New ECDIS course allows Captains and senior personnel to train own officers and crew

Kongsberg Maritime has launched a new ECDIS Instructor Training course

Kongsberg Maritime has launched a new ECDIS Instructor Training course designed to train Captains and senior personnel, so they can train other officers and crew members in familiarisation of KONGSBERG ECDIS on board vessels.

(Photo Credit: Kongsberg Maritime) ECDIS Instructor Training course designed to train Captains and senior personnel, so they can train other officers and crew members in familiarisation of KONGSBERG ECDIS on board vessel.

Offered in Norway and Singapore, the course is in accordance with the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW). It is a unique approach to type-specific ECDIS training and has been developed as a response to new IMO (International Maritime Organisation) regulations and demand for certification in the use of ECDIS, resulting in an increasing requirement for ECDIS training.

“We have developed a new training course that includes both technical ECDIS training on our systems as well as pedagogical components,” explains Tommy Edvardsen Hvidsten, Product Manager Training, Kongsberg Maritime. “The course enables Captains to train their own officers and crew, which significantly reduces training and travel costs compared to each crew member attending separate ECDIS training courses.”

In addition to certificated training, course participants receive a kit of exercises to use when training their own staff. Although those who take part in the instructor course are cleared to conduct Kongsberg Maritime familiarisation ECDIS training, Kongsberg Maritime is still responsible for testing the skills of officers and crew that have been trained by the course participant, and for issuing the ECDIS competence certificate.

So far, two ECDIS instructor training courses have been conducted. However, the course is in great demand and has already been booked by several clients.

Source: Kongsberg Maritime