K to 12 BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM

SPECIAL PROGRAM IN TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

FISH CAPTURE

Program Standard The learner demonstrates mastery of the skills and competencies in chosen specialization through the acquisition
of skills, theories and principles based on industry standards with product or service innovation for
entrepreneurial ventures.

Key Stage Standard

The learner independently demonstrates mastery of skills and competencies in Fish Capture.

Grade Level Standards

Grade 8 The learner demonstrates mastery of the knowledge, skills in applying safety measures in operations, using tools
and equipment in fish capture, performing estimation and basic calculation, applying food safety and sanitation,
preventing and fighting fire, performing first aid treatment on board, protecting marine environment and complying
with emergency procedures.

Grade 9 The learner demonstrates mastery of the knowledge, skills in applying deckhand skills aboard a fishing vessel,
loading and unloading goods/cargo, assembling and repairing damaged netting, operating a vessel of up to 3.0
GT, monitoring condition and seaworthiness of a vessel up to 3.0 GT, performing routine maintenance tasks on a
small coastal vessel and operating and troubleshooting low powered marine engines.

Grade 10 The learner demonstrates mastery of the knowledge, skills in applying weather information when navigating a
vessel, contributing to safe navigation, applying basic food handling and safety practices, adjusting and positioning
beach seines, mesh nets, or gill nets, maintaining, preparing, deploying and retrieving mesh nets or gill nets to land
catch, adjusting and positioning hand operated lines, maintaining, preparing, deploying, and retrieving hand
operated lines to land catch, adjusting and positioning pots and traps , and maintaining, preparing, deploying and
retrieving pots and traps.

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FISH CAPTURE

GRADE 8 TOPIC CLUSTER

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of applying safety measures in fishing operations

Performance Standard The learners independently to apply safety measures in fishing operations

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Areas of concern for safety measures 1. determine areas of concern for safety
- Place Measures in fish capture
- Time
- Work tasks
● Occupational Health and Safety(OHS)
● Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
● Safety measures in using fishing tools, materials and
equipment

● Emergency procedures in fishing operation 2. apply appropriate safety measures while

● Ways of identifying hazards in the workplace fishing
● Guidelines in reporting hazards
● PPE
● Proper utilization of tools and materials

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding in using and maintaining tools and equipment in fish capture
operation

Performance Standard The learners independently uses and maintain tools and equipment in fish capture operation

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The learner…

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FISH CAPTURE

● Fishing equipment 1. use appropriate tools for fish capture

- Motorized equipment operation
- Electrical equipment
● Fishing tools
- Power tools
- Handheld tools
● Safety practices during operations of fishing equipment

● Manual of fishing equipment and specifications 2. operate equipment in fish capture

● Parts and functions of fishing gear/tools and equipment
● Pre-operation and checkup
● Safety practices in using fishing tools and equipment
● Calibration and use of fishing equipment

● Preventive maintenance 3. perform preventive maintenance of fishing

● Types of fishing gear/tools and equipment equipment
● Safety measures and practices
● Upkeep of equipment
● Proper storage practices

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various techniques in performing estimation and calculation in
fishing gear

Performance Standard The learners independently to perform estimation and calculation in fishing gear

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Basic mathematical operations 1. perform estimation in fishing gear

● Work estimation procedures
● Problem solving procedures

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● Systems of measurement 2. calculate basic measurement in fishing

● Units of measurement gear
● Conversion of units
● Fractions and decimals
● Percentages and ratios
● Basic accounting principles and procedures

Content Standard The learners demonstrate various techniques in applying safety in fish capture operation

Performance Standard The learners independently to apply safety in fish capture operation

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● PPE used on board 1. use PPE in capturing fish

● Guidelines on the use of PPE
- Proper use
- Sanitation
- Maintenance
- Storage

● Personal hygiene and good grooming 2. observe personal hygiene and good
- Definition grooming in handling fish
- Importance
- Guidelines

● Principles on food handling 3. implement food sanitation practices

- Preparation handling fish
- Storage
● Food sanitation practices

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● 5S for effective housekeeping 4. implement housekeeping activities after

● Waste disposal fishing
● Hazards in the workplace

Content Standard The learners understand the various techniques in preventing fire and firefighting in fishing boat

Performance Standard The learners independently understand the fire prevention and fire fighting

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Types of fire detection, firefighting, lifesaving, and safety 1. determine the procedure on fire
equipment and systems used on board vessels and the prevention and fire fighting
procedures for their use
● Faults that can occur with shipboard fire detection, firefighting,
life- saving and safety equipment, and appropriate remedial
action and solutions
● Methods of extinguishing fire
● Procedures on checking and replacing consumable materials in
typical ship board fire detection, firefighting, and safety
equipment and system
● Procedures on identifying and evaluating operational and
maintenance problems with fire detection, firefighting, life-saving
and safety equipment and systems, and determining appropriate
courses of action
● Procedures on identifying and implementing improvements to
maintenance toward fire detection and firefighting

