Ces Test For Seafarers
Janise Knollman
Following the successful Nautilus campaign to gain hotel quarantine exemptions for seafarers, some further changes have been made to the legal requirements when entering the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) collects and retains personal information provided on the medical examination of seafarers report form (ENG 2) the seafarer medical examination notice of failure/restriction (ENG 3), the certificate of medical fitness (ENG 1), and any seafarer medical report forms (ML5), which are referred to MCA for assessment.
This guide tells you which of the two medical certificates you need, how to get it, and where to find a doctor to carry out a medical fitness examination. It also tells you what to do if you fail, and want to get your result reviewed.
STCW requires a doctor to check the identification document (ID) at the time of the medical examination but does not require the document number to be entered on the ENG 1. From the end of May 2018, MCA approved doctors will not enter ID details on the ENG 1 medical certificate.
*The Bermuda Maritime Authority seafarer medical certificate is only acceptable if issued by a doctor appointed for Carnival UK or Princess Cruises. Medical certificates issued by these doctors are valid until expiry/unless otherwise invalidated even if the seafarer leaves the company.
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Transport workers like seafarers, truck-, bus-, train- and taxi drivers and fishers have a known great inequity in health at work including high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Their routine mandatory medical examinations use urine glucose for diabetes check with more than 50% false negatives, which should be replaced by high sensitive tests for diabetes-2, like A1C, Fasting Glucose (FPG) or Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT).
The electronic, multiple-choice examinations differ for each capacity and adhere to the competency being tested. All applications for a Certificate of Competency or a Special Qualification Certificate must be submitted in accordance with the provisions of the publication CDP-300 Merchant Marine Personnel Certification Requirements, and will be reviewed for a fee to determine eligibility for licensing by examination.
Once the applicant has been deemed eligible and the examination fees have been paid, the Administration will issue an enrollment key and a list of our approved regional examination centers to choose from and conveniently schedule a date and time for testing.
Once the exam has been successfully completed, licensing payment can be made, and the Administration will issue a Commonwealth of Dominica Certificate of Competency and a Seafarer ID book both valid for a term of five (5) years.
This material is distributed by the Commonwealth of Dominica Maritime Registry on behalf of the Commonwealth of Dominica. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
The CES-test (or Crew Evaluation System) is an online maritime knowledge assessment tool used to determine the skills, competence and performance of seafarers on board ship. The CES-test is the second most popular test after the Maritime English proficiency test (Marlins test).
CES was first launched by Norwegian experts in 1995. In 2010, CES was improved and brought online by creating a special electronic program. Until 2021, the test was taken selectively by seafarers going on voyages on international vessels.
In November 2021, Ukraine officially adopted the CES test as the main test (previously there was a choice of taking the ACT or CES). Passing the exam is mandatory for every seafarer when obtaining work documents.
The CES platform includes various criteria and parameters against which mariners are assessed. It includes assessment of navigational skills, ship maneuvering, knowledge of safety procedures, compliance with rules and regulations, team spirit, cooperation and other aspects related to their professional work on the ship.
A 70% correct response rate is considered a positive result. But each shipping company has the right to set its own percentage of passing the test. And even define the areas of the test in which wrong answers are not accepted. So, having scored the required number of points, but giving wrong answers to certain questions, another candidate will be hired. The results of the assessment can be used to make decisions about promotion, training, skill development, or to identify areas for improvement.
CES evaluates seafarers on a variety of criteria related to their performance and professional skills, including navigational skills, vessel maneuvering, knowledge of policies and procedures, safety, team cooperation, and other factors affecting crew performance.
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The goal of the IMEQ TEST is not psychiatric diagnosis, but instead a determination of whether candidates have mental or emotional conditions that would probably and substantially impair their performance of essential job- related functions with or without reasonable accommodation. In light of the stressful psychosocial factors on board that may or could impede specific job performance , it is essential that necessary precautions be taken to ensure the safety of the crew and the vessel .
Recommendations under the current guidelines of IMO and ILO regarding medical examinations and certification does include a brief assessment of mental health issues and problems, that a) may become apparent from exploration of the person's past medical history b) be suspected because of the responses to questions elicited during the assessment or c) may have been passed on to the examining doctor by a third party prior to the assessment. The purpose of the assessment is not to conduct a formal psychiatric diagnostic interview but to explore all the available information and the intuitive perceptions of the clinician to decide whether there is significant impairment, what its consequences are likely to be and to determine the need for a more specialized report before deciding on fitness.
However there are two major issues at stake; a) Questioning about mental ill-health can be traumatic for the person being assessed and it is applicants may be dishonest about disclosing information since it may jeopardize their chances of being hired and b) appointed general practitioner performing the medical examination may lack appropriate psychiatric training to discern possible mental health issue that could affect safety of the crew onboard, the vessel and the applicant whose exposure to stressful conditions may exacerbate an existing mental health issue.
In light of the above, IMEQ developed set of validated standardized and non standardized procedures specific enough to assess current mental state and mood, relative to safety onboard in light of the intrinsic psychosocial risks involved on the job. Comprehensive Psychological Evaluations have been applied in a number of high risk or stressful occupations such as in the police force , aviation or high security occupations but not in seafaring, despite research findings of higher rates of suicide , depression and anxiety reported, no specific guidelines regarding psychometric testing has been established or regulated as of to date.
It is our social responsibility that fitness for duty should be applied to all seafarers boarding the vessel to ensure personal, crew and vessel safety . In addition IMEQ has established an immediate crisis response center and a counseling center that offers immediate and short term individual counseling for seafarers. Our clinicians and associates are trained and certified in our model and specialized to address the needs of this population.
This examination takes place after a conditional job offer and consists of tests such as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), which may lead to confirmation that the candidate has a diagnosable mental or emotional disorder as specified by the DSM-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2000).
At IMEQ the use of standardized tests to determine qualities essential to job function and job analysis/profiling to identify traits relevant to particular positions on board ensures safety and success on board.
In line with the applicable ethical guidelines (APA [2002], a psychological report should contain information regarding the benefits and limitations of the psychological screening procedures to help the hiring authority make informed and realistic selection decisions. The report should contain only essential information dealing with the referral question, namely whether the candidate has mental or emotional conditions that would probably and substantially impair him or her from performing essential job-related functions with or without reasonable accommodations.
Psychologists conducting IMEQ TEST must be exceptionally well versed about and sensitive to the ethical issues, challenges, and dilemmas inherent in this form of professional work. They must attend to (1) who is the client and (2) what are the relationships among all individuals involved. In addressing these questions, psychologists must keep in mind that there are several stakeholders who have an interest in the assessment of psychological suitability: the hiring authority, in this case the maritime company, the candidate, the psychologist, the psychology profession, and the community. Each of these stakeholders shares some interest, directly or indirectly, in the selection of a psychologically suitable seafarer candidate.
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