Modernships have a host of electronic gear used to position and track a vessels movements and operation. It is important for today’s navigator to know the purpose of this equipment the principals of its operation, how it operates and its limitations. This course will cover the major Ship Tracking Systems:  Electronic Positioning and Global Navigation Satellite System, Global Positioning System (GPS), Automatic Identification System (AIS), Voyage Data Recorder (VDR), Long Range Identification and Tracking System. ECDIS will be covered in a separate course.

Course Topics:

1. Electronic Positioning and Global Navigation Satellite System
2. GPS - Global Positioning System
3. AIS - Automatic Identification System
4. VDR - Voyage Data Recorder
5. LRIT - Long Range Identification and Tracking

Ship handling is about maneuvering in confined channels and harbors and in proximity to other ships, alongside and departing a berth or buoy, whilst at all times navigating safely.  This course provides an understanding of the principles of ship handling, effects of wind and current on ship handling, man overboard procedure and maneuvers, shallow water effects on ships and the related precautions, anchoring and mooring procedures and precautions, Knowledge of ship steering control systems

Course Topics:

1. Principles of Shiphandling
2. Turning Circles of a Ship
3. Stopping the Ship
4. Effects of Wind and Current
5. Man Overboard Procedures
6. Maneuvering in Shallow Water
7. Anchoring
8. Mooring
9. Steering Control Systems

Since 1971 the IMO Assembly adopted a resolution stating that that observance of all traffic separation schemes be made mandatory - and the Collision Regulations (commonly called COLREGS) make this obligation clear.  The COLREGs include 38 rules divided into five sections: Part A - General; Part B - Steering and Sailing; Part C - Lights and Shapes; Part D - Sound and Light signals; and Part E - Exemptions.  The United States updated the various inland navigation rules that were in existence and the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980 was enacted.  In this course both the International Rules and the U.S. Inland Rules are covered.

Course Topics:

1. Rule of the Road - Part A and B
2. Rule of the Road - Part C and D
3. Rules of the Road - Parts E and F
4. COLREG Annexes
5. Practical Application of the COLREGS

This course covers the training recommendations in Annex 3 to the IMO Assembly resolution A.703(17), recommendation on the training of radio operators related to the general operator’s Certificate (GOC). This course is revised to meet the Radio Regulations 2012 and the STCW Code.  A trainee successfully completing this course and passing the prescribed examination should be able to operate efficiently the GMDSS equipment required to be fitted in sea areas A1, A2, A3 and A4, and to have primary responsibility for radio communications during distress, urgency, safety, and routine incidents.

Course Topics:

1. Statutory framework of the Maritime Mobile Service
2. Identification of radio stations and MMSI
3. Service publications
4. Technical
5. GMDSS components
6. Other systems used on board
7. Search and Rescue (SAR) operation
8. Role and method of use of ship reporting systems
9. Miscellaneous skills and operational procedures for general communications

This course, Bridge Watchkeeping, focuses on discussion on correct watchkeeping procedures, including the BRM concept in improving teamwork and leadership toward avoiding shipboard collision and accidents that happens, primarily due to lack of professional competency and/or, human factors. Through this e-learning course trainees will become proficient in the knowledge and understanding of safe Watchkeeping procedures and practices, expected of an officer on the navigation bridge as the officer-in-charge of the watch.

Course Topics:

1. Principles in keeping a Navigational Watch
2. Passage Planning
3. Performing the Navigation Watch
4. Watchkeeping Under Different Conditions
5. Keeping an Effective Anchor and Port Watch
6. Use of Reporting and VTS
7. Bridge Resource Management
8. Use of IMO Standard Marine Communication Phrases and English in Written and Oral Form
9. Transmit and Receive Information by Visual Signaling

Ships operating in the Arctic and Antarctic environments are exposed to many unique risks. IMO has adopted the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code) and related amendments to makeit mandatory under both the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL).The purpose of this course is to promote safety of life and property at sea and the protection of the marine environment by improving deck officer’s knowledge operating in Polar Waters.

Course Topics:

1. Safe operation of vessels operating in Polar Waters
2. Ice characteristics and areas with different types of ice
3. Vessel performance in ice and low air temperature
4. Ability to operate and maneuver a vessel in ice
5. Compliance with Legislative requirements
6. Crew preparation, working conditions and safety
7. Compliance with Pollution prevention requirements

This course provides knowledge, understanding and proficiency in Meteorology at the Operational Level for Officers in Charge of a Navigational Watch. It provides the learner with a knowledge of the characteristics of various weather systems, reporting procedures and recording systems and onboard meteorological instruments. Candidates will gain the ability to apply the meteorological information available.

Course Topics:

1. Shipborne Meteorological Instruments
2. The Atmosphere, its Composition and Physical Properties
3. Atmospheric Pressure
4. Wind
5. Cloud and Precipitation
6. Visibility
7. Wind and Pressure Systems
8. Structure of Depressions
9. Anticyclone, Ridge, Col and other Pressure Systems
10. Sea and Swell
11. Weather Services for Shipping
12. Recording and Reporting Weather observations
13. Weather Forecasting

Celestial navigation, also known as Astro navigation, is a position fixing technique that has evolved over several thousand years to help sailors cross oceans without having to rely on estimated calculations, or dead reckoning, to know their position. Celestial navigation uses sights or angular measurements taken between a celestial bodies i.e. the sun, the moon, a planet or a star, and the visible horizon along with the applicable corrections.The development of technology in recent years has automated ocean navigation and the navigator now has simply to read displays. An understanding of celestial navigation is still required by the navigation examination syllabus and hence study of the subject.

Course Topics:

1. Solar System
2. Celestial Sphere and Equinoctial System of Coordinates
3. Hour Angle
4. Daily Motion and Horizon System of Coordinates
5. Sextant and Altitude Corrections
6. Amplitude
7. Time and equation of time
8. Nautical Almanac
9. Projection of PZX triangle
10. Latitude by Meridian Altitude
11. Pole Star Observations
12. Position Fixing
13. Star Identification

This course is intended to provide the knowledge and understanding of Terrestrial and Coastal Navigation including compass fundamentals and compass error. This course provides the concepts of navigation using coastal features such as lighthouses, beacons, and land profile. Understanding and use of coastal navigation is vital to keep the ship safe. Navigation involves determining the position on the chart and then finding the best course to the destination position.