● Classes of fire 2. identify portable firefighting equipment

● Fire detection and firefighting equipment and system

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- Portable fire extinguisher including foam, water, CO2, dry

chemical and wet foam
- Fire blankets
- CO2 fixed system
- Foam installation
- Sprinkler system
- Fire pumps
● Methods of extinguishing fire
● Techniques in recharging portable fire extinguisher
● Procedures on identifying and implementing improvements to
maintenance for fire-detection and fire-fighting.

● Procedures for donning and starting SCBA (Self-Contained 3. understand interior search and rescue and
Breathing Apparatus)/CABA (Compressed Air Breathing firefighting operations
Apparatus)
● Search and rescue operations in a smoke filled environment
● Techniques in extinguishing interior fire
● Lifeline signals
● Procedures on on-board housekeeping
● Procedures on identifying and evaluating operational and
maintenance problems with fire-detection, firefighting,
lifesaving and safety equipment and systems and determining
appropriate courses of action

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and techniques in performing First Aid
treatment in fish capture

Performance Standard The learners independently perform First Aid treatment in fish capture

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CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● First Aid 1. perform immediate life-saving First Aid

- Definition pending medical assistance in fish capture
- Importance
● DRABC Action Plan
● The Expired Air Resuscitation (EAR)
● External Cardiac Compression (ECC)
● Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

● Signs and symptoms of: 2. take appropriate action during acute

- Respiratory failure illness and/or injury
- Poisoning
- Bites or sting
● Possible causes of:
- Respiratory failure
- Poisoning
- Bites or sting
● Signs and symptoms of:
- Respiratory failure
- Heart attack
- poisoning
- bites or sting
● Managing casualty suffering from:
- Respiratory failure
- Heart attack
- Poisoning
- Bites or sting

● Wounds and Bleeding 3. manage wounds and bleeding

- Possible causes

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- First Aid
● Signs and symptoms of severe internal bleeding
● Managing casualty with severe internal bleeding

● Burns 4. manage burns in fishing operation

- Classification
- First Aid
- Treatment

● Bones, joint, and muscle injuries 5. manage bone, joint, and muscle injuries
- Causes during fishing
- Signs and symptoms
- First Aid
- Treatment

● First Aid in remote situations 6. adapt First Aid procedures for remote
- Resources and equipment situations
- Management
● Hyperthermia and hypothermia
● Prevention
- Signs and symptoms
- First Aid

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various techniques in protecting marine environment

Performance Standard The learners independently protect marine environment

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

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FISH CAPTURE

● Guidelines for the implementation of garbage disposal on board 1. apply garbage disposal procedures
● Measures to prevent operational pollution by garbage
● Knowledge on sections of relevant regulation on garbage
segregation and disposal
● Safety, environmental, and hazard control precautions and
procedures relevant to MARPOL regulations
● Storage of non-biodegradable materials on board
● Relevant ISM regulations

● Safety, environmental, and hazard control precautions and 2. perform garbage segregation
procedures relevant to MARPOL regulations
● Storage of non-biodegradable materials onboard
● Relevant ISM regulations
● Procedures for checking garbage coding on garbage segregation
● Procedures for the disposal of food waste based on relevant
MARPOL regulation
● Procedures on shipgenerated waste on non-biodegradable
materials

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various techniques in complying with emergency procedures in
fishing operation

Performance Standard The learners independently comply with emergency procedures

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The learner…

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FISH CAPTURE

● Identification and recognition of emergencies 1. take action whenever there is an

● Established vessel’s emergency response procedures emergency
● Maritime communication techniques used during navigational
emergencies
● Emergency plan on board a vessel

● Relevant maritime regulations in responding emergency on 2. follow established emergency procedures

board
● Navigational emergencies for vessels and appropriate actions and
solutions
● Indications of various types of emergency situations and the
action to be followed when various types of actual or potential
emergency situations are identified
● Emergency alarm signals and systems in use on vessels and
procedures to be followed when an emergency alarm is raised
● Escape routes and internal and external communications
systems and alarms on board a vessel
● General principles of damage and control and the manner in
which watertight integrity of hull is maintained on a vessel,
including the importance of preparation, control, and repair
● Ways of controlling damage during a flooding emergency,
including the use of various shipboard items that can be used
for damage control purposes such as mattresses, canvas, and
clothing
● Maritime communication techniques used during navigational
emergencies
● Implementing emergency during a real and simulated emergency
situations

GRADE 9 TOPIC CLUSTER

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FISH CAPTURE

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various skills, knowledge and attitudes required to carry out basic
deckhand duties aboard a fishing vessel including rope work, assisting in anchoring, mooring, operating winches
and windlasses and preparing a fishing vessel for sea.

