General performance standards for simulators used in assessment of competence
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General performance standards for simulators used in assessment of competence

  2 Each Party shall ensure that any simulator used for the assessment of competence required under the Convention or for any demonstration of continued proficiency so required shall:

  • .1 be capable of satisfying the specified assessment objectives;

  • .2 be capable of simulating the operational capabilities of the shipboard equipment concerned to a level of physical realism appropriate to the assessment objectives, and include the capabilities, limitations and possible errors of such equipment;

  • .3 have sufficient behavioural realism to allow a candidate to exhibit the skills appropriate to the assessment objectives;

  • .4 provide an interface through which a candidate can interact with the equipment and simulated environment;

  • .5 provide a controlled operating environment, capable of producing a variety of conditions, which may include emergency, hazardous or unusual situations relevant to assessment objectives; and

  • .6 permit an assessor to control, monitor and record exercises for the effective assessment of the performance of candidates.

Parent topic: Part 1 - Performance Standards
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