Course Topics:

1. Definitions
2. Terrestrial Coordinates
3. Nautical Charts
4. Datums
5. Lines of Position Fixes
6. The Sailings
7. Chartwork
8. Tides
9. Keeping a Log
10. Compass — Magnetic and Gyro
11. Steering Control Systems
12. Passage Planning
13. Great Circle Sailing

This course is a comprehensive overview of practical maneuvering concepts while reaching or leaving harbors or anchoring, navigating safely. The effects of wind and currents and shallow water effects are clearly explained precisely covering all aspects. The knowledge of engine, propellers, steering, turning circle, etc., are clearly explained with the precautions to be taken as needed for ship handling in any situations. The storm navigation with practical orientation is also presented in detail.

Course Topics:

1. The Engine
2. The Propellers
3. Turning Circle
4. Effect on Loading
5. Effect of Sternway
6. Shallow Water
7. Interaction
8. The Effect of Wind
9. The Effect of a Current
10. The Effect of bends
11. The Effect of Tugs
12. Anchoring Maneuvers
13. Maneuvering Procedures
14. Maneuvering Safety
15. Berthing Maneuvers-Calms
16. Berthing Maneuvers-Tide or Current
17. Berthing Maneuvers-Wind
18. Berthing Maneuvers-Tugs
19. Unberthing Maneuvers-Calms
20. Unberthing Maneuvers-Tide or Current
21. Unberthing Maneuvers-Wind
22. Unberthing Maneuvers-Tugs
23. Storm Navigation
24. Safety Sector in Storm Navigation
25. Weather Routing in Storm Navigation

The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) has issued guidelines on liquid cargo handling procedures. This course covers the process of cargo operations, pre-transfer inspection and setting up cargo lines, ballasting and deballasting as a part of cargo operations, stripping process from the cargo tanks, cargo tank cleaning procedures on an oil tanker, slop tank operation, purging and gas freeing of tanks, cargo sampling procedure, and ISGOTT.

Course Topics:

1. General precautions
2. Loading and discharging operations
3. Ballasting and deballasting
4. Tank cleaning
5. Slop-tank operation
6. Purging and gas freeing
7. Cargo Sampling
8. ISGOTT

Every chemical tanker must have a Procedure and Arrangements Manual that gives Procedures for compliance with MARPOL Annex II when noxious liquid substance cargoes are handled on board. This course addresses various areas of chemical tanker operations like cargo planning processes and NLS cargo, procedures for loading and preparations for loading, cargo measurement techniques and calculations, cargo conditioning during transport, discharging plan and procedures, stripping and prewash operations with NLS cargoes, ballasting and deballasting procedures, and tank cleaning operations

Course Topics:

1. Cargo Planning
2. Preparations for Loading
3. Procedures for Loading Cargo Measurements and Calculation
4. Cargo Conditioning during transport
5. Discharging Plans and Procedures Discharging, Stripping and pre-wash operations with NLS
6. Ballasting and deballasting
7. Tank Cleaning Operations

There are many issues and hazards that arise from the liquid cargo density, vapor pressure, toxicity, pour point, flammability, volatility and such other properties. It will be important to study the oil, liquefied gas and chemical properties to get the basic idea of the nature of the cargo and how perhaps to carry them on board and transport them safely between ports and keep them safe during transportation.This course is to study those properties and the associated hazards toward safeguarding the cargo handling operations and transportation of such liquid cargoes.

Course Topics:

1. Bulk Transportation of Dangerous Liquid (DL) Cargoes
2. Properties of Oil and Chemicals
3. Hazards of Dangerous Liquid Cargo
4. Properties of liquefied gases
5. Hazards associated with Liquefied Gases

The International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code gives a uniform approach for the handling and for the safe transport of dangerous goods by sea. All the requirements of IMDG code namely Classification and identification, packaging, Marking/Labelling, and placarding, documentation, stowage onboard and segregation to avoid dangerous reaction are clearly explained. Provides appropriate knowledge to all personnel involved in the transport of dangerous goods by sea

Course Topics:

1. SOLAS Chapter VII
2. Use of IMDG Code
3. Classification of IMDG Cargo
4. MFAG
5. EmS
6. IMGS
7. Segregation Table
8. Precautions When Handling Dangerous Goods
9. Dangerous Cargo Manifest
10. Inspections
11. Dangerous Goods in Containers
12. Construction of Magazine
13. Limitations on Carriage
14. Compatibility
15. Safe use of pesticides
16. Labelling and marking of packages
17. More on Dangerous, Hazardous and Harmful Cargoes
18. Stowage plan for the stowage of DG cargo

The purpose of the course is to meet the requirement of Tanker Familiarization training. The course satisfies the standards of the STCW A-V/1, Table 1-1-1 for Dangerous Liquids including Petroleum and Chemical Transport (Basic Oil and Chemical Tanker Cargo operation).

Course Topics:

1. Tankship Terminologies
2. Bulk Transportation of Dangerous Liquid (DL) Cargoes
3. Properties of Oil and Chemicals
4. Basic Knowledge of Tankers
5. Basic Knowledge of Cargo Operations
6. Tanker Safety Culture and Safety Management
7. Hazards associated with tanker operations
8. Knowledge of hazard controls
9. Function and use of gas measuring and similar instruments
10. Use of safety equipment and protective devices
11. Safe working practices and procedures and personal safety
12. First-Aid with reference to MSDS
13. Emergency actions, shutdown systems and procedures
14. Effects of oil and chemical pollution on human and marine life
15. Shipboard procedures to prevent pollution
16. Measures to be taken in the event of Spillage
17. Case Studies on oil and NLS ship emergencies

The course is to give seafarers the essential education and training in tanker cargo operations to meet the knowledge, understanding and proficiency requirements set out by the IMO Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping, STCW A-V/1-2, Table A-V/1-2-2. The course is designed for senior officers requiring specialist training for LIQUEFIED GAS tanker operations at a management level.