Performance Standard The learners independently carry out basic deckhand duties aboard a fishing vessel including rope work, assisting
in anchoring, mooring, operating winches and windlasses and preparing a fishing vessel for sea.

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Procedures on rope work 1. maintain the use of ropes in deck hand

● Handling ropes and wires skills
● Maintaining different rope types

● Splicing rope 2. perform basic knots, bends, hitches,

● Tying knots, bends and hitches splices and common whipping in deck hand
● Whipping rope skills
● Application of common knots, bends and hitches

● Using powered winch, capstan and windlass 3. operate winches, capstans and windlasses
● Procedures on winch, capstan and windlass operations
● Codes of safe work practice

● Procedures on anchor operations 4. secure the vessel at anchor

● Routine and emergency operations of anchors
● Factors affecting anchoring operations
● Anchor cable markings
● Types of anchor
● Operating anchor

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● Operations based on established rules and regulations relating 5. secure the adjustment of the vessel’s
to mooring position during mooring operations
● Mooring systems
● Types of mooring operations
● Configurations of mooring lines
● Using and identifying synthetic rope and wire mooring lines
● Contingency actions in moorings malfunction or problems

● Procedures on monitoring operations 6. monitor the situation of the vessel when

● Watch-keeping instructions moored or anchored
● Safety and integrity of vessel, equipment, materials, crew
● Anchoring and mooring winches

● Construction of vessel 7. secure the vessel at sea

● Watertight integrity
● Signals, flags, lights and shapes display
● Securing vessel for/at sea
● Securing equipment and objects

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and theories required to load and unload goods
and cargo, including loading and unloading goods, securing and protecting the load and completing all required
documentation

Performance Standard The learners independently carry out the skills, knowledge and attitudes required to load and unload goods and
cargo, including loading and unloading goods, securing and protecting the load and completing all required
documentation

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FISH CAPTURE

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Procedures and policies for loading and unloading cargo 1. follow proper procedures for loading
● Identifying and using equipment in load and unload cargo and unloading goods/cargo
● Load size and shape estimation
● Manual handling techniques
● Operating manually-operated load shifting equipment
● Industrial arrangements

● Site layout and obstacles 2. protect load following emergency

● Hygiene and sanitation requirements procedures and safety requirements
● Loading and unloading goods/cargo risks
● Emergency procedures
● Methods of securing a load
● Modifying activities in risk situations
● Identifying containers and goods coding, marking and
emergency information panels
● Workplace safety requirements

● Relevant regulations and legislations on loading 3. complete documentation for loading

● Workplace requirements and unloading goods and cargo
● Planning and organizing work
● Working with others

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and theories required to repair the various
types of damage that occurs to the netting material used for fish or prawn trawls, purse seines, beach seines or
gill nets.

Performance Standard The learners independently repair various types of damage that occurs to the netting material used for fish or
prawn trawls, purse seines, beach seines or gill nets.
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CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Netting terms 1. prepare netting material for repair

● Types of nets
● Types of netting material and tools
● Measuring twine, material type, mesh size
● Types of repair operation
● Types and preparation of knots, mesh, points
● Types of net material strengthening
● Shaping mesh, points and bars
● Interpreting gear plan

● Mending rips and holes 2. mend holes and rips using twine
● Cutting tapers
● Strengthening netting material
● Tying of twines using different knots
● Identifying type of netting

● Designing netting panels 3. mend large scale damage using netting

● Repairing large scale damage material
● Joining panels of netting
● Lacing techniques

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and theories in preparing a small vessel in
fishing

Performance Standard The learners independently prepare a small vessel in fishing

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

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The learner…

● Procedures in preparing a small vessel 1. prepare the small vessel for use in fishing
● Factors affecting vessel safety
● Vessel work plan and operation
● Vessel safety equipment and spares
● Pre-operational checks in operating a small vessel
● Safety practices in preparing a small vessel

● Factors affecting sea navigation and vessel operation 2. operate a small vessel in fishing
- Sea condition
- Wave height
- Current direction
- Low light condition
- Navigational hazards
● Rules and regulations in operating a small vessel
● Operating a small vessel
● Securing and stowing loads
● Vessel safety limits/ restricted area
● Maneuvering a small vessel
● Propulsion techniques

● Securing a vessel 3. maintain a small vessel in fishing

● Maintaining a vessel
● Storing a vessel after use
● Safety practices in securing a small vessel
● Storing materials and equipment
● Procedures in repairing equipment
● Safety rules and regulations in storing equipment

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Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and theories in monitoring condition and sea
worthiness of a vessel of up to 3.0 GT

Performance Standard The learners independently monitor condition and seaworthiness of a vessel of up to 3.0 GT.

