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(STCW) Advanced Chemical Tanker Training Course
This course provides the specialist technical knowledge needed to serve on chemical tankers and be assigned specific duties relating to cargo handling and cargo equipment. The course is designed to meet the specialised training requirements for personnel on certain types of ship under the Chapter V of STCW Convention and...
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Stock Code: 1267
|Time: 40 hours
(STCW) Advanced Liquefied Gas Tanker Training Course
This course provides the specialist technical knowledge needed to serve on liquefied gas tankers and be assigned specific duties relating to cargo handling and cargo equipment. The course is designed to meet the specialised training requirements for personnel on certain types of ship under the Chapter V of STCW Convention...
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Stock Code: 1268
|Time: 40 hours
(STCW) Advanced Oil Tanker Training Course
This course provides the specialist technical knowledge needed to serve on oil tankers and be assigned specific duties relating to cargo handling and cargo equipment. The course is designed to meet the specialised training requirements for personnel on certain types of ship under Chapter V of STCW Convention and Code...
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Stock Code: 1266
|Time: 40 hours
(STCW) Basic Liquefied Gas Tanker Training Course
This course provides an introduction to liquefied gas tankers and imparts the basic knowledge needed to serve as a member of the crew on this type of vessel and undertake specific duties relating to cargo and cargo equipment. The course is designed prepare learners for the advanced course in liquefied...
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Stock Code: 1273
|Time: 20 hours
(STCW) Basic Oil and Chemical Tanker Training Course
This course provides an introduction to oil and chemical tankers and imparts the basic knowledge needed to serve as a member of the crew on these types of vessel and undertake specific duties relating to cargo and cargo equipment. The course is designed prepare learners for the advanced courses in...
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Stock Code: 1271
|Time: 20 hours
(STCW) Basic Training for Service on Ships subject to the IGF Code
This course provides the basic training required by seafarers responsible for designated safety duties associated with the care, use and emergency response for vessels using fuels covered within the The International Code of Safety for Ships using gas or other low-flashpoint fuels (IGF Code). The course is designed to meet the specialised training...
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Stock Code: 1328
|Time: 16 hours
(STCW) Crisis Management and Human Behaviour Training Course
The STCW code (section A-V/2, paragraph 3) states that any person with responsibility for the safety of people in emergency situations on board passenger ships shall complete Crisis Management and Human Behaviour Training in accordance with their capacity, duties and responsibilities.
This course addresses the main factors to be aware of...
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Stock Code: 1221
|Time: 4 hours 30 minutes
(STCW) Designated Security Duties Training Course
This course explores the role and responsibilities of personnel onboard ship with designated security duties. It introduces the ship security plan, examines ship security risks and threats and looks at the importance of regular security inspections. The proper and correct use of security equipment and systems is also covered. The...
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Stock Code: 1222
|Time: 10 hours
(STCW) Maritime Security Awareness Training Course
This course provides a general introduction to maritime security and raises awareness of the security issues present when a ship is in port, at anchor or at sea. The purpose of the course is to give personnel onboard ship without a designated security duty the requisite knowledge needed to meet...
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Stock Code: 898
|Time: 4 hours
(STCW) Shipboard Security Officer Training Course
When the ISPS Code was introduced in 2004, most ships were required to have a Security Officer. The training requires that the Ship’s Security Officer (SSO) will maintain an effective security system on board working in conjunction with the Company Security Officer (CSO). The purpose of this course is to give...
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Stock Code: 1223
|Time: 21 hours
Basic Life Support and AED Training Course
This course is aimed at people wanting to learn basic life support (BLS). You will learn to recognise if a person is unconscious and how to tell if they are having a cardiac arrest. You will learn how to respond in these situations, how to put somebody in the recovery...
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Stock Code: 1274
|Time: 2 hours
Collision Regulations (COLREG) and IALA Buoyage System Training Course
This course is in two parts and examines in detail two essential topics for deck officers and bridge crew.
Collision Regulations
The first part deals with the Collision Regulations. Although knowing these Regulations is well established as an essential for all watchkeeping officers, experience and investigation of incidents indicates that the understanding...
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Stock Code: 1327
|Time: 4 hours
Cyber Security At Sea Training Course
The shipping industry has recently been alerted to the impact that cyber threats have had on businesses of all sizes around the world. These very real threats have come in the form of high-profile ransomware and other computer system breaches, that could severely affect the safety of any company's crew,...