Course Topics:

1. Introduction
2. Chemistry and Physics
3. Hazards
4. Rules and Regulations
5. Ship Design and Cargo Containment
6. Equipment and Support systems
7. Cargo Handling Systems
8. Safety
9. Cargo Handling Operations
10. Ship/Shore Interface
11. Emergency Operation

The course Meets the Standards of competence, required by Section A-V/1, table A-V/1-1-2 of the STCW Code for Advanced Oil Tanker Cargo Operations. Students attending this course will already have the Oil and Chemical Tanker familiarization course certificate.

Course Topics:

1. Introduction
2. Basic Properties of Petroleum and its Hazards
3. Safety
4. Pollution Prevention
5. Oil Tanker Design and Equipment
6. Oil Tanker Operations
7. Pump Theory and Pumping Systems
8. Pressure Surge
9. Emergency Procedures
10. Boiler Combustion Control
11. Inert Gas Systems
12. Crude Oil Washing
13. Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control System
14. Helicopter Operations
15. Ship-to-Ship Transfer
16. Tanker Mooring
17. Double Hull Tankers
18. Oil pollution Liabilities and Compensations
19. Transportation Losses and Commercial aspects of Tanker Operations

Understand physical and chemical properties of chemical cargoes, hazards involved and their significance for cargo carriage. Know the configuration, constructional features for tanks, piping, valves, cargo tank venting system and various types ofcargo coating and constructional materials for a chemical tanker. Explain the cargo heating requirements and systems used, cargo pump operations, tank washing/slop retention system including tank atmosphere evaluation and the gas measuring equipment used and understand the cargo planning processes. Fire prevention, protection, and Lifesaving appliances in a chemical tanker.Students attending this course will already have the Oil and Chemical Tanker familiarization course certificate.

Course Topics:

1. Introduction
2. Chemistry and Physics
3. Hazards
4. Rules and Regulations
5. Ship design and Cargo Containment
6. Cargo Handling Systems
7. Safety and Pollution Prevention
8. Cargo handling and Ballast Operations
9. Tank Cleaning Operations
10. Ship/Shore Interface
11. Shore Reception facilities
12. Emergency Operations

The ballast water is essential for operational purposes but the process is fraught with ecological problems, which results in economic challenges to the planet and hazards to human health. This course provides knowledge of all aspects of BWM and BWM systems; purpose of ballast water management for ships, reporting and record keeping requirements of ballast water management plan, ballast water treatment technologies, monitoring and testing procedures for ballast water to comply with IMO and USCG regulations, safety issues and arrangements for ballast water management systems and procedures and operation and maintenance of BWMS on board a ship

Course Topics:

1. BWM Convention
2. Selection of BWTT systems on board
3. BWM -Possible Treatment Methods
4. BWM 2004
5. BWMC 2004
6. BWT Technologies
7. Regulations for handling of ballast water sediments
8. Safe Entry into Ballast Tank

It is the carrier’s responsibility to demonstrate that due diligence was exercised, and the ship was seaworthy to carry the cargo. A plan drafted comprehensively, covering all aspects of cargo carriage, is needed to protect the shipowner from claims. This course will provide knowledge of relevant international regulations and codes, stowage and securing of cargoes, container ship operations, handling of heavy lift cargoes, ro-ro ship operations, methods of loading timber deck cargo, refrigerated cargo, use of cargo handling gear, and loading and discharging operations

Course Topics:

1. Relevant International Regulations, Codes and Standards
2. Stowage and Securing of Cargoes
3. Cargoes on Container ships
4. Heavy Lift Cargoes
5. RoRo Ships
6. Timber Deck Cargo
7. Refrigerated Cargo
8. Cargo-Handling Gear
9. Loading and Discharging Operations

Hazards on board vessels range in severity. One should only examine and sample cargo on a vessel when there is no alternative. Comprehensive training is required on shipboard hazards. This course discusses ship specific hazards that are present and to be faced by the seafarer, safe access to and in moving about the ship including hazards of transportation to and from the vessel, various hazards of working on deck and when facing adverse weather, dangers in handling wire and fiber ropes, hazards present in living accommodation areas of a ship, including the galley, precautions and procedures of entering an enclosed space and permit to work procedures, various hazards in the machinery space including hot work, lifting loads, handling tools and working with electrical equipment, and the dangers of being exposed to dangerous substances and chemicals including painting on board.

Course Topics:

1. Safe Access to Ships and Hazards in moving about the Ships
2. Working on the deck and bad weather
3. Hazards in the living accommodation and some precautions
4. Precautions prior to entering enclosed/confined spaces
5. Working in Machinery Spaces
6. Exposure to dangerous substances and Chemicals

This course focuses on personal safety: This primarily includes the various ways and means which a seafarer can adopt to stay safe on an individual level, such as by careful movement around the ship, being always aware and alert of the surroundings, steady handling of cargo operations, working safely in the engine room, deck, and on the navigating bridge etc. In addition, appropriate use of safety equipment is also an important part of maintaining personal safety on ships. The seafarer must be familiar with ones own ship and know the shipboard hazards and emergency response plans; seafarers must adhere to safe working procedures as defined under the safety management system (SMS) on board, as part of the ISM Code. Finally, one has to take care of personal well-being by maintaining good health and maintain a disciplined life on board by taking adequate rest and nurture healthy habits to become a successful and happy seafarer on board.

Course Topics:

1. Ship familiarization
2. Shipboard hazards
3. Adhering to safe working practices
4. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
5. Obtaining and maintaining situation awareness
6. Personal well-being

In this course, we shall focus on the International Safety Management (ISM) Code and its requirements in place and how company procedures can work to protect the vessel and those on board with a positive safety culture that can help avoid shipboard failures. This course provides a conceptual framework toward developing a safety mind-set for the crew. It identifies the importance of following the company directives by following a standard operating procedures, as part of the shipboard SMS; adhere to various safe work practices while working on board and developing competencies to face any emergencies by diligently undertaking training and drills, all the shipboard practices and awareness help to develop a safety mindset, which is essential to safeguard against personal and ship safety including prevention of pollution from shipboard sources.