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Procedures on monitoring the condition and seaworthiness of 1. monitor the vessel’s seaworthiness
the vessel
● Safety precautions in monitoring vessel condition
● Integrity of a vessel’s hull

● Structural design of fishing vessel 2. rectify identified problems with the

● Guidelines on vessel inspection condition of the vessel
● Vessel repairs and maintenance
● Repair and corrosion control
● Procedures on manufacturer’s instruction on vessel problems
● Vessel condition and watertight integrity

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and theories in performing routine
maintenance tasks on a small coastal vessel

Performance Standard The learners independently to perform routine maintenance tasks on a small coastal vessel

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Basic deck maintenance 1. perform basic deck maintenance

● Procedures on minor faults in vessel’s deck surfaces
● Nature and causes of corrosion

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● Maintenance of corrosion and deterioration of vessel’s deck

surfaces
● OHS and pollution control requirements
● Maintenance tools and equipment

● Types of chemicals, cleaning agents, and equipment in cleaning 2. carry out cleaning activities and storage in
vessel parts fishing boat
● Cleaning activities and procedures
● Storage principles of chemicals, cleaning agents, and
equipment
● Safety, environmental, and hazard control precautions in
maintenance operations

● Types of marine paints, and painting tools and equipment 3. apply appropriate paint systems for areas
● Procedures in preparation, application, and storage of marine aboard a vessel
paints and painting equipment
● Problems in marine paint application
● Principles of storing marine paint and painting equipment

● Basic maintenance tools, equipment and materials 4. Perform Basic Maintenance and safety on
● Storage and sanitation of maintenance equipment Deck Fittings, Equipment and Systems
● Deck machinery and systems
● Procedures in debris disposal and waste
● Procedures in monitoring and reporting defective deck fittings,
equipment and system
● Use of PPE
● OHS requirements
● Safety management system procedures
● Industry standards and guidelines on safety and hazard control

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Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and theories in operating and troubleshooting
low- powered marine engines

Performance Standard The learners independently operate and troubleshoot low- powered marine engines

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Operating different speed type of diesel engine 1. Initiate start-up and shutdown of low-
● Safety rules and regulations on operations of low powered diesel powered marine engine of the fishing boat
engines
● Preparation of engine and systems
● Safe and efficient operation requirements
● Types of engine
- Diesel
- Gasoline
● Engine parameters and instrument readings

● Aspects of engine and system condition 2. Maintain output of low- powered marine
● Engine operations in various modes engines of fishing boat
● Monitoring engine condition
● Engine schedules, and operating parameters and instructions

● Identifying engine deviations 4. troubleshoot some irregularities in marine

● Code of safe working practices engine faults and perform minor repair
● Principles on marine diesel engine malfunction and corrective
action
● Identifying electrical and propulsion faults
● Troubleshoot engine faults
● Minor repairs of engine faults
● Guidelines related to troubleshooting engine faults

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FISH CAPTURE

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and theories in applying weather information
when navigating vessel

Performance Standard The learners independently use weather information when navigating a vessel

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Ocean and weather conditions 1. obtain weather and oceanographic

● Basic measurements of meteorological parameters information before fishing
● Weather information and voyage planning documentation
● Navigational hazards
● Navigational aids and paraphernalia
● Use of navigational chart for safe navigation

● Weather and ocean condition hazards 2. apply weather and oceanographic data to
● Procedures on navigational practice and operations safe navigation during fishing
● Principles and procedures of weather forecasting
● Types of clouds and descriptions
● Calculating tides
● Problems of weather forecast
● Procedures in securing vessel in sea hazards
● Sources of weather reports
● Methods of interpreting weather reports
● Forecast to coastal passage plan

● Maritime communication techniques 3. maintain records of weather and

● Reading and interpreting weather information oceanographic information and forecast
● Company procedures and regulatory requirements related to
weather information and forecasts record

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GRADE 10 TOPIC CLUSTER

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and theories in contributing to safe navigation

Performance Standard The learners independently contribute to safe navigation

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1. contribute to monitoring and controlling a
(Colregs) navigational watch
● Watch routines
● Principles and procedures related to safe navigation of a vessel
● Weather watch keeping and hazards
● Requirements relating to navigational equipment
● Monitoring hazards

