered to have failed in both examinations
which shall however be deemed as one failure for purposes of the
immediately succeeding section; and

(b)            An examinee in the practical assessment who
obtained a grade lower than seventy percent (70%) in the practical
assessment, shall be considered to have failed and shall take the
subsequent practical assessment.

“Section 25.        Re-Examination — An examinee who failed to
pass the written examination or practical assessment for the third time,
shall be allowed to take another examination only after the lapse of
one year from the last written examination/practical assessment taken.”

SECTION 3.        This amendment shall take effect after
fifteen (15) days from its publication in the official gazette or any
newspaper of general circulation whichever is earlier.

Adopted: 24 July 2000

(SGD.) CHRISTOPHER P. MAAMBONG Acting Chairman
(SGD.) HONORIO D. CALICA Member	(SGD.) BONIFACIO N. BALINTEC Member
(SGD.) ISAGANI I. VALMONTE, JR. Member
Attested:
(SGD.) ARISTOGERSON T. GESMUNDO Executive Director
Approved:
(SGD.) HERMOGENES P. POBRE Commission Chairman
(SGD.) ALFONSO G. ABAD Associate Commissioner	(SGD.) AVELINA DE LA REA TAN  Associate Commissioner