• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.57-59
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• 2015

심해에서의 유전개발이 활성화되면서 이러한 개발에 필수적인 장비인 동적위치제어시스템 (Dynamic Positioning System, DPS)을 설치한 선박 또는 해양구조물의 수요도 폭발적으로 증가하고 있으며, 이에 따라 DPS 운영에 필수적인 DPO (Dynamic Positioning Operator) 자격증을 취득하고자 하는 지원자도 매년 급속하게 증가하고 있다. 그러나 DPO 교육훈련과정은 강제요건이 아니며, 따라서 엄정한 자격증명 및 검증이 어려운 실정이다. 특히 매년 2000건 이상의 신규면허를 심사하고 발급하는 것은 물론 기존 면허자에 대한 재검증 절차도 수행하여야 하는 현재의 상황으로 볼 때 효율적인 DPO 양성을 기대하기는 어려운 실정이다. 이 연구에서는 보다 이러한 문제점을 개선하여 보다 더 효율적이면서도 엄정한 DPO 양성을 위한 제도개선을 제안한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.23 no.7
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• pp.834-846
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• 2017

An increase in the number of retiring experienced pilots as well as drastic graying of new pilots will raise the problems on deepening imbalance of supply and demand of pilots over the next 7 years, which could entail fatal problems for the safety of harbour pilotage. In this study, the improvement plan of legal system to ease imbalance between supply and demand of pilots and help secure more experienced pilots has been proposed. A current state survey and analysis, statistical analysis, questionnaire survey on foreign countries, in-depth consultation with experts, etc., were all carried out to support this research. The conclusions of this study are, firstly, to propose an amendment that the minimum requirement of 5 years of seagoing service as a master to sit for the pilot exam should be relaxed to 2 years(which must include at least 1 year of master's seagoing service within the most recent 5 years) but the minimum requirement of 1 year of pilotage service should be reinforced to 1 year and 6 months to obtain a higher class of pilot certificate. Secondly, it is proposed that an amendment offering an additional 1 point per year over the minimum period of 2 years of seagoing service as a master should be added, with a maximum of 10 points in order to rationalize the additional incentive point system. In order to secure experienced pilots and resolve the legal conflict between the certificate revalidation system and the retirement system, it is also proposed that an amendment be passed revoking the retirement system and limiting the validity of any new certificates only to 68 years of age when issuing or revalidating a certificate, if an applicant is over a certain age. Promotional work, such as collecting opinions from interested parties and generating positive public awareness, should be carried out in the future. It will also be necessary to conduct a study on the training pilot exam system.