Refresher and Updating Course for Deck Officers - Management Level (RUCDM)

• STCW 1978 as amended in 2010

• Background to STCW

• The Need for Revision

• Overview of the Revised STCW Convention

• Process Overview

• Intemational Instruments

• General Objectives

• Certification of Fishermen and for High-Speed Craft

• STCW Certificate Requirements

• National Legislative and Administrative Framework

• Recent amendments to SOLAS

• Amendments in the last five years

• Amendments to Merchant Shipping Act, 1958

• Rules made under the Merchant Shipping Act

• Amendments to SOLAS - Chapter V

• LRIT Long Range Identification and Tracking

• Purpose Of LRIT

• Data Transmitted by LRIT

• Authorised Receivers/ users of LRIT

• Difference Between LRIT and AIS

• Ships Routeing

• Objectives

• Passage Planning and Ships' Routeing

• Elements used in Ships Routeing Systems

• SOLAS Regulation on Ships Routeing

• 3c. Ship Reporting Systems

• Ship Reporting Procedures

• Passage Planning and Ship Reporting Systems

• SOLAS Regulation on Ship Reporting Systems

• 3d. VTS procedures

• Objectives of VTS

• Responsibilities and Liability

• VTS Services

• Communication and Reporting

• Participating Vessels

• SOLAS Regulation on VTS

• Blind Pilotage Techniques

• Parallel Index Technique

• Radar Clearing Ranges

• Responsibilities

• The Conduct of Blind Pilotage

• Planning of Blind Pilotage

• BNWAS and Ship's Manning

• 3g. Dangers of over reliance on GPS and satellite derived positions

• IAMSAR

• Apply Procedures in IAMSAR

• Role and duties of OSC, SMC and SC

• Reporting

• Lookout Procedures

• Surface Rescue Equipment and methods

• Reception and interrogation of Survivors

• Communications

• Radio equipment

• Emergency position-indicating radio (EPIRB)

• Search and rescue transponder (SART)

• Distress signals, signalling equipment

• GMDSS

• Medical Assistance

• Search Patterns

• Amendments to SSO Course

• Piracy and Armed Robbery

• Piracy Awareness

• Anti-piracy measures

• Pirate Attack

• Implications of a piracy attack

• Gulf of Aden - Patrolling by Naval ships

• 6. Additions to PSSR Course

• Pollution

• Impact of shipping on marine environment

• Sources of Marine Pollution

• Complexity and diversity of the marine environment

• Effects of operational or accidental pollution by ships

• Environmental protection procedures

• MARPOL 73/78

• Annex I

• Annex II and Annex III

• Annex IV

• Annex V

• Annex VI

• Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control System (ODMCS)

