STCW TRAINING?

WHAT IS STCW 10 TRAINING?

STCW stands for “Standards for Training, Certification and Watch Keeping (for Seafarers) and was an international agreement established in 1978 among the IMO (International Maritime Organisation) countries. It has since seen two major sets of amendments; STCW 1995 and the current standard STCW 2010. STCW10 is also know as the Manila Amendments and came into Force in 2012. One of the key changes under 2010 (Manilla) is that certain STCW certificates require update training every five years.

The standard is used internationally for shipping and in some counties is required by commercial yachtsmen. Here in the UK’ STCW is a requirement for yacht crew operating vessels over 200 tonnes. Below that size many crew prefer to take the equivalent RYA courses however STCW courses still meet the requirements for small craft.

Many people wrongly refer to the 5 basic safety courses that make up STCW Basic Safety Week as the STCW courses, there is in fact a much wider range of other STCW courses some of which are offered by our partners;

SURVIVAL

• PST – STCW Personal Survival Techniques (can be taken alone or as part of STCW Basic Safety Week)
• PSTU Personal Survival Techniques Update
• PSCRB – STCW Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats

FIRST AID

• EFA – STCW Elementary First Aid (can be taken alone or as part of STCW Basic Safety Week)
• MFA – STCW Proficiency in Medical First Aid
• PMC- STCW Proficiency in Medical Care 

SECURITY & SAFETY

• PSSR – STCW Personal Safety & Social Responsibilities (can be taken alone or as part of STCW Basic safety week)
• PSA – STCW Proficiency in Security Awareness (can be taken alone or as part of STCW Basic Safety Week)
• PDSD – STCW Proficiency in Designated Security Duties

GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS & SAFETY SYSTEM (GMDSS)

• ROC-  Restricted Operator Certificate
• GOC-  General Operator Certificate

FIRE FIGHTING

• FPFF – STCW Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting (can be taken alone or as part of STCW Basic Safety Week)
• Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting Update
• AFF – STCW Advanced Fire Fighting
• Advanced Fire Fighting Update

MANAGEMENT / MASTER

• M200/OOW500 STCW Master 200 tonnes (& Officer of the Watch 500) tonnes
• OOW3000 STCW Officer of the Watch 3000 tonnes (yacht)
• HELM (O) Human Element Leadership & Management (Operational Level)

WHAT IS STCW BASIC SAFETY TRAINING WEEK?

STCW Basic Safety training is 5 short courses bolted together and is required internationally by most seafarers before they can start work. Click for details on our STCW Basis Safety Training Week

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