Course description
This is a behaviour-based training programme designed to change the attitude of officers and ratings joining ships to make ‘safe outcome’ a priority while performing any job.
They are trained to remove the mental blocks that prevent them from always acting with safety in mind.
This programme endeavours to convert crew from R.A.I.N type personalities to S.U.N type personalities. The essentials of SafeR+ include:
The Workshop involves group discussions and performance of high-risk tasks in simulated conditions, following which gaps are discussed and analysed.
Facility
The workshop is conducted in spacious classrooms with modern teaching aids to facilitate comfortable learning.
Objective
To reduce accidents and navigation incidents by 50% each year
To improve the ratio of S.U.N. behaviour versus R.A.I.N behaviour for each crew member
All Officers and Ratings
The ECDIS support cell is a dedicated team within FMTI that provides technical assistance to our bridge teams who may have issues related to ECDIS, ENCs or similar navigational processes. It also provides guidance to crew for PSC and vetting inspections and oversees the 'management of change' for dual ECDIS vessels or during new ECDIS installation onboard.
To teams onshore, it provides support in drafting policies, analysis of vetting findings and incident investigation.
From time to time, the ECDIS support cell provides insights to key policymakers and industry stakeholders from UKHO, IHO and INTERTANKO to ECDIS manufacturers and ENC suppliers.
In parallel, the team provides bespoke training to class surveyors and auditors and has been a recipient of the Navigational Safety Award at the First World ECDIS Day.