Course Topics:

1. The ISM Code
   • The ISM Code for Ships
   • Safety Management System (SMS)
   • Responsibilities and Authorities
   • Resources and Personnel
   • Shipboard Operations and Emergencies
   • Reports and Analysis
   • Maintenance
   • ISM Amendments
2. Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
   • Implementation and oversight of SOP
   • ISM/SOP Procedures
   • Training Manual and Training Aids
   • Instructions for onboard maintenance
   • Muster List and Emergency Instructions
   • Accident Prevention-General duties and responsibilities
3. Safety Culture
   • Observe safe working practices
   • Prevention of Human Error
   • Situational Awareness
   • Importance of emergency drills
   • Improving the Safety Culture onboard

Personal survival issues that are relevant to this course is when the crew abandons the ship on a rescue boat (lifeboat, or liferaft); how does he survive the ordeal until rescued to safety, either ashore or to another ship; it can also be the case of survival and rescue of individual crew, who are in the in waters (either due to falling overboard or had no choice and jumped to an open sea). For all these potential emergency situations, the shipboard crew needs to be trained to handle the rescue operations with competence (e.g., lowering, maneuvering, and hoisting of survival crafts) and know the techniques of rescuing individuals from the sea and survival on his own, when abandoned in open waters.

Course Topics:

1. Preparation for survival and abandonment
2. Procedure for Abandoning Ship
3. Survival after abandonment
4. Rescuing persons from the sea and assisting a ship in distress
5. Man, Overboard Procedures

This course discusses different categories of watertight doors, arrangement of power operated watertight door, hinged water tight door and means of securing them, ramp doors and Ship side doors. The course also provides knowledge on the rules regarding the number of openings in passenger ships and watertight doors, and how to carry out routine inspections and maintenance and maintain records for the same. The course also details mandatory drills required for watertight openings and record keeping for the same.

Course Topics:

1. Watertight Doors
2. More on Watertight doors
3. W/T doors, mechanisms, indicators, and all associated valves must be inspected once in a week
4. Watertight Doors-Operation, Drills and Record
5. Categories of Watertight Doors
6. Rules regarding the number of openings on passenger ships and watertight doors
7. Difference between water-tight and weather tight doors
8. Arrangement of Power operated sliding W/T door
9. Hinged W/T door and means of securing
10. Ramp door of Ro-Ro ships
11. Ship side doors

We are well aware that when every hope of the mother ship is given up by those on board, ultimately one and all look forward to using the Life Saving Appliances (LSA) as a last resort for their only chance of survival. Since it is a question of life and death, nothing can be of greater necessity than to maintain these appliances in ship-shape and ready for use. The following LSA appliances are detailed in this course: Lifeboats, Liferafts, Rescue Boats, Personal Life saving appliances, and Emergency Radio equipment. The course examines the requirements related to Maintenance, inspection, and Operational Readiness” of the above mentioned LSAs.

Course Topics:

1. Life Saving Appliances
   1. Lifeboats
   2. Liferafts
   3. Rescue boats
   4. Personal Life-saving Appliances
   5. Emergency Radio Equipment

2. Maintenance of Life Saving Appliances
   1. Instructions for maintenance of the life saving appliances onboard
   2. Servicing of Inflatable Liferafts / lifejackets, marine evacuation systems
   3. Specific Procedures for Maintenance and Servicing

For effective firefighting onboard a ship, thorough knowledge of classification of fires is required. This course discusses FFA like, Fire main, Hydrants, Hoses and nozzles, Portable and mobile fire extinguishing equipment, Fireman's outfit and Fire control plans and details Maintenance of firefighting systems. Further, the course raises the level of knowledge and understanding of seafarers to identify, recognize and maneuver themselves through various emergency scenarios like: Firefighting hazards during a spread of fire on board, Firefighting process for complicated development of hazards, and Fire precautions and hazards associated with the storage and handling of flammable materials.

Course Topics:

1. Different types of fires
2. Fire Fighting Equipment
3. Maintenance of Fire Fighting Appliances
4. Fire Fighting Process Hazards

Prevention of accidents on board starts by identifying hazards during ship operation that are risky; the risks are evaluated and graded based on their severity and probability of occurence and then monitored and prevented from happening via ship and equipment design, continual inspection and surveys and by the crew, in following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for vessel operations. This course focuses on measures that are undertaken to prevent accidents in this course, including the importance of inculcating a safety culture on board to reduce the effects of human error, that continues to impair and undermine the efforts to achieve a "zero error" in the marine industry operations.

Course Topics:

1. Shipboard Hazards/Risks
2. Risk Management
3. Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
4. Safety Culture

The course Engine room Resource Management is designed for qualified maritime engineering professionals working as merchant mariner with appropriate US and other international credentials. This course provides in-depth understanding of engine room resource management and application of leadership and teamwork in the workplace. The course contains topical discussions to apply resource management, Leadership and Teamworking skills and maritime practices. The participants will learn to apply resource management, Leadership and Teamworking skills for the operation of the engineering plant onboard a vessel.

