maritime training
SeaCert meets TRoQ
BY LOUISE DEEHAN-OWEN, SENIOR LECTURER, NZ MARITIME SCHOOL
M
aritime New Zealand is nearing the completion of
SeaCert and hopes to have the new rules that will enable
its implementation signed off by the beginning of 2014.
A new licence framework is visible, syllabi have been replaced
with competencies that are more descriptive and task books are
being worked on. Industry and providers have met and robust
discussions held, and after a number of years we finally appear
to be looking at the last of the deliveries of the "old" licences and
planning for the delivery of the "new" licences in 2014.
Running parallel with this, the New Zealand Qualifications
Authority have been holding their Targeted Review of Qualifications.
All maritime qualifications have undergone a compulsory review
and new qualifications designed to meet the needs of industry
are in the final stages of waiting to be registered on the NZQA
framework. When these programmes are available on the NZQA
qualifications framework it will mean training providers are able
to seek course approval and the courses receive funding. Courses
that candidates need to take will then be approved, and only then
legally be able to run. Much concern has been removed from this
process by having Maritime New Zealand confirmed as the chair
of the NZQA consistency panel for approval and monitoring of all
maritime programmes leading to a maritime licence.
Now the only thing that is not on our side is time. With
much background work done we are awaiting the qualifications
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registration on the NZQA framework to enable us to plan in
concrete our 2014 delivery.
What will be sure and immediate is that the industry, employers,
skippers of vessels and crew will have to take a far more
proactive role in the training of their new recruits and in the skills
progression of participants. Workplace taskbooks will demand
detail and evidence of training and are part of progression at all
levels of the local industry. The reality that proof of competence
or ability to perform a task is imperative within this industry has
been acknowledged with their development. Owners and skippers
will have to build up a means by which new entrants in to the
industry will be informed of the nature of the training, and be
furnished with an MNZ approved Task and Record Book. Thought
and consideration will have to be given on board to provide
opportunities for completion of the tasks required, provision of
mentors and assistance with trainees' on board learning. Some
companies may even have to develop relationships with others in
differing sectors to give their staff the breadth of experience that
some of the levels of licences will demand.
The trainees themselves will have to become active in their
own training, and for many companies, vessels and skippers
this process will provide the benefit of the training permeating
the workplace and raising the general standard. A positive
outcome for all.
We provide maritime training
in the following areas:
- Maritime New Zealand Licences
Your first
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- Marine Engineering
- STCW '95 Basic Training
- Mate and Master Yacht Licences.
Maritime training designed to
meet your company's needs:
- Customised training
- Experienced lecturers
- Flexible learning options including blended
delivery for 'Inshore Launchmaster' and
'New Zealand Offshore Watchkeeper'
Maritime New Zealand licences
- Maritime consultancy.
New Zealand Maritime School, Level 3, 2 Commerce St, Auckland on phone:
0800 744 722 email: maritime@manukau.ac.nz or visit: www.nzmaritime.com
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