Directorate General of Shipping's Fitness Requirements for Sea Service
To be declared fit for selection, a candidate must be in good mental and physical health and free from any deficiency likely to interfere with the efficient performance of duties. These medical requirements are laid down by D.G. Shipping and are subjected to change.
The following features are to be particularly observed.
- Constitution: There should be no evidence of a weak constitution by way of imperfect development of muscles or serious malformations. Minimum height should be 157 centimeters with co-related weight and proportionate chest with a minimum 5-centimeter expansion.
- Skeletal System: There should be no disease or impairment of functions of bones or joints. The candidate should also be free from any contraction or deformity of the chest or any joint. There should also not be any abnormal curvatures of the spine, deformity of legs and feet like bowing legs, knocking knee, flat feet. Neither should there be any instance of deformity of upper limbs, malformation of the head, deformity from features or depression of the skull. Healed fractures with a pin inside will also be a disqualification.
- Ear, Nose and Throat: Hearing should not be impaired in any way. The candidate must not leave any disease of any part of the ear, any abnormality in any part of the ear, any sign of acute or chronic superlative of its media or evidence of medical mastoid surgery. The ear should be free of wax for audiometry examination. Unaided average threshold is to be higher than 40 db in both ears at 500, 100, 2000, and 3000Hz and/or functional speech discrimination less than 90 % at 50 db in both ears is required. A candidate should be able to hear a whisper at a distance of 5 meters on each side without using hearing aids.
Candidates should not be affected with any disease of the bones and cartilage of the nose, nasal polyps or disease of nose - pharynx or accessory in uses.
There should not be any loss or decay of teeth to such an extent as to interfere with efficient mastication. There should also not be any evidence of any disease of the throat, palate, tonsils or gums or any disease or injury affecting the normal function of either tempore mandibular joint. Individuals with severe pyorrhoea will also be rejected.
- Speech: There should be no speech impediment / impairment like excessive stammering or a pronounced lisp.
- Lymphatic System: All candidates must have a normally functioning glandular system without signs of tubercular enlargement of abnormality due to other diseases in the neck or other parts of the body.
- Cardiovascular System: There should be no instance of cardiac or vascular disease. Electrocardiogram should be within normal limits. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure must not exceed 140 and 90 min of Hg, respectively.
- Respiratory Systems: There should be no evidence of chronic or upper respiratory disease, tuberculosis or history of the disease. X-ray of the chest should be normal.
- Digestive System: There should be no evidence of any disease of the digestive system and the liver and spleen should not be palpable. There should be no abdominal tenderness of palpation.
- Genitourinary System: The kidneys should not be palpable, enlarged or diseased. Candidates with alburminuria, glycosurea or blood (R.B.C) in urine will not be admitted. There should be no hernia or tendency thereto. Those who have been operated for hernia may be declared fit provided :
- One year has elapsed after the operation (documentary proof required)
- general tone of abdominal muscles is good, and
- there has been no recurrence of hernia or complications rising from the surgery.
There should be no hydrocele, varicocele, spematocele or any other abnormality of genital organs. There should not be any incidence of fistula and/or anal fissure, hemorrhoids (piles) or rectal polyps. There should be no active latest or congenital venereal disease. Candidates with un-descended testes retained in the inguinal casual or at the extra abdominal ring will not be accepted.
- Skin: There should be no skin disease except that of a temporary or trivial nature. Scars, which by their extent or position are likely to cause disability, are also unacceptable.
- Nervous System: There should be no history or evidence of mental disease of the candidate or in his family. Candidate having history of fits, in continuance of urine or ensures will not be accepted. Mental or nervous irritability, abnormality of gait, defective functions of cranial nerves, non co-ordination, motor or sensory dysfunction will be cause for disqualification.
- Eye Sight: Candidates must not have any degree of squint or any morbid condition of eyes or of the eyelids that is liable to aggregate or recur. Neither should they exhibit symptoms of pressure of trachoma and iris complications or sequel. Candidates must possess good binocular vision (fusion faculty and full field of vision in both eyes.) Movement of the eyeballs must be full in all direction and the pupils should react normally to light and accommodation.
Use of corrective lenses for eyesight is permitted but the maximum permissible limits, at entry, are 6/12 in each eye or 6/9 in better eye and 6/18 in other eye for distant unaided vision. Color blindness is not permitted.
Normal color vision is to be tested by Ishiara test chart. Candidates may also be disqualified by reason of any other deficiency that in the opinion of the examining doctors will interfere with or compromise the individual's ability to properly function as an officer in the merchant navy.
- Other Tests: In addition, at the time of the medical examination or subsequently at any time during the program, candidates may be asked to undertake Drugs and/or HIV tests.
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