Course Topics:

1. Introduction and Objectives
2. Knowledge of the Company Policies and Organizational Structures
3. Cultural Diversity and Communications
4. Planning and Coordination
5. Allocation, Assignment and Prioritization of resources
6. Effective communication onboard and ashore
7. Assertiveness and Leadership, including motivation
8. Situational Awareness and Risk Assessment
9. Decision options, selection, and outcome

Course Topics:

1. Construction and outfit Rescue Boats
2. Characteristics and facilities of survival craft
3. Devices used for launching survival craft
4. Gravity Davits
5. Rescue boat maintenance procedures
6. The use of rescue boats and motor lifeboats for marshalling life rafts and rescue of survivors and persons in the sea
7. Man-Overboard Procedures
8. Rescue Boat engine

Course Topics:

1. Life rafts
2. Construction and outfit -Life raft
3. Characteristics and facilities of Life raft
4. Devices used for launching survival craft
5. Gravity Davits
6. Methods of launching a life raft
7. Action after clearing the ship’s side
8. Survival craft maintenance procedures
9. Maximize detectability and location of survival craft
10. The use of rescue boats and motor lifeboats for marshalling life rafts and rescue of survivors and persons in the sea
11. Beaching of survival craft
12. The use of locating devices when in a survival craft

Knowledge about the LSA and regular drills and exercises will help to make one competent in confronting and combating any safety challenge that one may experience on board. This course details the operation of survival craft and rescue boats, arrangements for launching of survival craft and rescue boats, LSA equipment, including radio life-saving appliances, satellite EPIRBs, SARTs, discuss the use of immersion suits and thermal protective aids, abandon ship drills and various survival at sea techniques.

Fire on board is the worst nightmare for a seafarer. The best in fire protection is not to have it. Towards that goal, this course helps one learn how to operate the ship safely and maintain a close vigil on equipment and machinery during watch standing. The course focuses on the mportant part of crew education of knowing not only the firefighting equipment and systems on board, but to keep a clean and well-organized ship with all its physical resources and well-secured cargoes. The course helps understand how a fire can start and grow and what can be done as an immediate measure to extinguish or contain such fires, and how regular shipboard drills and exercises remain extremely important as part of the fire prevention strategy.

Course Topics:

1. Theory of Fire
2. Frequent Causes of Fire on board
3. Safe Practices in preventing fire
4. Fire Safety Code and Systems
5. Fire Prevention Principles
6. Fire Fighting Organization

The fixed gas firefighting system protects large machinery spaces, cargo spaces, paint lockers and galleys. The course focuses on the principles, operation, and maintenance requirements of the following four types of fixed firefighting extinguishing systems: Fixed gas, Fixed foam, Fixed water, and Fixed dry chemical powder.

Course Topics:

Fixed Fire-extinguishing Equipment

Maintenance Requirements

This course unit gives all persons intending to go to sea, basic induction and knowledge of the ways in which fires are caused and the precautions to be taken to minimize the risk of fires on board ships. The major areas covered by this course include fire prevention and safety, Fire Fighting strategies and procedures, methods, and drills.

Course Topics:

1. Fire Prevention and Safety
2. Firefighting Strategies and Procedures
3. Firefighting Methods
4. Firefighting Drills

This subject takes the student through firefighting procedures at sea, in port and defines the various firefighting methods on different types of ships and in different locations on the ship. The course details firefighting on various types of ships: Container carriers, Ro-Ro, Bulk carriers, Oil and Chemical Tankers, and Gas Carriers.

Course Topics:

1. Ship at sea
2. Ship in port
3. Ship that has cargo of dangerous goods
4. Fire Fighting Methods
5. Fire Alarms

The ISM Code is an international standard for the safe management and operation of ships and for pollution prevention. The course details the objectives of ISM Code 1998 along with subsequent amendments, discusses maritime accidents and the part ISM plays as part of daily activities. The curse provides an understanding of SMS(safety management system), internal and external audits and safe working practices.

Course Topics:

1. ISM Code 1998
2. Safety Management System (SMS)
3. Shipboard internal audits
4. Safe Working Practice

This course focuses on pollution prevention requirements and covers the following areas of concerns for prevention of pollution of the marine environment: Knowledge of the precautions to be taken to prevent pollution of the marine environment, Anti-pollution procedures and all associated equipment, and Importance of proactive measures to protect the marine environment.

Course Topics:

1. Sources and Effects of Marine Pollution
2. Environmental awareness and sources of marine pollution
3. Effects of operational or accidental pollution by ships
4. Pollution prevention procedures
5. Measures to be taken in the event of Spillage
6. Pollution Casualties and Criminalization of Seafarers

This course deals with “Regulations for the prevention of air pollution from ships”. The course discussed the limits on sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from ships exhausts, the prohibition on deliberate emissions of ozone depleting substances, and the stringent standards for SOx, NOx and particulate matter. The course also includes discussions on mandatory technical and operational energy efficiency measures aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ships.

Course Topics:

1. Definitions, Application and Exemptions
2. Surveys
3. Issue or endorsement of Certificates
4. PSC detection of violations and enforcement
5. Ozone-Depleting Substances
6. Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)
7. Sulfur Oxides (SOx) and particulate matter
8. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
9. Shipboard Incineration
10. Reception Facilities
11. Fuel Oil Availability and Quality
12. Special Areas and PSSAs
13. Introduction to Air Pollution in merchant ships
14. Energy Efficiency on ships

After the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (or OPA 90) was passed by the 101st United States Congress and signed by President George H. W. Bush. This course details of MARPOL and OPA 90 and focuses on the following: Avoid oil spills from vessels and facilities by enforcing removal of spilled oil and assigning liability for the cost of cleanup and damage; require specific operating procedures; define responsible parties and financial liability; implement processes for measuring damages; specify damages for which violators are liable; and establisha fund for damages, cleanup, and removal costs.

Course Topics:

1. Role under MARPOL and OPA
2. Marine environment and its protection
3. Sources and Effects of Marine Pollution
4. MARPOL Convention
5. MARPOL Annex I – Oil
6. Environmental awareness- summary points

Port State Control (PSC) is the Inspection of foreign ships in national ports to verify that the condition of the ship and its Equipment comply with the Requirements of International Regulations and that the ship is manned and Operated in Compliance with these rules.

This course focuses on the basics of PSC and its legal basis, Types of PSC inspection: Initial, priority and expanded and details of AMSA inspections, Conditions leading to more detailed inspection by PSC., Contravention and Detention from PSC Inspections, and the precautions to be taken by ship staff before inspection by PSC.