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Stock Code: 1298
ECDIS Training Course
There is no question that the implementation of ECDIS as the primary means of navigation will present new challenges to the maritime industry, including complex training and ISM compliance issues.
With the help of the IMO, KVH Videotel has updated its original ECDIS course to follow the new STCW Manila amendments...
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Stock Code: 2000
|Time: 18 hours
Enclosed Space Entry and Emergency Awareness Training Course
Following on from our award-winning training programmes on Enclosed Spaces, this new course highlights all the many dangers facing seafarers. The atmosphere in the holds, bilges, bulkheads, cofferdams and other enclosed spaces of ships present some of the most potentially deadly risks. It is a sad truth that proportionally more...
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Stock Code: 890
|Time: 5 hours
Environmental Officer Training Course
There is a growing quantity of increasingly demanding environmental legislation relevant to shipping. All ships' officers and crew must comply with these requirements and need to be aware of environmental issues. To address this need some companies are appointing Environmental Officers on board. This course is aimed at them and also...
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Stock Code: 1250
|Time: 20 hours
Ex Awareness Training Course
This course deals with the protection of electrical equipment in hazardous areas onboard ship. It covers the categorization of hazardous atmospheres and protection methods that can be used to protect electrical equipment in those areas. The courses introduces explosion theory and explores the potential sources of ignition in hazardous areas,...
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Stock Code: 3150
|Time: 4 hours
GMDSS Training Course
The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is an international system which uses terrestrial and satellite technology and shipboard communication equipment for alerting shore based rescue authorities and other ships in the immediate vicinity in the event of a marine distress. It is therefore essential that the relevant officers...
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Stock Code: 1178
|Time: 20 hours
HAZMAT Training Course
The course enables users to become familiar with the rules governing the carriage of hazardous materials, also known as Dangerous Goods, at sea. These are specified in the US Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter C of 49 CFR, and in the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code produced by the...
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Stock Code: 1263
|Time: 10 hours
IMDG Code Training Course
This course provides users with the opportunity to become familiar with the rules governing the carriage of dangerous goods by sea, as laid down in the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.
Target Audience
This course is designed for all those on board ship who are involved with the planning, stowing and...
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Stock Code: 876
|Time: 10 hours
Incident Investigation, Analysis & Reporting Training Course
Target Audience
This course is intended for all ships' officers responsible for investigating, analysing and reporting on incidents which occur on board their ships.
Pre-Requisites
None
Course Objectives
The course is designed for individual self-study. Those who work through the program will:
Understand what an incident is and know how to apply a systematic, approach to...
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Stock Code: 1237
|Time: 8 hours
ISO 14001: Environmental Management Training Course
In recent years, environmental awareness has grown significantly. Many major companies have responded by establishing an environmental policy and implementing programmes to minimise the impact of their operations on the planet. However, as green issues have attracted more attention, it has become apparent that businesses must show just how effective...
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Stock Code: 1206
|Time: 10 hours
ISO 45001: Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems Onboard Ship Training Course
The purpose of an occupational health and safety management system is to prevent short-term and long-term occupational accidents, injuries and diseases, caused by conditions in the workplace. This course introduces occupational health and safety management systems and the requirements of the ISO 45001 standard. It explains how companies and seafarers...
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Stock Code: 1306
|Time: 4 hours
ISO 50001: Energy Management Training Course
This seven module course is aimed at personnel on ships and in the shore based offices of shipping companies implementing an Energy Management System. It teaches them about the rationale, the practicalities and the procedures that are essential to Energy Management Systems. To illustrate and clarify the principles, the course...
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Stock Code: 1195
|Time: 6 hours
Leadership and Management - How to Communicate in Writing Training Course
Videotel’s Leadership and Management course provides essential knowledge and useful theory not only on the skills needed by senior managers at sea, but also includes skills required by junior officers and acts as a stepping stone towards more formal management training. Now individual modules from the course have been made...
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Stock Code: 2008
|Time: 1 minutes 30 seconds
Leadership and Management - How to Communicate Verbally Training Course
Videotel's Leadership and Management course provides essential knowledge and useful theory not only on the skills needed by senior managers at sea, but also includes skills required by junior officers and acts as a stepping stone towards more formal management training. Now individual modules from the course have been made...
