Tripartite Maritime Training Award (Deck) Training Programme
About This Course
The Tripartite Maritime Training Award (TMTA) is a career development programme that prepares Singaporeans and Permanent Residents to join the maritime industry and pursue their aspirations as Nautical Officers onboard ocean-going ships.
In the TMTA (Deck) Training Programme, aka Phase 3, is a preparatory course for students before they take their Certificate of Competency Class 3 Deck Officer examinations. Students will be attending full-time classroom-based training and practical lessons for 6 months, covering a series of modules listed below. This course is in accordance with the provisions of regulation II/1.2 of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (STCW 1978).
They will learn through a series of lessons, conducted by specialists whom themselves were former seafaring professionals and industry practitioners. Knowledge is disseminated via multimodal inputs, so that students learn through slide presentations, videos, notes, textbooks and tutorials. Also, leveraging the use of technology add pedagogical holism, where students learn chartwork and navigation utilizing the Full Mission Navigation Simulator as part of the Navigation module. In addition, learning and assessment is also conducted via online learning platforms.
Six months are spent in class completing the following modules:
1) Cargo Work
2) Celestial Navigation
3) Ship Operations & Collision Regulations
4) Coastal Navigation
5) Maritime Communication
6) Maritime Legislation
7) Meteorology
8) Ship Construction
9) Stability
10) Mathematics
11) Physical Science
What You'll Learn
Knowledge of the effect of cargo including heavy lifts, on the seaworthiness and stability on the ship.
Knowledge of safe handling, stowage and securing of cargoes, including dangerous, hazardous and harmful cargoes, and their effect on the safety of life and of the ship.
Ability to establish and maintain effective communications during loading and unloading.
Inspect and report defects and damage to cargo spaces, hatch covers and ballast tanks.
2)Celestial Navigation-The aim of the module is to enable students serving as deck officers to have the ability to determine ship’s position using of celestial bodies. This will be a revision of subjects learnt in Phase 1 and 2 of the students.
3)Ship Operations & Collision Regulations-The aim is to enable students serving as deck officer to have a knowledge of ship operations
of ships to enable safe and efficient running of the ship.
4) Coastal Navigation-The module aims to enable students serving as deck officers to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of terrestrial and coastal navigation in order to plan and conduct a passage and determine ship’s position by means of: -
1. Landmarks;
2. Aids to navigation, including lighthouses, beacons and buoys
3. Dead reckoning, considering winds, tides, currents and estimated speed.
5)Maritime Communications-The aim of the module is to enable students serving as deck officers to have the ability to: -
Use International Code of Signals & Transmit and receive, by Morse light, distress signal SOS as specified in Annex IV of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, as amended, and appendix 1 of the International Code of Signals.
6)Maritime Legislation-The aim is to enable students serving as deck officer to demonstrate and understanding of: Basic working knowledge of the relevant IMO convention
Entry Requirements
Academic Level Required:
Certificate of Completion of Tripartite Maritime Training Award (Deck) Pre-Sea Preparation Training Course and Certificate of Completion of Tripartite Maritime Training Award (Deck) Distance Learning Programme (Shipboard Training)
Language Proficiency:
N level pass in English or equivalent
Work Experience Required:
-
Minimum Age Required:
18