Engine room simulator

Engine room simulator

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Maritime Administration of: Liberia, Panama, Republic of Marshall Islands, Ukraine.

The Engine Resource Management course directs the participants’ attention to such items as voyage planning, engine organization and procedures, and the management of the human resources which make the Engine Team.

This simulator based course is five days in duration and brings to the engineering team the concepts and philosophies of resource management previously only experienced by bridge personnel

To provide knowledge and skills to operate, supervise and monitor the safe operation and control of a ship’s machinery installation in accordance with provisions of Sections A-III/1, A-III/2, A-VIII/2 and B-VIII/2 of the STCW Code, as amended.

In particular, the student will gain:

1. familiarization with the use of instrumentation and controls used in the engine rooms of modern merchant ships;

2. awareness of the need for proper pre-planning, the use of checklists and of the timescales involved in startup procedures;

3. understanding and awareness of correct watchkeeping procedures understanding of the way in which machinery units are interdependent;

4. experience in identifying operational problems and trouble-shooting them;

5. the ability to make decisions, which promote the safety and efficiency of an operational plant.

Engine Officers, cadets

Documentary evidence should be issued to those who have successfully completed this course indicating that the holder has completed training for “Engine room simulator ” based on IMO model course, 2.07

LIMITATION

The course is conducted by qualified instructors that hold appropriate licenses and have an adequate experience in this subject.

Photographs, models, or other representations of various engines and vessel parts to illustrate operational elements and etc.

Whiteboard and DVD player, overhead projector, placards, audio and video aids, Power Points.

Theory in classroom, practical exercises at Simulator ERS 5000