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November 2012www.marinelink.com 81all reasons being given. But we fail to take one aspect into consideration: What they learn on-board including tackling real life situations and problems, changesof situation that take place can help the cadet to improvise and innovate and con- tinue in that direction.? STCW is revised once in 15 years but technological advances in construction of ships are much faster which reflect on board operations.Also, there are reg- ulatory advances taking place. Hence, the need for regular refresher courses has be- come the norm. Another idea is to have smaller modules of required inputs madeavailable to seafarers so that they can take them as and when the opportunity arises.Training therefore is becoming a contin- uous process which is not limited to thebasic requirements of STCW. Dr. Brijendra K Saxena, Principal, Tolani Maritime Institute concurs, that STCW does not necessarily address allrequirements regarding training of sea- farers concerning both for pre-sea and post-sea. ?STCW provides a very generic requirement especially for pre-sea level. It is therefore necessary that a detailedsyllabus is created covering all the com- petencies. There remains an area where the level of standards could be different between different institutes and also be- tween different countries. As far as post- sea is concerned the scope of require-ments is clearer and more specific. However, here also the depth of under- standing by the training institutes couldbe different at different places.? HANDS ONMarflex Electrically Driven Deep Well Pumps and the operatingpanel used for the Marflex course. Marflex is a designer of electric- driven deepwell pumps for tankersand offshore platform. The course familiarizes participants giving a hands-on-experience of the con-struc tion operation and mainte- nance of Marflex deepwell pumps and Variable Frequency Drives. MR#11 (74-81):MR Template 11/7/2012 4:39 PM Page 81