• Special Areas and PSSAs

• MARPOL Equipment

• Oil Record Book

• Oil Record Book, Part I - Machinery space operations

• Oil Record Book, Part II – Cargo/ballast operations

• Ballast Water Management Convention

• Treatment Methods

• Ballast Water Treatment Technologies

• Anti-Fouling Systems

• Operational procedures

• During bunkering

• During loading/discharging Oil Cargo

• During tank Cleaning and Pumping out Bilges

• Communication

• Internal phone system

• Sound powered phone system

• Intercoms

• Voice tubes

• Hand-held radios

• Fatigue

• Importance of obtaining necessary rest

• Effects of sleep, schedules, circadian rhythm

• Effects of physical stressors on seafarers

• Stress - Types and Causes

• Effects of environmental stressors on seafarers

• Effects of changes on seafarer fatigue

• Measures to reduce fatigue and stress on board

• 7. Bridge Resource Management

• Critical Elements of BRM

• Communication

• Leadership and Teamwork

• Decision Making

• Situational Awareness

• Best Practice Onboard

• Allocation, assignment and prioritization of resources

• 8. Inspection, Reporting and assessment of Reported defects

• Cargo Spaces

• Hatch Covers

• Ballast Tanks

• 9. Modular course – Refresher training in Medical First aid

• 10. Recent Amendments to MARPOL

• Amendments in the last five years

• 11. Leadership and Team working Skills

• Shipboard personnel management and training

• International Maritime Conventions and Recommendations

• National legislation

• Task and workload management

• Planning and coordination

• Personnel assignment

• Time, resource constraints and prioritization

• Effective resource management

• Allocation, assignment, and prioritization of resources

• Effective communication onboard and ashore

• Decisions reflecting consideration of team experiences

• Assertiveness and leadership including motivation

• Obtaining and maintaining situational awareness

• Decision-making techniques

• Situation and risk assessment

• Identifying and considering generated options

• Selecting course of action

• Evaluation of outcome effectiveness

• 12. Amendments to SOLAS Chapter IX

• 12a. ISM Code 1998

• Safety Management System (SMS)

• Resources and Personnel

• Responsibilities and Authority

• Shipboard Operations and Emergencies

• Reports and Analysis

• Maintenance

• Documentation and Auditing

• Certification

• ISM Amendments

• 13. IMSBC Code

• 14. IMDG Code

• Classification of IMDG Cargo

• Labelling

• Placarding

• Use of IMDG Code

• Definitions

• Segregation Table

• Segregation of Dangerous goods

• Segregation Provisions

• Segregation in Breakbulk Cargo

• Segregation in Container Ships

• Segregation in Roro Ships

• Segregation of Bulk Cargo

• Dangerous Cargo Manifest

• Document of Compliance

• Dangerous Goods List

• Limited quantities

• Excepted quantities

• Index of substances

• Precautions to be Taken While Working with IMDG Cargo

• MFAG

• EmS

• Fire

• Spillage

• IMGS

• 15. Cargo securing manual

• Rolled Steel

• Steel Coils

• Steel Plates

• Vehicles

• 15a. Container Code

• 15b. use of Stability and Trim Diagrams

• Hydrostatic curves and tables

• 15c. Stress calculating equipment - Loadicator

• 16. Leadership and Managerial skills

• Leadership onboard

• Motivating Teams

• Motivation for performance

• Teamwork and leadership

• Groups and Teams

• Team Effectiveness and Delegation

• Assertive leadership

• Strategies for assertiveness

• Assertiveness vs Aggressiveness

• Body language

• Three parts of assertive communication

• 17. Emergency Towing operations

• Towing Equipment and Tools on Board Ship

• Methods of Towing Disabled Ship

• Communication Between Two Ships

• 18. Intact Stability Code 2008

• Intact Stability Requirements

• 18a. Wind and weather Heeling criteria

• 18b. Synchronous and Parametric Rolling

• 19. Wreck Removal Convention

• 20. Recycling Convention

• Recycling

• Shipbreaking

• Challenges

• Solutions

• 21. Carriage of Goods by Sea - Rotterdam Rules

• 22. MARPOL Annex VI

• Definitions

• Low Sulphur fuel

• Fuel Oil Availability and Quality

• LNG as Fuel for ships

• Volatile Organic Compounds

• Green House Gases

• Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)

• Carbon Credits

• Climate change

• Co2 Emissions from Ships

• CO2Emissions and EEDI

• EEDI and factors affecting EEDI

• Energy Efficiency and IMO

• Energy Efficiency Measures and EEOI

• Surveys and Certification

• IAPP Certificate

• IEE Certificate

• Statement of Compliance

• Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)

• Sulfur Oxides (SOX) and Particulate Matter

• 23. Modular course – Refresher training in Medical Care

• 24. Casualty Investigation Code

• 25. MLC 2006

• Maritime Labour Convention -2006

• Working hours

• Condition of employment

• Food, Accommodation and Recreation

• Health protection

• Complaints and Enforcement

• Flag state responsibilities

• Port State Responsibilities

• Labour-Supplying responsibilities