Course Topics:

1. Understanding Port State Control
2. PSC Inspections
3. Detailed Inspections by PSC
4. Contravention and Detention
5. Port State Inspection- Precautions / Preventive measures by Ship Staff

The Maritime Labor Convention sets the minimum standards to ensure satisfactory conditions of employment for seafarers. This course covers the details MLC 2006 and provides discussions on various aspects of the articles, including, work and rest hours for ship crew, food, accommodation and recreation of ship staff, complaints and enforcement, responsibilities of flag- and port-states, occupational health and safety, etc.

Over the past few decades, the maritime industry has become increasingly connected and technologically dependent. Consequently, sophisticated modern-day cyber-attacks is an emerging reality for ship operators and companies are seeking ways to better prepare and mitigate this risk. This course covers the various aspects of maritime cyber security, including, legal aspects, protection, detection and mitigation against cyber security events, cyber defense strategies, etc.

Course Topics:

1. Introduction to Cyber Security
2. Maritime Cyber Security
3. Cyber Security Legal Aspects
4. Protection, Detection and Mitigation
5. Defense Strategies
6. Case studies

This course covers immediate care to be given in life threatening situations involving sudden illness or injury at sea, including techniques for adult CPR. This component fulfills first aid training per the requirements of STCW Section A-VI, Table A-VI/1-3.

Course Topics:

1. Introduction
2. Safety Hazards
3. Body Structure
4. Immediate Actions and Positioning Casualty
5. Basic Trauma/Shock Management
6. Patient Assessment
7. First Aid for Accident or Illness on board
8. Burns, scalds, and electrical shock accidents
9. Improvise Bandages and Use of Materials in Emergency Kit
10. Rescue and Transport a Casualty

Behavior-based safety (BBS) provides tools and procedures that workers can use to take personal control of occupational risks. BBS is a method of avoiding human error and improving workplace safety by observing and analyzing employees’ behavior while they work. This course is intended to enhance understanding of the fundamentals of occupational health and safety, as well as concepts and methodology to effectively implement and sustain a BBS system. Candidates will learn the observation techniques to improve behavior patterns, thereby reducing workplace activity risk.

Course Topics:

1. Human Element and Behavior Based Safety
2. Risk management and the BBS
3. Fundamentals of BBS
4. Safety Performance and Safety Culture
5. Recognizing at-risk behaviors during ship operations
6. BBS and observation techniques for risk management
7. Case studies on BBS applications
8. Sustaining the BBS system

This course focuses on Ship Security and provides an understanding of Hijacking types, Requirements for ISPS code, Elements of ISPS code, and IMO guidance for hiring private security contracts. The course covers, Piracy threat and anti-piracy measures, Industry best management practices and discussion of international organizations providing information and support for piracy attacks.

Ship’s stability is one of the most important and complex concepts about safety of ship and safety of navigation and it is governed by maritime law as well as maritime codes. The course presents the importance of ship’s intact stability as part of the general concept of ship’s seaworthiness, including: the basic principles of ship stability; the effects of loading, discharging, and shifting weights on the center of gravity and center of buoyancy of a ship; list, trim and free surface effects; and cross curves of stability and its implication on stability

Course Topics:

1. Principal Dimensions
2. Floatation
3. Principles of Stability
4. Factors of Stability
5. Cross Curves of Stability

This course focuses on the concepts of ship stability–Intact Stability & Damage Stability, analyze and assess damage in the event of an accident, prescribe corrections actions and recommendations to avoid damage to intact stability during sailing.Damage stability of a ship is its ability to withstand damage situations caused by flooding of any or more of its compartments; while intact stability is all about the general ship’s stability conditions. Center of gravity and Centerof buoyancy of the shipare the main factors taken into account indamage stability.The necessary action taken to prevent the ship from capsizing, sinking, or losing her stability in case of whatever damage occurred on-board is in the domain of damage stability.

Course Topics:

1. Damage Stability Basics
2. Damage Stability Criteria
3. Post-damage Scenario
4. Stability verification and precautions before departure

The development and implementation of a documented safety management system (SMS) is an exercise in risk management. The drafting or amendment of written procedures involves looking at the company’s activities and operations, identifying what could go wrong, and deciding what should be done to try to prevent it. This course discusses various aspects of risk assessments and risk-based management decision making. Discussions include: association of the ISM Code and risk management; risk management system approach involving analysis, evaluation and risk control; IMO and regulatory requirements and the FSA risk management steps; risk assessment procedures prior commencement of work including ALARP and hazard identification; risk-based decision making and necessary self-control; understanding situations of emergency on board and planning for such scenarios

Course Topics:

1. Introduction to risk management
2. Risk management system approach
3. IMO and regulatory requirements
4. Techniques of risk assessment and analysis
5. Risk assessment prior commencement of work
6. Risk-based decision-making
7. Risk management at the operational level
8. Emergency and situational awareness
9. Application of risk management methodologies on other areas

Management Officers onboard the ship is directly responsible for the Safety of Life at Sea and any negligence on this can lead to loss of lives and property. In some cases, if the negligence is correctly proved, the Management Officer(s) may be arrested and has to face the consequences. It is very important to make sure that all the SOLAS requirements are carefully attended to and train the junior engineers and the Crew in all the SOLAS related matters. This course focuses on the responsibilities of Management Officers for safety of life at sea and preventing pollution.

Under Regulation I/21 of SOLAS and Articles 8 and 12 of MARPOL, if a casualty occurs in Ship registered with the Flag State that, Flag State Administration has to conduct an investigation and provide the pertinent information of its findings to the IMO. Similarly, under Article 23 of Load Line Convention, requires an investigation of Casualty by the Flag State Administration. This course provides in-depth knowledge of \marine casualty investigation by Flag State Administration.

