Overview
Training courses developed in line with these criteria, delivered at centres approved by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), will cover:
- Proficiency in security awareness (section 2)
- Proficiency for seafarers with designated security duties (section 3)
- Proficiency for ship security officers (section 4)
- Proficiency for company security officers (non STCW) (section 5)
The specifications described in this document have been developed by the Merchant Navy Training Board (MNTB) in conjunction with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
The MCA has agreed with the MNTB that the specifications described in this document will satisfy the requirements for approved training. Conditions for MCA approval of short courses are contained in Annex A, which should be used in conjunction with the MCA guide to approval of regulatory training requirements.
The competencies required for the security awareness and designated security duties training courses are effectively subsets of the existing ship security officer training. It has therefore been agreed that training centres that hold current MCA approval (i.e. have completed MCA initial or re-approval within the last five years) to deliver the STCW SSO course and use the same personnel, need only submit course material for the desk assessment, and additional QA procedures, if required, to gain approval to deliver these courses. Any such approval will be limited to the same re-approval date as the SSO course.
The national occupational standards relating to this training are:
- A31 - Maintain personal health, safety and environmental standards on board a vessel
- A32 - Maintain safe, legal and effective working practices on board a vessel
- A33 - Ensure safe, legal and effective working practices on board a vessel
There is also a suite of Maritime Studies Qualifications which contain units relevant to this training; the specific units are:
- Maritime employment, environmental and health and safety practice
- Maintain safe and environmentally responsible working practices on board a vessel
- Maritime security
Details
Title: Security Courses Criteria, 2nd Edition
Product Code: WS1649K
ISBN: ISBN 13: 978-1-85609-794-9 (9781856097949), ISBN 10: 1-85609-794-3 (1856097943)
Published Date: August 2018
Binding Format: Paperback