continuing education - legacy of excellence
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July/August 2011
Social Media: More Than Just Personal
Cyber Piracy: Clear & Present Danger?
Tom Bethel: National President, AMO
President, Texas A&M University
The Power of Simulation:5-D, Anyone?
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A Review of Continuing Education opportunities
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By MarEx Staff
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A Review of Continuing Education opportunities
a new era in maritime training has evolved due to advances in graphics, simulation training and personal computers, which allow for the online training of students anywhere in
the world. But while the world has become smaller, the mari-time industry is still separated by oceans and continents and ship operations still require a high level of skill sets. the international Maritime organization (iMo) and coast guards around the world have put strong demands on mariners because accidents have horrific consequences. Marex reached out to some of the better-known training institutions as well as some niche trainers to find out what’s new and hot in the world of maritime education.
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“See, do, talk, tranSfer”Imagine being a new engineer sitting in the engine room of a large commercial vessel in front of a huge traction motor. You went to a technical class at the manufacturer’s facility to learn how to change the brushes, but this motor isn’t exactly like the one you trained on. So you look at your scribbled notes and realize they’re a little messy. Well, not to worry because you’ve got the DuBounds Learning kit is in your backpack and all you have to do is slip the disk into your laptop and click on “changing motor brushes.” Now it comes back to you. Piece of cake. You’re done in no time.
“Today we’re developing a series of courses for Electronic Pow-er Design (EPD), a global power control systems company,” says Crockett Dubose, Chief Operating Officer at DuBounds Learning. “We want people to see things like their training needs, and we want them to be able to do things with the training and talk about it, and then they’ll have a better chance to transfer that knowledge. It’s an easy formula of ‘See, Do, Talk, and Transfer.”
DuBounds Learning is preparing about ten courses for EPD as well as a learning management system to monitor and measure all key metrics of the training. EPD is a large global company with employees around the world, and it is essential for management to know who has been trained, how well they have been trained, and that they’ve met EPD’s standards for training. Consequently, a training “dashboard” is being constructed so the management team can monitor all the training requirements of the company.
Dubose says his company is working on a very exciting leader-ship program for EPD because every organization is lacking in some form of leadership. “Many times people are thrust into that position, but very few have actually been trained in how to be a leader,” he said. “We’re attempting to do it. Now that’s exciting.”
To learn more, contact Crockett Dubose at [email protected] or visit www.dubounds.com.
“We Want You to return SafelY”Julie Keim founded Compass Courses over ten years ago and moved the school to Edmonds, Washington about six months after she opened in Seattle. Compass is a lower-level licensing school because it offers basic safety training, which requires no sea time. The Northwest is a hotbed for towboats, tugboats and fishing boats, so they are the school’s prime markets. Compass recently
BourBon emphasizes Safety training the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the gulf of Mexico is still on the minds of many oil majors, super-majors and leading state-owned oil companies. BouRBon, a provider of offshore oil and gas marine services worldwide, counts its blessings that it launched a global safety policy and training program seven years ago.
“Safety has always been a priority for us,” said Christa Roqueblave, Vice President of Communications for BouRBon. “Being client-oriented, we defined a demanding safety standard focusing on new oil Companies international Marine Forum rules through our own operational Safety Management system.”
BouRBon’s 13 training centers, located close to the regions where the company recruits or operates, train experienced and newly recruited employees to BouRBon standards. the centers, all equipped with a simulator, are as follows:• Marseilles and singapore: anchor handling operations
for oil platforms (AHtS vessels) and supplying operations (PSV);
• China: technical training technology and equipment installed on new series of diesel-electric ships, like the Bourbon Liberty;
• France (Marseilles), Nigeria, Congo, Cameroon, gabon, Brazil, Indonesia and Angola: Eight centers dedicated to piloting waterjet-propulsion crewboats;
• Italy (Ravenna): for piloting RoV (Remote operated Vehicle) operations within the subsea;
• Manila: training center for Dynamic Positioning (DP), delivering international certifications.
today, as a result of the program, BouRBon is exceeding annual safety goals and enjoying rapidly declining incident rates. “All companies have to be proactive,” Roqueblave said. During 2010, more than 800 of the company’s 8,350 employees received safety training.
BouRBon has a fleet of 408 modern, powerful and multi-purpose vessels with some 88 vessels on order or under construction.