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Stock Code: 2009
|Time: 1 minutes 15 seconds
Leadership and Management - How to Manage Your Time Training Course
Videotel's Leadership and Management course provides essential knowledge and useful theory not only on the skills needed by senior managers at sea, but also includes skills required by junior officers and acts as a stepping stone towards more formal management training. Now individual modules from the course have been made...
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Stock Code: 1184
|Time: 1 minutes 15 seconds
LNG Bunkering: Respond Level (SGMF) Training Course
Increasing numbers of ships are now using LNG as a bunker fuel in order to meet the low sulphur targets required by MARPOL Annex VI. Those involved in the bunkering process will need specialised training to ensure trouble free bunkering procedures.
In addition, other personnel on board or in ports where...
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Stock Code: 1300
|Time: 1 hours
Marine Environmental Awareness Training Course
There is a growing quantity of increasingly demanding environmental legislation relevant in shipping built upon the growing realisation that we to protect and preserve our planet - including the marine environment. All ships' officers and crew need to be aware of the environmental issues relevant to shipping if that aim...
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Stock Code: 2001
|Time: 8 hours
Maritime Labour Convention 2006 for Ships' Masters Training Course
The Maritime Labour Convention 2006 provides protection at work for the world's seafarers. It sets out seafarers' rights to decent conditions of work on a wide range of subjects, aiming to apply globally and be easy to understand and follow. It replaces almost 70 existing Conventions and regulations, benefitting shipowners...
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Stock Code: 2005
|Time: 4 hours
Onboard Trainer and Assessor Training Course
Both Deck and Engineer Officers will already have the technical knowledge and skills to carry out their own jobs in a competent and professional manner. However, organising training exercises and drills and developing the competence of younger/less experienced seafarers requires additional teaching and organisational skills. This course develops these skills...
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Stock Code: 868
|Time: 7 hours
Risk Assessment at Sea Training Course
This course covers how to put risk assessment into practice on board ship without being too complicated. The course is based on the principles of basic seamanship and gives comprehensive understanding of risks and hazards on board ship.
Target Audience
It is designed for Senior and Junior Officers on board ship, Cadets,...
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Stock Code: 867
|Time: 8 hours
Safe Container Operations Training Course
The worldwide boom in container transportation by sea has benefited many countries. However, it is estimated that up to 10,000 containers a year worldwide are involved in collapsed stow accidents on ships. Such incidents cause serious problems to these vessels, to their crew, the ship operators and cargo owners. Many...
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Stock Code: 875
|Time: 6 hours
Safety Officer Training Course
The function of the shipboard safety officer is to provide seafarers and the shipping company with the necessary advice and assistance to maintain a healthy and safe living and work environment onboard ship. Normally safety officers are appointed on ships with 5 or more seafarers onboard and this course provides...
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Stock Code: 1236
|Time: 40 hours
Survey and Examination of Lifting Appliances Training Course
When a lifting appliance fails, the consequences can be far-reaching. Serious injuries and deaths can occur, not just to personnel but to the general public. Legal claims can arise and legal costs inevitably play a part – and those costs are rising. When equipment fails, the costs of disrupted operations...
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Stock Code: 887
|Time: 6 hours
Vessel Resource Management Training Course
Whenever a ship puts to sea, the Master and crew have a duty to navigate safely and efficiently at all times. Their actions determine the successful outcome of the voyage, the well being of the seafarers, and protection of the marine environment. Vessel Resource Management is the term used by...
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Stock Code: 884
|Time: 15 hours
Vessel Structure and Ballast Tank Inspection Training Course
To achieve longer dry-docking intervals, there is greater need for a programme of regular inspection of critical areas and increased vigilance by the crew to ensure that corrosion or other defects that could affect structural stability are identified at an early stage. So this interactive, computer based training program is...
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Stock Code: 891
|Time: 3 hours
Working With Tugs Training Course
Towing a large ship is fraught with potential hazards and accidents during towing operations are all too common. In port, tugs are often working in a restricted space with limited room for manoeuvre, while long distance offshore tows have their own particular problems. This course shows how the risks of...
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Stock Code: 1337
|Time: 8 hours
