 Ships operating in the Arctic and Antarctic environments face a range of unique risks. Harsh weather conditions and the scarcity of detailed charts, communication infrastructure, and navigational aids present significant challenges for mariners. The remote nature of these regions complicates rescue and environmental cleanup operations, making them difficult and costly endeavors.
Extremely cold temperatures can impair the functionality of various ship components, including deck machinery, emergency equipment, and sea suctions. The presence of ice further adds to these challenges by exerting additional loads on the hull, propulsion systems, and appendages. While the Arctic and Antarctic waters share certain similarities, they also exhibit important differences.
The Arctic is an ocean encircled by continents, whereas the Antarctic is a continent surrounded by ocean. During summer, Antarctic sea ice retreats substantially or is dispersed by permanent gyres located in the Weddell and Ross Seas, resulting in relatively little multi-year ice. In contrast, Arctic sea ice persists through many summer seasons, with a considerable amount existing as multi-year ice. Although both polar marine environments are vulnerable to similar threats, responses must be tailored to the specific legal and political frameworks governing each region.
This course provides training for navigation officers to operate ships safely in polar waters, addressing additional considerations beyond the existing requirements of SOLAS and MARPOL conventions. It emphasizes understanding the unique climatic conditions of polar regions and ensuring compliance with standards for maritime safety and pollution prevention.
 The material of the present IMO model course is arranged in nine main parts. The first part gives some introduction to the subject of security awareness and its critical importance, and gives some brief information on the vessel and port operations. The second part is dealing with the maritime security policy, and here the trainees will reach some familiarity with the relevant legislation including the international conventions and codes, as well as the officially published recommendations.
The third part addresses the security responsibilities including the ones of the operating company, vessel, SSO, CSO, and PFSO, standing for the Ship Security Officer, Company Security Officer, and Port Facility Security Officer, respectively. The ship security assessment is discussed in a separate part of the volume, followed by the one on the security equipment, systems and their operational limitations, maintenance and testing.
After that the trainees learn how to identify, recognize, and respond to the different threats. The remaining parts of the course give necessary information on the security administration, emergency preparedness, drills, and ship security actions.
 The main content of the present IMO model course was prepared to give readers all required understanding of the security awareness and make sure that the ship crew members with no security duties assigned relating to the SSP, i.e. Ship Security Plan, to participate and contribute in the ship security.
The trainees who complete all chapters of the present course will be considered having enough knowledge, therefore reaching the necessary competence standard. They will get to know the meaning of the different ship security levels and associated requirements, contingency plans and emergency measures.
In addition to that, they will get better in the recognizing and detecting different types of weapons and dangerous substances, as well as the human behavioral patterns. Apart from that, this training will equip trainees with the necessary techniques that are commonly applied to circumvent the ship security measures, and this particular skill is definitely critical to provision of the security of your vessel.
The maritime security policy and security responsibilities are detailed together with the ship security actions. Due attention was paid to the identification of the threats, their recognition and prevention, as well as shipboard exercises, drills and emergency preparedness.
 The content of the present training course has been developed on the basis of the training guidelines released by the world respected SIGTTO earlier, as well as the materials provided by the Directorate of Shipping. The trainees will start with the familiarization section covering such aspects as ship simulation and tank arrangement, piping and associated systems, instrumentation, cargo containment, essential procedures and operations.
Then, they will proceed to the special operations and procedures including tank ventilation, cargo liquefaction and boil-off matters, gas freeing, inert gas systems etc. After that, they will go through two sections addressing the ballast and cargo operations including ballasting/deballasting, cargo handling, plus the procedures to be followed when loading and unloading.
The closing section of the course deals with the different real life operational problems together with the associated remedial actions. The course is highly recommended to the crew members of the vessels transporting the LPG, or liquefied petroleum gas, and the trainees who have satisfactorily completed all items, will be considered duly prepared for working on board such ships.
 The content of the present course will provide a good introduction to the assessment of the seafarers, as well as their certification and examination, with the primary focus placed on the associated internationally accepted regulatory framework and practice.
Upon completion of the course, the students will be considered provided with sufficient knowledge and obtained necessary skills to be able to conduct administration, supervision and monitoring of the assessment and professional training of the seafarers as per the relevant provisions of the STCW Convention and Code.
They should also be able to perform evaluation and application of the processes needed for implementation of the aforementioned provisions in accordance with the national law, understand the methods and process of the national assessment and examination, be able to choose the proper methods of assessment, get involved in the organization and administration of the assessment activities.
Of course, they will also be able to show their ability to issue the certification paperwork and control the whole process of assessment, examination and certification. Make sure you have checked the content before you start the course.
 This is the final draft of the IMO Model Course dealing with the energy efficiency on board marine ships. The intention is to promote the good technical training of the shipboard personnel in order to eventually improve the efficiency of using the energy on board.
As a result, this would eventually contribute to the protection of the environment, following the guidelines outlined in the IMO Resolutions nos. A.998(25) and A.947(23) through introducing and implementing the best practices. This, in turn, would allow achieving significant reduction in the amount of the GHG emissions. In addition to the above, the present course is covering the basic subjects intended to develop the managerial instruments to be applied by the shipping companies for the management of the environment protection.
The trainees who have completed all parts of the training will be considered aware and proficient in identification of the actions and considerations taken by the IMO in the field of greenhouse gas reduction, development and application of the associated industry best practices, establishing the SEEMP, i.e. the ship energy efficiency management plans, and maintaining the subject plan at all times.
 The IMO Model; Course 7.08 has been developed specifically having the shipboard electrical officers in mind. The idea was to provide them all with the training and technical knowledge they would need when performing their duties on the vessels. The content of the course encompasses three basic functions, starting with the electrical, control and electrical engineering taken at the operational level.
The second function will address the technical maintenance and repair, while the third one deals with the controlling the ship operation as well as the personnel safety. The arrangement of the course is traditional for all other IMO Model Courses, most of which are available in this section of the website.
Among the key training objectives declared by the providers of the course we would underline the routine maintenance and repair of the different shipboard electrical equipment and machinery, including the control and automation systems on modern ships, navigation and communication equipment, and even the cargo handling and deck machinery, since all of them involve electric parts and that is the reason why the course shall be satisfactorily taken and passed by all people intending to work as electro-officers.
 This is another IMO Model Course intended to be taken by the crew members willing to get better understanding of the leadership and teamwork. The main content of the course is arranged in eight sections, the first section is introductory and the eighth section provides conclusive remarks.
The trainees will start with getting the information about the shipboard management personnel and associated training, including the crew organization, cultural awareness, informal social structures that can be found on board ships, human error factor, shipboard training programs etc. after that they will proceed to the international maritime conventions, recommendations and associated national regulatory framework.
The ability of the personnel to apply the task and workload management properly is discussed in the next section of the course, including the coordination and planning, personal abilities and limitations, management styles, challenges, and other important aspects. The remaining sections of the course cover such the important areas as effective resource management, decision-making techniques to be applied, professional and personal development, and self-awareness.
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