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trained two captains from the television show, “Deadliest Catch.” Keim said it was a fun week working with Captains Jake Andersen, F/V Northwestern and El-liott Neese from the F/V Ramblin’ Rose, who is the youngest captain in the Bering Sea. Compass also trained crews from Crowley Marine Services recently.
The school offers a wide variety of training options and all classroom instruction is done on site, except that firefighting courses are held at the Wash-ington State Fire Training Academy. The Coast Guard recently issued require-ments that all able-bodied seamen have proficiency in survival craft, and that was a game changer for Compass because that is the school’s core business. Keim says a lot of people come to Compass to get a USCG certificate, and while her company is not a job placement center, she can guide them because she knows the maritime community and the compa-nies very well. She also points out that it’s tough to get younger people to join the industry because of the old “salty dog” image. “I guide people and am really honest with them,” she said. “It’s a tough economy, and I try to help people get back on their feet. So we provide basic safety training so people can apply for a job at any company.”
To learn more, contact Julie Keim at [email protected] or visit www.compasscourses.com.
Workboat academy – the Work/Study Way The Workboat Academy offers a two year hybrid vocational program to-wards a license of Mate 500 GRT Oceans/1600 GRT Near Coastal. The Program is offered at the Maritime Institute for Technology and Graduate Studies in Linthicum Heights, Maryland and the Pacific Maritime Institute in Seattle, Washington.
A relatively young program, the academic phases and seaphases are interactive. The curriculum is designed to foster greater retention of the mate-rial. The cadet learns the material first in the classroom, which is later reinforced in the simulator. The cadet then ships out and learns the same material ‘the company way’ and is assessed by of-ficers of the sponsoring company, with a
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Training Record Book. The four academic phases are followed by 4 seaphases, totaling 26 weeks at school and 360 days at sea.
The Workboat Academy, since its inception in 2006, has teamed up with 26 Partner Companies, which are an impor-tant part of the success of the program. The companies remain involved as advisors to the Workboat Academy. “We have a very good relationship with our Partner Companies”, said Pro-gram Manager Marja van Pietersom. “And we are proud of the Academy’s retention rate. Over 90% of the cadets stay with the company they apprenticed with. What sets us apart is that we are not just offering courses, but address all aspects of becoming a deck officer.”
To find out more about the Workboat Mate program, contact Marja van Pietersom at [email protected] or visit www.workboatacademy.com
“Safety through Knowledge”Horten, Norway-based Seagull is a provider of computer-based training systems for seafarers with offices around the world. Founded in 1996 by experienced mariners, it has grown into a dynamic company in partnership with some of the leading ship-ping companies in the world, delivering a full range of assessment and management tools that ensure meeting and exceeding STCW and IMO standards. The company’s programs have been used by over 7,000 ships and offices.
APRO (Ability Profiling) is a psychometric assessment program used as a support tool during recruitment of junior seafarers and the screening of students for maritime studies. It was developed together with the Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute and supported by the University of Oslo, DNV, and the shipping industry. Seagull’s Training Content Director, Captain Bjarke Jakobsen, said, “We developed the course from scratch and now have made it compulsory for users of the system to attend a one-day seminar. The seminar is not just about how to
assess the results of the APRO test but to understand the ethical guidelines as well.”
Since launching the online version in March, Seagull has experienced a significant level of demand for the new tool. “The feedback from the market has been very positive,” notes Jakobsen. “Companies are realizing it is a huge advantage to be able to sit in one location and set a test for someone in another part of the world.”
To find out more, contact the company at [email protected] or visit www.seagull.no.
ProfeSSional training in ShiPboard SecurityOne of the hottest issues in the world today is shipboard security, and Castle Shipboard Security of Fort Lauderdale, Florida has been on the cutting edge for many years. The company is owned by Jeffery and Glenna Kuhlman. Jeffery Kuhlman’s background includes combat time in Vietnam with the U.S. Marine Corps, and Glenna Kuhlman is both a mariner and an educator.
“If you have to defend your ship, that’s a battle you cannot lose,” says Kuhlman. “Our program provides classes on anti-piracy, counter-terrorism, civil unrest and civil threat training to maritime professionals.” Castle’s primary training site is at nearby Nova Southeastern University, but it also trains at a number of other venues including onboard a vessel. Many of the instructors are merchant mariners with command experience and backgrounds in education and/or tactical applications. These instructors are provided by Sig Sauer Academy, which works very closely with Castle. The company also has a working relationship with Nova’s Center for Bioterrorism.