● Maneuvering techniques 2. maneuver the vessel when contributing to

● Chart Plotting the efficient running of watch
● Types of sea state
● Procedures on steering modes
● Vessel steering and engine control systems
● Procedures on implementing emergency

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and theories in applying basic food handling
and safety practices

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FISH CAPTURE

Performance Standard The learners independently apply basic food handling and safety practices

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Basic food safety principles and requirements 1. determine hazards and risks to seafood
● Fish handling techniques and procedures and aquatic product
● Common hazards and sources of contamination
● Hazards and risk to seafood product handling
● Types of work area

● Personal hygiene and conduct 2. follow enterprise hygiene standards,

● OHS and work area requirements procedures, and practices in fishing activities
● Procedures on workplace hygiene
● Requirements on hygiene and food safety

● Seafood handling and storage 3. store seafood and aquatic product

● Requirements on seafood handling
● Types of cross-contamination

● Procedures on food safety program 4. follow the procedure on food safety

● Areas of risk program
● Risk control and management
● Use of Proper PPE

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and theories in adjusting and positioning
beach seines, mesh nets, or gill nets

Performance Standard The learners independently adjust and position beach seines, mesh nets, or gill nets

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CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Aspects of work area 1. organize a work area for adjusting beach

● Guidelines in organizing work area seines, mesh nets, or gill nets
● Identifying equipment and tools for adjusting beach seines,
mesh nets, or gill nets
● Techniques for slinging beach seines, mesh nets, or gill nets
● Adjusting gear components
- Gill Net Construction
● Beach seine
- Parts and function
- Operation of Beach Seine
● Gill nets
- Types
- Parts
- Mesh Size

● Indicators of sub-optimal performance 2. adjust components of beach seine, mesh

● Factors of optimal gear performance net, or gill net to optimize catch
● Interpreting gear plans
● Adjusting beach seines and gill nets before deployment
● Use and repair of gear
- Beach seine
- Gill net
- Mesh net

● Fish characteristics 3. position beach seines, mesh nets, or gill

● Fishing strategy nets to optimize catch
● Maintaining, adjusting, and positioning the vessel and gear
- Beach seine
- Gill net
- Mesh net
● Monitoring deployment, fishing, and retrieval of gear

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● Vessel positions

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and theories in preparing, deploying, retrieving
and maintaining mesh nets, or gill nets to land catch

Performance Standard The learners independently prepare, deploy, retrieve and maintain mesh nets of gill nets to land catch

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Beach seine, mesh net, or gill net components 1. deploy beach seines, mesh nets, or gill
● Assembling and dismantling connecting devices nets
● Deployment of beach seines, mesh nets, or gill nets
● Procedures relating to hygiene requirements and vessel
operations
● Regulations and principles related to ecologically sustainable
development
- Proper disposal/recycle of unused gillnet

● Types of deploying/retrieving gear machinery 2. retrieve the beach seine, mesh net, or gill
● Use of deploying/retrieving gear machinery net
- Beach seine
- Gill net
- Mesh net
● Methods of retrieving and stowing fishing gear
● Requirements related to crew and workplace safety

● Criteria of fishing gear 3. maintain beach seines, mesh nets, or gill

● Components of net nets
● Types of net damage
● Replacing/reconditioning damaged nets

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- Net Mending
- Net Patching
● Procedures related to disposing of defective net components

● Containment devices to receive catch 4. sort catch following procedures in safety

● Procedures relating to personal and vessel hygiene, safety, and and relevant fishing regulations
vessel operations
● Sorting catch
- species
- size
- quality
● Preparation of containers
● Relevant fisheries regulations

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and theories in adjusting and positioning hand
operated lines

Performance Standard The learners independently adjust and position hand- operated lines

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Aspects of work area 1. organize a work area to adjust hand-

● Tasks and methods in organizing work area operated lines
● Types of hand-operated lines
● Identifying hand-operated line components

● Basic operating principles of hand- operated lines 2. adjust hand-operated line components to
● Indicators of sub-optimal performance optimize catch
● Factors of optimal gear performance
● Adjusting and positioning hand operated lines

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● Using and repairing hand operated lines

● Fish behavior

● Fishing strategy 3. position hand-operated lines to optimize

● Factors affecting catch catch
● Positioning hand-operated lines
● Vessel positions in deployment and retrieval of gear
● Environmental and catch concentrations information
● Characteristics of area of fishing operation

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and theories in preparing, deploying, retrieving
and maintaining hand-operated lines to land catch

Performance Standard The learners independently prepare, deploy, retrieve and maintain hand-operated lines to land catch

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Hand operated line components 1. deploy hand-operated lines

● Deploying hand operated line
● Principles relating to hygiene and vessel operations
● Principles related to ecologically sustainable development
● Types of bait

