NATIONAL FISHERIES AUTHORITY

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NATIONAL FISHERIES AUTHORITY
BASIC OBSERVER TRAINING
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• BRIEF SUMMARY FOR 2009 BASIC OBSERVER TRAINING
  PROGRAM
• NUMBER OF TRAININGS SCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR
• TRAINING SCHEDULE
• METHODS AND APPROACH TOWARDS TRAINING
• PROBLEM AREAS OF TRAINING THAT CAN BE IMPROVED

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• The number of trainings scheduled for the year is
  3 and hope to achieve about 50 new observers to
  join the current pool of NFA observers
• So far, we have completed 2 trainings with 33 new
  observers coming through the ranks from 34
  participants

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TRAINING SCHEDULE

• This year the training duration was extended from
  5 weeks to 8 weeks
• The first 4 weeks is the college component
  covering seamanship, navigation, general shipping
  etc and the second component of another 4 weeks
  is merely the observer stuff.

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THE COLLEGE COMPONENT

• FIRE FIGHTING
• GENERAL SHIPS KNOWLEDGE
• RADIO COMMUNICATION
• FIRST AID
• POST HARVEST OPERATIONS
• BASIC COMPUTING

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METHODS AND APPROACH

• USE OF ASSOCIATE TRAINERS FOR VARIOUS STAGES OF
  THE TRAINING,
• ESPECIALLY FOR THE OBSERVER COMPONENT
• DEVELOP PRACTICAL EXERCISES TO SUPPORT
  PRESENTATION, eg setting and hauling practicals
  for LL and PS 2 practical exercise

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AREAS THAT CAN BE IMPROVED

• Developing video footage to support each specific
  fishery covering the operational aspects of the
  fishery
• This is because a lot of data collected are
  based on the actual fishing operations
• Training kits in terms of equipment must be
  sourced for the Observer Training
• Color printers, laptop, multi media projector

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• (TRAINING) WAY FORWARD
• COORDINATION OF TRAINING
• DESK
• CONSOLIDATE THE DECENTRALIZATION
• OF TRAINING FUNCTIONS
• CONSOLIDATING THE BOT
• (COMPONENT) CURICULUM WITH
• PRACTICAL ASPECTS.
• COMPETENCY COMPONENT TO
• DEVOTAIL INTO PERFORMANCE
• MONITORING CAPACITY
• ENHANCEMENT

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DECENTRALIZATION OF FUNCTIONS

• THE TRAINING COMPONENT OF THE NFA OBSERVER
  PROGRAM HAS BEEN RELINQUISHED FROM THE PROGRAM
  OPERATIONS TO COME UNDER THE FUNCTIONAL
  RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NATIONAL FISHERIES COLLEGE.
• THIS MEANS THAT THE OBSERVER TRAINING IS NOW
  ONE OF THOSE TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT THE COLLEGE
  DELIVERS

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COORDINATION OF TRAINING

• THIS TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILTY AS LED TO THE
  ESTABLISHMENT OF 2 PERMANENT OBSERVER TRAINING
  POSITIONS AT THE NATIONAL FISHERIES COLLEGE. THIS
  IS THE TRAINING COORDINATOR AND THE OBSERVER
  TUTOR
• TRAINING COORDINATOR MANOI KUTAN
• OBSERVER TUTOR GLEN ENGLISH
• MOULDING UP ASSOCIATE TRAINERS

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BOT COMPONENT

• 8 WEEKS TRAINING
• 4 WEEKS PART 1- COLLEGE COMPONENT
• 4 WEEKS PART 2- OBSERVER COMPONENT
• 3 ASSOCIATE TRAINERS
• DOUGLAS WAHUN
• VITOLOS TOMIDI
• GREG SERA

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COMPETENCY COMPONENT

• COLLEGE COMPONENT
• FIREFIGHTING and PREVENTIONS
• GENERAL SHIPS KNOWLEDGE
• FIRST AID (ST JOHNS)
• RADIO COMMUNICATIONS (PANGTEL)
• POST HARVEST OPERATIONS
• BASIC COMPUTING
• GEAR TYPE FISHING METHODS AND OPERATIONS
• OBSERVER COMPONENT
• SPECIES IDENTIFICATION
• LONG LINE DATA COLLECTION
• PURSE SEINE DATA COLLECTION