Course Topics:

1. Implementation, Control and Coordination of Casualties
2. Reporting to IMO of marine safety investigations and marine casualties and incidents
3. Applicable IMO instruments on casualty matters
4. Conducting Casualty Investigation

In a marine accident, the ship can be impounded and the crew held indefinitely, until a settlement is reached with the local authority and the vessel owner ( the cost generally covered by the marine insurer like the UK P&I Club etc.). Incident investigation and analysis is, the study of accidents and near-misses, which is the intent of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code. Incident investigations help the company to identify its risks and understand the underlying causes of incidents. This course covers various types of accidents and associated types of ships, IMO CI Code and its requirements, applicable IMO instruments that apply to accident investigation, the classification of marine accidents and incidents, common causes of maritime accidents, the basic principles of marine accident investigation, and the process of selection of incidents for investigation by a Flag State

Course Topics:

1. Understanding the purpose and scope
2. Preparation for Investigation
3. Safety management System and ISM Code
4. Human Factors in marine operations and engineering investigations
5. Human Factors in Incidents
6. Human Error Modelling and Classification
7. Investigating for Fatigue
8. Reduction and Prevention of Human Errors
9. Formal Safety Assessment
10. Incident Investigation Process
11. Data Collection and Analysis
12. Arriving at Safety Solution(s)
13. Marine Accident Report Writing
14. Training and Data Management

Drills and training on board are essential part of seafarers’ life. There are many regulations which describe the way and frequency of drill to be conducted. This course focuses on Examining Value of training and drills, Duties allocated to crew members, Onboard Training, Drills and Preparations, the course will also look in-depth at the SOLAS drills like Firefighting, survival craft and rescue boat drills, abandon ship drills and damage control drills for passenger ships.

Course Topics:

• Examining Value of training and drills
• Duties allocated to crew members in the Muster List
• Onboard Training and Drills
• Training Preparations and Changing Attitudes
• Drills –SOLAS
  1. Fire Drills
     1. Training of Seafarers in Fire fighting
     2. Fire
     3. Special Precautions on Entering / Working in Cargo Pump Rooms
     4. Portable fire-fighting appliances
     5. Fixed Fire extinguishing systems
     6. Fire Detection Equipment
     7. Fire Alarms
     8. Fireman's outfit
  2. Operation of Survival Craft and Rescue Boats
  3. Abandon Ship
  4. Damage Control drills for Passenger Ships

Drills and training on board are essential part of seafarers’ life. There are many regulations which describe the way and frequency of drill to be conducted. This course focuses on Examining Value of training and drills, Duties allocated to crew members, Onboard Training, Drills and Preparations, the course will also look in-depth at the MARPOL drills like Fuel Bunkering, Bulk Liquid Cargo Transfer, Tank cleaning and pumping out bilges, Oil/Noxious substance spills, SOPEP/SMPEP drills, and OPA-90 exercises.

Course Topics:

1. Examining Value of training and drills
2. Duties allocated to crew members in the Muster List
3. Onboard Training and Drills
4. Training Preparations and Changing Attitudes
5. Drills-MARPOL

Drills and training on board are essential part of seafarers’ life. There are many regulations which describe the way and frequency of drill to be conducted. This course focuses on Examining Value of training and drills, Duties allocated to crew members, Onboard Training, Drills and Preparations, the course will also look in-depth at the ISPS drills like, possible threats e.g., Hijacking,Bomb threat,Damage of facility etc., conducting security drills and exercises, assessment of security drills and exercises, and purpose of carrying out an assessment at the end of each drill.

Course Topics:

1. Examining Value of training and drills
2. Duties allocated to crew members in the Muster List
3. Onboard Training and Drills
4. Training Preparations and Changing Attitudes
5. Drills- ISPS Code

Drills and training on board are essential part of seafarers’ life. There are many regulations which describe the way and frequency of drill to be conducted. This course focuses on Examining Value of training and drills, Duties allocated to crew members, Onboard Training, Drills and Preparations, the course will also look in-depth at the Emergency Preparedness-Machinery drills like, Main Engine Failure, Black Out, Steering Failure and Emergency Steering.

Course Topics:

1. Examining Value of training and drills
2. Duties allocated to crew members in the Muster List
3. Onboard Training and Drills
4. Training Preparations and Changing Attitudes
5. Main Engine failure and others
6. Black Out
7. Steering Failure

Drills and training on board are essential part of seafarers’ life. There are many regulations which describe the way and frequency of drill to be conducted. This course focuses on Examining Value of training and drills, Duties allocated to crew members, Onboard Training, Drills and Preparations, the course will also look in-depth at emergency preparedness drills like, gyro/compass failure, Medical emergencies, search and rescue, man overboard procedures, grounding, and beaching, etc.

Course Topics:

1. Examining Value of training and drills
2. Duties allocated to crew members in the Muster List
3. Onboard Training and Drills
4. Training Preparations and Changing Attitudes
5. Gyro / Compass Failure
6. Emergency Towing Arrangements
7. Emergency in Port
8. Medical Emergencies
9. Helicopter Operations
10. Search and Rescue
11. Man Overboard Procedures
12. Collision and Flooding
13. Grounding and Beaching
14. Cyber Security Drill

Drills and training on board are essential part of seafarers’ life. There are many regulations which describe the way and frequency of drill to be conducted. This course focuses on Examining Value of training and drills, Duties allocated to crew members, Onboard Training, Drills and Preparations, the course will also look in-depth at various aspects of enclosed space entry and rescue drills like personal protective equipment required for entry; communication equipment and procedures; instruments for measuring the atmosphere in enclosed spaces; rescue equipment and procedures; and Instructions in first aid and resuscitation techniques.

Course Topics:

1. Examining Value of training and drills
2. Duties allocated to crew members in the Muster List
3. Onboard Training and Drills
4. Training Preparations and Changing Attitudes
5. Enclosed Space Entry and rescue drill

The link between fatigue and chronic health problems is well established in shore populations, and fatigue at sea may increase the risk of chronic disease. Safety at sea is endangered if crews suffer from fatigue, are not fully alert, or take shortcuts. This course discusses types of stress, sources of stress, signs and symptoms of stress and their consequences, and help acquire the skills and techniques to cope with stress and apply them.