● Using equipment to deploy/retrieve gear 2. retrieve hand-operated lines

● Coiling and uncoiling lines
● Types of machinery in deploying/retrieving gear
● Retrieving fishing gear
● Stowing hand-operated line fishing gear

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● Requirements related to crew and workplace safety

● Criteria of fishing gear based on vessel maintenance plan 3. maintain hand-operated lines
● Identifying components of hand operated line
● Identifying damaged hand-operated line components
● Replacing/reconditioning damaged hand-operated line
components
● Environmental protection procedures related to disposing of
defective hand-operated line components

● Containment devices to receive catch 4. sort catch following procedures in safety

● Procedures relating to personal and vessel hygiene, safety, and and relevant fishing regulations
vessel operations
● Sorting catch
● Preparation of containers
● Relevant fisheries regulation
● Relevant vessel operating procedures

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and theories in adjusting and positioning pots
and traps.

Performance Standard The learners independently adjust and position pots and traps

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Aspects of work area 1. organize a work area to adjust pots and

● Tasks and methods in organizing work area traps
● Types of pots and traps
● Identifying hand-operated line component

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● Basic operating principles of pots and traps 2. adjust hand-operated line components to
● Indicators of sub-optimal performance optimize catch
● Factors of optimal gear performance
● Adjusting and positioning pots and traps
● Using and repairing pots and traps
● Fish behavior

● Fishing strategy 3. position pots and traps to optimize catch

● Factors affecting catch
● Positioning pots and traps
● Vessel positions in deployment and retrieval of gear
● Environmental and catch concentrations information
● Characteristics of area of fishing operation

Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of various principles and theories in preparing, deploying, retrieving
and maintaining pots and traps

Performance Standard The learners independently prepare, deploy, retrieves and maintain pots and traps

CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES NO. OF DAYS

The learner…

● Trap and pot components 1. deploy traps and pots

● Assembling and dismantling connecting devices
● Proper deployment of traps and pots
● Principles relating to hygiene and vessel operations
● Principles related to ecologically sustainable development

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● Using equipment to deploy/retrieve gear 2. retrieve traps and pots

● Retrieving traps and pots
● Extracting catch from traps and pots
● Requirements related to crew and workplace safety

● Types of traps and pots 3. maintain traps and pots

● Criteria of fishing gear
● Identifying components of trap and pot
● Identifying trap and pot damage
● Replacing/reconditioning damaged gear components
● Environmental protection procedures related to disposing of
defective trap and pot components

● Containment devices to receive catch 4. sort catch following procedures in

● Procedures relating to personal and vessel hygiene, safety and safety and relevant fishing regulations
vessel operations
● Sorting catch
- Species
- Size
- Quality
● Relevant vessel operating procedures

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COMPETENCY MAP

SPECIALIZATION: FISH CAPTURE

COMMON COMPETENCY

USE AND MAINTAIN PERFORM APPLY SAFETY IN UNDERSTAND THE PERFORM FIRST AID
TOOLS AND ESTIMATION AND FISH CAPTURE FIRE PREVENTION TREATMENT IN FISH
EQUIPMENT IN FISH CACULATION IN OPERATION AND FIRE FIGHTING CAPTURE
CAPTURE FISHING GEAR

COMPLY WITH
PROTECT MARINE
EMERGENCY
ENVIRONMENT
PROCEDURE

CORE COMPETENCY

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MONITOR PERFORM OPERATE

BASIC DECKHAND LOAD AND ROUTINE
ASSEMBLE AND PREPARE SMALL CONDITION AND TROUBLESHOOT
DUTIES ABOARD UNLOAD OF MAINTENANCE
REPAIR DAMAGED VESSEL FOR SEAWORTHINESS OF LOW
A FISHING GOODS AND TASKS ON A
NETTING FISHING OF A VESSEL OF POWERED
VESSEL CARGO SMALL COASTAL
UP TO 30.0GT MARINE ENGINE
VESSEL
ADJUST AND PREPARE, DEPLOY, PREPARE,
USE WEATHER DEPLOY,
BASIC HANDLING POSITION BEACH RETRIEVE AND ADJUST AND
INFORMATIONWH CONTRIBUTE TO RETRIEVE AND
AND SAFETY SEINES, MESH MAINTAIN MESH POSITION HAND-
EN NAVIGATING A SAFE NAVIGATION NETS OF GILL NETS MAINTAIN HAND-
PRACTICES NETS, OR GILL OPERATED LINES
VESSEL TO LAND CATCH OPERATED LINES
NET
TO LAND CATCH
PREPARE, DEPLOY,
ADJUST AND RETRIEVE AND
POSITION OF MAINTAIN POTS AND
POTS AND TRAPS TRAPS TO LAND
CATCH

RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS

Specialization: FISH CAPTURE

Grade Level: 8-10

MATERIALS TOOLS EQUIPMENT
QTY QTY QTY

calculator 2 Beach seine

Beach/mesh/gill Net components: 10 ●

● water temperature 2
▪ sweeps 2 ● Mesh net
measuring device

▪ netting material 1 ● Positioning device 2 ● Gill net

▪ hangings 10 ● thermometer 1 ● Echo-sounder

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● Communications 1
▪ flotation devices 2 sets ● Fish finder
equipment / radio

▪ ballast 2 sets hand tools, including: 1 ● sonar

▪ flags ▪ chipping hammer 2 ● rod and reel

▪ buoys ▪ scraper 2 ● trolling gear

2
▪ droppers 2 sets electric power tools, such as: ● squid jigging machine

▪ Clips ▪ grinders 2 ● hand reel

1
▪ bridles ▪ sanders ● power operated winch

▪ by-catch reduction device ▪ drills 1 hand operated winch

Hand line components: 5 hand lines
1 set pneumatic power tools, such as:

▪ nylon monofilament line ▪ grinders 1 position fixing equipment

● weighted hand line ▪ sanders 2 ● lobster pots

▪ hooks ▪ drills 2 ● fish traps

marine preservative finish tools, 2

● bait and burley 2 sets ● octopus traps
such as:
▪ brush 2 sets ● distress signaling
● sinkers
● devices, including:

▪ lures ▪ spray gun ▪ Water flares

▪ jigs ▪ roller ▪ Flags

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Pot and trap components: ● Rinsing and storing ▪ signaling mirrors

2 sets
equipment

● flag poles ▪ flashlight

2 units
● Marine diesel engine
● dan buoys
(from 5 to 20 HP), with:

● fuel, such as diesel

● Radar reflectors
oil/marine diesel oil

● floats ● coolant

● lines ● lubrication

purification, transfer and

● bridles
storage
● control

● starting and stopping

▪ battery power generation and

use.
5 sets personal protection clothing,
such as:
▪ eye and ear protection
● safety boots

▪ dust and fume masks

▪ headgear

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● Gloves

TRAINING FACILITIES

Specialization: FISH CAPTURE NC II

FACILITIES Size in Meters Area in Square Total Area in

(Laboratory Workshop only) Meters Square Meters
Learner Space 2 x 2 per 4 per student 100.00
student/trainee
Demonstration Area 5 x 10 15.00 50.00
Storage/Supply/Tool Room 4x4 16.00 16.00
Laboratory Area 5x5 25.00 25.00
Circulation Area 40.00
(30% of total area)
Wash Room 1.5 x 5 7.50 7.50
Comfort Room 2x5 10.00 10.00
Fishing Vessel (3 GT) or Experimental 5 x 10 50.00 50.00
Deck Area, with:
cargo / storage areas or Fish chutes 4x4 16.00 16.00

Fish treatening area 4x5 10.00 20.00

Total Area 344.5
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DEFINITION OF TERMS

Accident unwanted incidents involving injury or damage to life, the environment, the ship or cargo

Anchor a heavy forging or casting comprising a shank with shackles or ring at one end and two arms
with palms at the other, so shaped as to grip the sea bottom, by means of cable or rope hold
a boat / ship regardless of wind and current

Ballast a quantity of iron, stone, gravel or other weighty substance like (water, oil, etc.) placed in
the lower hold of the boat/ship to increase stability by lowering the center of gravity.

Beach seine fishing gear using a seine net and employed along the coastline

Bend a knot by which one rope is fastened to another to some object.

Bilge a place in the lower part of the boat / ship where waste water collects and which bilge
suctions are placed for pumping out

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Boat a small open craft propelled by oars sails, or some form of engine. This term also applied to
a larger boats built to navigate rivers and inland waters.

Capstan a machine for moving or raising heavy weights and consist of a vertical drum that can be
rotated and around which cable is turned

Deck a platform in a ship that is structural element and forming the floor for its compartment

Deckhand a seaman who perform manual and other duties on board a vessel

Fish capture the taking of fishery species by passive or active gear for trade, business or profit beyond
subsistence or sport fishing and classified further as follows:

Small scale fishing utilizing fishing vessels of 3.1 gross tons (GT) up to 20 GT
commercial fishing
Medium scale fishing utilizing fishing vessels of 20.1 GT up to 150 GT; and
commercial fishing
Large scale fishing utilizing fishing vessel of more than 150 GT Fishing gear – fishing equipment and
commercial fishing paraphernalia
Fish fighting equipment use to extinguish fire as per type.
equipment
Fish trap locally called panggal/bubo, is a set trap or enticing device made of bamboo or rattan which
is a regular. Usually rectangular, receptacle preventing escape of fishy by means of trap doors
or tricky passageways. Trapped fish may be collected at regular intervals, in terms of days or
week.

