Kongsberg launches new ECDIS course
Norway based marine solutions company, Kongsberg Maritime, has launched a new ECDIS Instructor Training course, designed to train captains and senior personnel so they can their own officers and crew.
The new course, which is offered in Norway and Singapore, has been created in accordance with the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW). It has been developed in response to new IMO regulations and demand for certification in the use of ECDIS, resulting in an increasing requirement for training.
Tommy Edvardsen Hvidsten, product manager, of Kongsberg Maritime’s training department, said: “We have developed a new course that includes both technical ECDIS training on our systems as well as pedagogical components. 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.”
“The goal of this and all of our courses is to provide realistic training in a safe environment, in order to give the participants the necessary confidence to operate our systems in all conditions,” he added.
Kongsberg’s course offers fcaptains a unique approach to type specific ECDIS training. In addition to certified training, participants receive a kit of exercise to use when training their own staff.
So far, two ECDIS courses have been carried out.
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