Engine Room Resource Management

The main tenets of Engine Room Resource Management relate to the non-technical skills associated with the social interaction between team members, situation awareness and decision-making. This is a high fidelity, complex, simulated working environment.

This course covers:

• The systems approach
• Safety of operations
• Environmental issues
• Co-operation and teamwork
• Situational awareness management
• Decision-making
• Human factors and human error
• Crisis management and human behaviour
• Leadership and workload management
• Risk assessment and risk management
• Identification of and breaking error chains
• Efficient use of resources and delegation
• Communications
• Planning and prioritising
• Identification of cause of problem and timely correct response
• Methodical and logical approach to fault diagnosis and problem solving
• Identification and justification of ‘assumptions’
• Emergency preparedness
• Contingency planning

The course accommodates a maximum of four and a minimum of three officers from the same company. The course works best with a team of varied ranks, and a complete engine room team of Chief Engineer, First/Second Engineer, Second/Third Engineer and Third/Fourth Engineer is recommended

Note: In June 2010, the IMO Diplomatic Conference in Manila approved amendments to part A of the STCW Code, including the addition of the competence in Table A-III/2 of ‘Use leadership and managerial skills’. The learning objectives of this engine room resource management course cover all of the requirements of the STCW amendments in relation to effective resource management. The course syllabus/material is relevant, current and appropriate and reflects industry best practice.

Course Availability and Fees

This course is company-specific and can be booked upon request.

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Southampton (Warsash Maritime Academy)