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Gill / Mesh Net variously sized entangling net in which capture of fish is by the gilling effected by the actual
meshes of the net. With small buoys and small weights, the net is positioned either as bottom
set or drifting. This is commonly referred to by locals as pukot-doble, pukot-triple, pukot
paapong (with light).

Hitch any of various knots used to form a temporary noose in a line or to secure a line temporarily
to an object
Knot ahe interlacement of the parts of one or more flexible bodies forming a ump or knob

Life saving are outfits designed for life preservation

appliances
Mooring a act of making fast a boat with lines or anchor
Municipal a person who is directly or indirectly engaged in fishing and other related fishing activities
Fisherman within municipal waters using fishing vessels of three (3) gross tons or less.

Municipal Waters include not only streams, lakes, inland bodies of water and tidal waters within the
municipality which are not included within the protected areas as defined under Republic
Act No. 7856 (The NIPAS Law), public forest, timber lands, forest reserves or fishery reserves,
but also marine waters included between two (2) lines drawn perpendicular to the general
coastline from points where the boundary lines of the municipality touch the sea at low tide
and a third line parallel with the general coastline including offshore island and fifteen (15)
kilometers from such coastline. Where two (2) municipalities are so situated on opposite
shores that there is less than thirty (30) kilometers of marine waters between them, the third
line shall be equally distant from the opposite shore of the respective municipalities ( RA
8550, Philippine Fisheries Code of 1997)
Netting Fishing gear component made of open meshed fabric
Seaworthiness refers to the ability of a boat / ship to withstand the action of the sea, wind and weather

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Single hook and line also called simple hand line or drop line. A single vertical line carrying one or two barbed
baited hooks and worked simply by dropping into the water and waiting for a fish to bite.
Generic local name is pasol or subid. Also called by various names, most often after the most
dominant species in the catch, such as manubid-pamarilis, pambaca, pamirit, pangaraw,
palutao (ulang), pamato, pamariles ( deep-sea pangtangigue, pawin, subid, undak (with
light). Hook sizes range from #06-#20 to #566-#571 while filament size varies from nylon #8
to #190.

Winch any of various machines or instruments for pulling or hauling, with one or more drums on
which to coil a rope, cable or chain.

Windlass a steam or electric winch with horizontal or vertical shaft and two drums used to raise a
ship’s anchor.

REFERENCES

● Technical Education and Skills Development Authority - Qualification Standards Office Training Regulations for Fish
Capture NC I and NC II. Taguig City, Philippines: TESDA, 2011
● Hermansson, B. (2011). Training Fishermen at Sea. United States: Nabu Press.
● Lamoureux, V. B. (1967). Guide to Ship Sanitation.
● Soriano, B. (n.d.). Fishermen and Safety. Department of Trade Nautical Navigation.
● Yatching, N. (n.d.). Northwest Yatching. Retrieved July 21, 2019,
● Dagcon, Jesse, Exploratory Fishery Arts
● Mariano, Bienvenido, Dynamic Seamanship
● Lacid, Bernardino, Principles of Fishing Gear
● Meswane, David, Essentials of Food Safety and Sanitation
● Central Visayas Technology Guide on Marine Fisheries, Bureau of and Aquatic Resources
● Training Manual for Fishing Boat Captains/ Skipper and Marine
● Diesel Mechanics Iloilo State College of Fisheries Maritime
● Mathematics Books for Secondary
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● Leonon, Ramon D., SOLAS (Security of Life at Sea)

● Maritime Training Center of the Philippines, Shore Based Fire Fighting
● Velasco, R. J. , A Guide Manual International Fire Fighter Book
● Jay, Kitty. n.d. "Everything You Should Know About Skin Abrasions." Healthline. Accessed July 21, 2019.
https://www.healthline.com/health/abrasion.
● Medicine, U.S. National Library of. 2019. Aspiration. 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD
● Mutchner, Linda. n.d. "How Stuff Works." Accessed July 21, 2019.
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● Camacho, Leonarda., Solid Waste Management
● Krenzsky, J.W., Boating Safety Article, 1997
● Krzenski, J.W.1997. Marpol Annex V
● Phillips, J. B. 1930. Success of the Purse Seine Boat in the Sardine
● Fishing in Southern California. California Fish and Game
● Success of the Purse Seine Boat in the Sardine
● Engineer Piniano. Fish Catching Methods in the Philippines

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