Annual General Assembly 2003 - Alexandria

Session 6 WGIII

Training of the Personnel for the Fleet is a Key Question to Ensure Safety at Sea

Ivan I. Kostylev
President of Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy 15a Kosaya liniya, 199106, St.Petersburg, Russian Federation
Email: kanev@abv.bg

ABSTRACT

The report is devoted to problems of personnel maintenance of the fleet and in essence reflects the Russian concept of higher maritime education.

In the report a problem of necessity to provide a qualified crew for a vessel comes into question, as being one of the most important parts, ensuring fulfilment of the standards of navigation and safety at sea.

The reasons are considered, according to which a special approach to the formation and check of crews should be created.

A conclusion is made about the necessity to adjust and integrate the systems of the quality standards for training and certifying to ensure proper qualification of the seafarer before his assignment to a vessel, i.e. at the stage of training and certifying. In the report a problem about certifying of the specialists for fishing and navy fleets is raised. In opinion of the author there should be entered and carried out some uniform requirements when training the personnel for the merchant, fishing and navy fleets.

Key problems are picked out, on which the maintenance of conformity of the crew to the modern requirements at the stage of training is rather complicated a task. Mainly it is influenced by the duration and inertia of the existed system of training and certifying.

In the report a concept of the system of training of the seafarers is offered which, in opinion of the author, can help to solve this contradiction, major elements of this system being considered in detail.

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