On January 31, 2024, the State Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) issued a notice on soliciting opinions on the Administrative Measures for Declarants of Dangerous Goods on Ships and On-site Inspectors of Container Packing (Revised Draft for Comments) (hereinafter referred to as the "New Measures") to solicit opinions on the revision of the New Measures from the public.
Figure 1 The release interface of the New Measures
In this issue, we will briefly sort out the main changes in the New Measures, so as to facilitate the two practitioners to keep abreast of the direction of changes in future regulatory requirements.
1. Registration for the qualification examination
1. "Two-member" qualification examinationIt's no longer freeArticle 8 of the "New Measures" makes it clear that those who meet the conditions for registration for the examination must complete the payment before they can take the examination. The specific charging standard will be announced by the MSA in the future.
2. There are unified requirements for the registration of the "two members" qualification examinationMy recent two-inch small white background bareheaded ID photo.
3. Absent from the exam without reason:Ineligibility for the current year and next year's exams will be cancelled
4. Cheating in the examination and other violations of the discipline of the examination room: according to the maritime safety bureau that organizes the examination"Regulations on the Handling of Violations of Discipline and Violations in Professional and Technical Personnel Qualification Examinations" (Order No. 31 of the Ministry of Personnel).and report to the Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of Transport.
2. Application for qualification certificate
CancellationFirst-time applicationProof of 3 months internship
The abolition of this requirement is great news for the new trainees who are working in two positions.
2. Clarify the container packing inspector: submitComprehensive medical institutions above the second levelIssued withNormal color resolutionMedical certificate of .
3. Improve the requirements for the management of qualification certificates, and the "New Measures" for qualification certificatesTake it backwithLog outThe management requirements are clear. As shown in Figure 2, if any of the circumstances are met, the issuing maritime institution shall withdraw the corresponding qualification certificate.
Figure 2 Circumstances in which qualifications need to be withdrawn
As shown in Figure 3, if one of the following two conditions is met, the qualification certificate needs to be cancelled.
Figure 3 Circumstances in which a certificate of qualification needs to be cancelled
3. Submission of employment information
1. Added to the information submitted by the practitioner"Proof of signing a labor or employment relationship with an employer".
This requirement is mainly to put an end to the phenomenon of "affiliation" of some two-member employees, so as to detach themselves from the management of the employment unit, and guide the occurrence of various hidden dangers in work.
2. Clarify the requirements for changing the information of the two employees in the employment unit.
Figure 4 The change information of two members needs to be submitted
Fourth, the management of professional scores
1. For a scoring period, the accumulated points are in:10 15 pointsThe following provisions are added between practitioners (Article 26):
If the declarant or inspector achieves or exceeds 10 points in one scoring cycle, and scores again but the cumulative score does not exceed 15 points, the online procedures for declaration, report or issuance of the "Packing Certificate" shall not be suspended. Where the cumulative demerit points reach 15 points after another demerit is scored, it is to be handled in accordance with article 27.
2. For a scoring period, the accumulated points are in:15 20 pointsThe following provisions are added between practitioners (Article 27):
If the declarant or inspector achieves or exceeds 15 points in one scoring cycle, but the cumulative demerit points do not exceed 20 points, the online procedures for declaration, report or issuance of the "Packing Certificate" shall not be suspended. Where the cumulative demerit points reach 20 points after another demerit is scored, it is to be handled in accordance with article 28.
3. For a scoring period, the score is reached20 pointsAmong the practitioners, the management requirements are subdivided:
Figure 5 The management requirement of 20 points is reached
5. Management of employment units
In order to urge the employing units to strengthen the employment management of the two employees hired, Article 32 of the "New Measures" clearly requires the employing units to perform the following two management duties:
Figure 6 Management responsibilities to be performed by the two practitioners
In addition, among the two employees employed by the employerThere are 1 peopleRecorded in one scoring cycleReach 20 points, then the unit'sThe other two will face corresponding penalties, unless the practitioner has performed the management responsibilities shown in Figure 6.
Figure 7 Penalties faced by one person in two employers who remember reaching 20 points
6. Supervision and inspection
Chapter VII "Supervision and Inspection" has been added to the New Measures, which clarifies how the maritime safety administration conducts supervision and spot checks on the work of the two personnel in their daily work.
7. Summary
Through a simple combing of the "New Measures", it is believed that a major change in the "New Measures" is to strengthen the professional management of the two individuals and their units, on the one hand, through the design of the management system, to eliminate all kinds of "affiliation" phenomenon, on the other hand, to make full use of the baton of score management, and strengthen the awareness of self-management from the unit. It is hoped that relevant practitioners and their units will pay close attention to the implementation of the "New Measures".