STCW Basic Suite

STCW Basic Suite

Here at the National Maritime College of Ireland we offer a range of courses which give delegates the opportunity to achieve the STCW Basic Suite of Safety Training certification.

All of our courses are carried out by our highly experienced instructors in our state of the art facility in Ringaskiddy Co.Cork.

We are running the below courses this coming May. These courses are designed to give all our delegates the skills needed to pursue a career at sea.

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Combine BOSIET

COMBINED BOSIET

April 18th 2016  

National Maritime College of Ireland

This OPITO approved course is designed to introduce delegates to Specific safety issues and regimes relevant to offshore installations. Delegates also become equip with the basic emergency response knowledge and skills for travelling to and from offshore installations by helicopter, with the use of EBS and CA-EBS emergency equipment.  

The course is a mix of theoretical and practical sessions, during which delegates are required to demonstrate their level of knowledge and understanding of the training programme content.
By the end of this training programme, delegates:

• Have knowledge of the offshore industry including:Understand the processes involved in helicopter travel & be competent in their ability to escape from a ditched or ditching helicopter in an emergency situation.

Offshore hazards & Control Measures

Offshore Safety Management

How Offshore Safety is Regulated

Living & Working in the Offshore Environment

• Have knowledge of what to do in an evacuation situation: How to respond to alarms, the systems used to achieve successful evacuation and the actions to take in the event of a water entry situation.

• Understand what is meant by emergency First Aid and how to assist in a First Aid situation prior to arrival of the medic.

• Are competent in the use of portable fire extinguishers for basic firefighting and confident in self-rescue techniques used to successfully escape from smoke filled environments.

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Port Safety and Security Awareness Training

Port Safety and Security Awareness Training

April 7th 2016,

at the National Maritime College of Ireland

Course Aim:

The purpose of this 1 day course is to provide awareness training in Health & Safety, as outlined in the Code of Practice for Health and Safety in Dock Work published by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), for any person engaged in work activity in ports and docks facilities and

To provide awareness training in port security as required by the International Ship & Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code

Course Objectives:

To promote a safety culture among the many diverse users of a port

To ensure that anyone directly involved in work activity in ports are aware of their

responsibilities under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (No. 10 of2005)

To ensure that all persons are aware of the hazardous nature of doc work

To ensure that all persons required to work on board ships are aware of the hazards to be encountered

To help in the assessment of risk arising in docks operations

To promote an understanding of the requirements of the ISPS Code

Course Content:

Introduction

Port Accident Statistics

Definitions

Legislation

Responsibilities

Managing Health and Safety in Ports

Hazards on Docks

Hazards on Board Ships

Port Security

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Don’t get caught out. The Manila Amendments are upon us.

Irish Seafarers and employers of Irish Seafarers, take note!!

The Manila Amendments are very clear, irrespective of the validity of your Certificate of Competency.

Our own legislation is very clear!

Marine Notice No. 02 of 2014 states:

Seafarers holding valid STCW certificates issued prior to 1st January 2012 will have to meet the new requirements in order for their certificates to be revalidated beyond 1st January 2017.

Certificates that have been presented for revalidation since 1st January 2012 have an expiry date of 31st December 2016.

Seafarers revalidating their Certificates of Competency (CoCs) will be required to submit additional evidence to ensure their CoC is valid for service after 31^st December 2016.

In conforming to the provisions of STCW Convention Regulation 1/14, and section A-1/14, of the STCW Code, companies must ensure that seafarers assigned to any of their ships have received refresher/updating training as required by the convention.

If you or a member of your team is serving on board a ship and is qualified in any of the following, they must, as of the 1st of January 2017, have documentary evidence of either having completed the training course or updated their training within the last 5 years.

Updated Proficiency in Personal Survival Techniques (STCW Table A-VI/1-1)

Updated Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats Other Than Fast Rescue Boats (STCW Table A-VI/2-1)

Updated Proficiency in Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting (STCW Table A-VI/1-2)

Updated Proficiency in Advanced Fire Fighting (STCW Table A-VI/3)

Updated Proficiency in Fast Rescue Boats (STCW Table A-VI/2-2)

The law is very clear, do not put your career at risk, you cannot proceed to sea after January 1^st 2017 without having complied with the Manila Amendments.

Book your training here at the NMCI. Courses are selling out quickly. All courses to June 2016 are now fully booked.

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Seafaring Safety Skills Presentation this Friday 4th March 11am at the NMCI

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