Bridge and Engine Room Resource Management (Management and Leadership Skills)
About This Course
This course is about prioritizing tasks, managing high workload and manage the resources available (bridge team, engine control team,
shore side emergency response, external resources such as tugs, etc.) in abnormal and emergency situations.
The course will give all Masters and officers the education and training in the human element leadership and management at management
level meeting the Knowledge, Understanding and Proficiency (KUP) requirements set out in the following:
Table A-II/2 (masters and chief mates on 500 gross tonnage or more)
Function: Controlling the operation of the ship and care for persons onboard at management level
Competence Use of leadership and management skills
Function: Navigation at the management level
Competence Respond to navigational emergencies
The other aim is to provide bridge procedural training applying Company Bridge Procedures in Abnormal and Emergency Situations), by
doing so the trainee can apply the (KUP) in a contextual environment.
What You'll Learn
•Organization of crew, authority structure, responsibilities
•Cultural awareness, inherent traits, attitudes, behaviour, cross-cultural communication
•Shipboard situation, informal social structures on board
•Human error, situation awareness, automation awareness, complacency, boredom
•Leadership and team working
•Training, structured shipboard training programs
•Knowledge of personal abilities and behavioural characteristics
Need for international maritime conventions, recommendations and national legislation
•International maritime conventions – SOLAS, MARPOL, STCW, MLC,– role of IMO, ILO
•Recommendations and national legislation
Ability to apply task and workload management
•Planning and coordination
•Personnel assignment
•Human limitations
•Personal abilities
•Time and resource constraints
•Prioritization
•Workloads, rest and fatigue
•Management (leadership) styles
•Challenges and responses
Knowledge and ability to apply effective resource management
•Effective communication on board and ashore
•Allocation, assignment and prioritization of resources
•Decision making reflecting team experience
•Assertiveness and leadership, including motivation
•Obtaining and maintaining situational awareness
•Appraisal of work performance
•Short and long term strategies
Knowledge and ability to apply decision-making techniques
•Situation and risk assessment
•Identify and consider generated options
•Selecting course of action
•Evaluation of outcome effectiveness
•Decision making and problem solving techniques
•Authority and assertiveness
•Judgement
•Emergencies and crowd management
Self-awareness, personal and professional development
•Knowledge of personal abilities and behavioural characteristics
•Opportunities for personal and professional development
Development, implementation, and oversight of standard operating procedures
Entry Requirements
Participants must have Class 2 and Class 1 Certificate of Competency (Deck and Engine), and held supervisory or management level in the capacity of a Master, Chief Officer, Chief Engineer Officer and Second Engineer officer on board a ship. Parrticipants in shore based ship management position may also be considered.