For more information, contact Jeffery or Glenna Kuhlman at [email protected] or visit www.castleship-boardsecurityprogram.com.
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the asian-european connection The College of Engineering of Nanyang Technical University (NTU) in Singapore and the Norwegian School of Management (BI) have joined forces to create higher education degrees for the maritime industry. NTU launched the Bachelor of Science in Maritime Studies program in July 2004. It focuses primarily on tertiary education in shipping, business, management, and maritime science and technology and has helped establish Singapore as a center of excellence for maritime studies. A compan-ion program is the Bachelor of Science in Maritime Studies with a Business major.
The NTU-BI partnership also offers a global NTU-BI Executive MBA Program in Shipping, Offshore and Finance. “The program is profession-oriented and designed to give participants an understanding of the key drivers, management challenges and strategies in the shipping and offshore industries,” said Louis Low, Director of Admissions and Marketing for NTU. “Norway and Singapore have deeply rooted maritime sectors and expertise. Both countries are also located in important shipping lanes and play host to a rich gamut of companies servicing the sector. Hence it is natural that they offer an Executive MBA that leverages off this expertise.”
To find out more, visit www.ntu.edu.sg.
Legacy of exceLLence“GMATS is affiliated with the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), but we are our own school,” explained Hilary Flanagan, Operations Manager for the Global Maritime and Transportation School. “We are a full-service educator, which means you don’t have to come to Kings Point because we have portable courses which can be delivered offsite at any location. Another feature is the customization of pro-grams to meet the training needs of our customers.” Flanagan said the continuing education component of USMMA has been around since the 1960s, and the school changed its name to GMATS in 1999.
GMATS is divided into four divisions: nautical sciences and military training, marine engineering, transportation logistics and management, and research and spe-cial projects. In recent years the school has formed partnership programs with other training facilities and maritime academies. Its philosophy is that partnerships are good because there is only so much business out there. “Maritime training is not a multi-million dollar business. Building alliances and partnerships is about helping mariners attain their goals and strengthening the industry as a whole,” Flanagan said.
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When asked about the new Coast Guard regulations concerning the “hawse pipe” train-ing requirements for STCW endorsement on ships of 500/1600 GT and Third Mate licens-es, she noted, “We found that it really doesn’t affect us much because the crew advancement program GMATS runs qualifies for two-thirds of their sea time. Consequently, it will have no general effect on the program other than offering mariners a ‘hawse pipe alterna-tive’ to the same license with two to three days of sea credit.”
To learn more, contact Hilary Flanagan at [email protected] or visit www.gmats.usmma.edu.
a tradition of Leadership “Maine Maritime Academy’s School of Continuing Education is a public institution, and our mission is to offer our resources to the general public and our alumni,” says Victoria Blackwood, Coordinator of Continuing Education. Our format is based on Coast Guard-approved STCW courses. We also have courses in tune with what’s going on in the industry.”
MMA was offering anti-piracy courses even before there was a Maritime Transportation Security Act. Today, the academy’s third-year students take security courses on their annual training cruise, and Blackwood’s Continuing Education Department has partnered with Maritime Security Network to deliver the Com-pany Security Officer, Vessel Security Officer, and Anti-Piracy Defense training courses.
The school has a 25-room living space for students taking classes on campus and, while not the Ritz, Blackwood says at-tendees have private beds and baths as well as wireless Internet. The school partners with the Marine Emergency Management Association to provide programs on command strategies and tactics for marine emergencies and maritime security for military and first responders. “I believe as a public institution we have an obligation to work with our first responders,” says Blackwood. “The school also partners with companies that deliver courses around the world. We don’t send our students to these countries, but we certify the courses delivered. We’re like the extra quality stamp on their programs.”
To find out more about more, contact Victoria Blackwood at [email protected] or visit www.mainemaritime.edu.
The system continues to evolve, and MarEx would like to acknowledge that all these schools provide many more courses than described here and each is different in terms of delivery and approach. As upgrading licenses and sitting for exams are critical components of employment and advancement, we advise our readers to explore all options and work with those providers most in tune with their goals.
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