Course Topics:

1. Stress - Types and Causes
2. Stress in Different Situations
3. Negative Effects of Stress
4. How to cope with stress
5. Endurance Risk-factors
6. Fatigue Management
7. Case Study - Hours of rest
8. Fatigue and ship design
9. Fatigue, the Administration and port State Authorities
10. Sleep and fatigue monitoring tools
11. Fatigue event report information

IMO’s updated the STCW 2010 Amendments included training requirements for management level officers to have training in leadership and managerial skills. This course will address the STCW requirements and provide the learner knowledge and familiarity in areas including, shipboard personnel management, related maritime conventions, task and workload management, effective resource management, decision-making techniques.

Course Topics:

1. Shipboard Personnel Management
2. Teamwork Concepts
3. Leadership Concepts
4. Skills and Application of Leadership and Teamwork

A seaman must be physically and mentally strong to face adversities at sea, particularly in bad weather. This course provides the necessary training to emphasize on the importance of personal hygiene and health, causes stress and fatigue and how to cope with them, rights against sexual harassment and the dangers of drug and alcohol.

Course Topics:

1. Harassment including Sexual
2. Stress and Fatigue Management
3. Dangers of Drug and Alcohol
4. Novel Coronavirus

Human relations are the study of the ways in which people relate to each other in group situations, espe¬cially work, and how communication skills and sensitivity to other people’s feelings can be improved. Shipping companies are rated on how they are perceived as a responsible and caring societal value-add and how they provide their services to its clients, both external (e.g., the shippers) and internal (e.g., the ship's crew). This course provides the necessary training on various aspects of organizational behavior, teamworking, multi-cultural aspects of people management and more.

Course Topics:

1. Human Relations and Organizational Behavior (OB)
2. Seafarer as an individual
3. Effective human relationships on board ship
4. Cross and multi-cultural aspects of man management on board
5. Teamworking principles and practices
6. Personal well-being and social responsibility
7. Organizational conflicts and management
8. Performance Appraisal and Feedback

Conflicts are part of nature, and certainly part of human relations. In a team, and to make it effective in shipboard work, there are hurdles. Conflict within people due to many human factors including race, culture, and other prejudice; even the stress inflicted and arising out of work could affect handling shipboard issues in a correct manner. This course address various areas of conflict management, including, conflicts while at-sea, stress and harassment and handling problems onboard.

Course Topics:

17.1.5 Types and Nature of Conflicts in Organizations

Handling Problems

Today, almost 73 per cent of the world fleet are foreign flagged, and they are operated by so-called ‘multi-national crew’. Multi-national crew typically consist of several different nationalities on cargo vessels. In the socio-cultural context of the shipboard workplace, it is vital to promote cultural awareness among multi-national crew as a fundamental communicative competence to ensure that seafarers work and live in a safe environment. Important areas of culture management addressed in this course incudes, cultural issues with different race and gender on board, communication with language barriers, and accidents due to lack of communication on board.

Course Topics:

1. Awareness and appreciation of cross and multicultural aspects of man management on board
   1. Culture, Social interaction and Stereotypes
   2. Cultural Awareness (CA)
   3. Conceptual model of cultural awareness
   4. Recommended measures
   5. Managing the crew onboard

2. Cultural Diversity and Communications
   1. Understanding Cultural Differences
   2. Challenges of communication with multi- cultural and multi-lingual crew and officers
   3. Case Study: Lack of proper communication leads to an oil spill

Personnel management may be defined as the Planning, Organizing, Directing and Controlling of the Procurement, Development, Compensation, Integration and maintenance of people (i.e., employees) for the purpose of contributing to the organizational goals. This course provides knowledge on the organizational structure and duties and responsibilities of shipboard staff, the role of the shipboard officers in motivating the crew, importance of onboard training and best practices in crewing and personnel management.

Course Topics:

1. Duties and responsibilities of shipboard personnel
2. Officer as the Ship Manager
3. Housekeeping, safety, and hygiene
4. Training for seafarers
5. Performance Appraisal
6. Best Practices in crewing and personnel management

Workload Management is a process for determining the proper workload distribution in order to provide optimal performance for applications and users. Aboard ships it is used to distribute tasks in such a manner as to complete the many tasks that need to be accomplished efficiently and safely with limited resources. This course covers various aspects of workload management, including, shipboard Workload planning and coordination for the deck and engine departments, workload management plan applicable at sea and in port, impact of time and resource constraints that forces prioritization of work and the methodology of prioritization.

Course Topics:

1. Planning and co-ordination
2. Personnel assignment
3. Time and resource constraints
4. Prioritization

Decision making affects the individual, the groups of employees or workers and the company, as a whole. Decisions are taken by individuals either for themselves and others, which could affect a larger group of individuals.This course focuses on three broad areas of decision making: decision making concepts and techniques and making decisions under an emergency situation.

Course Topics:

1. Decision-Making Concepts
2. Decision-making Techniques
3. Decision-making under Emergencies

World is a unique place. Allowing women seafarers comfortable access and entry in the world of shipping has been mired with many incidents and at best for the women seafarers it has been a mixed success. Bullying and other forms of harassment are areas of concern in the industry. This course covers various aspects of workplace bullying and harassment, including, the efforts that the ILO have taken in introducing new laws and guidelines to overcome sexual abuse, up scaling the efforts to stop sexual harassment for mariners, guidelines for dealing with misconduct, bullying and sexual harassment on board, and conduct that one must follow as your moral and professional code of ethics.

Course Topics:

1. World of women seafaring officers
2. ILO study: Women Seafarers: Global employment policies and practices
3. United States- Sexual Harassment Cases
4. Guidance On Eliminating Shipboard Harassment and Bullying
5. Merchant Navy Code of Conduct
6. Case Study

It is said that 70-80% of ship accidents occur due to improper communication among seafarers on board. While there are many barriers to communication, there are also ways to improve your communication skills. This course deals with that, including, barriers to effective listening, speaking, and writing, to overcoming these barriers, to effectively communicate, to deal with operational instructions and their importance on board a ship, and Interpersonal and Workplace Communication.

Course Topics:

1. The need and the onboard complexity of communication
2. Effective Communication Processes
3. Communicating Techniques
4. Communication related to ship operations and emergency situations.