M500-4.1.11

The ISM Code - purpose and application

M500-4 · Legislative Requirements · M500-4.1 Legislative Requirements

Covers the purpose, legal basis, and two-certificate structure of the ISM Code, together with the roles of the DPA and the Master's overriding authority, at the standard required for a command-level oral examination.

Independent preparatory study aligned to the MCA Master (Yachts less than 500 GT) oral examination syllabus. Not an MCA-approved course and confers no credit toward a Certificate of Competency.