MS MARINE LANGUAGE TRAINING COURSE (SMCP TRAINING TOOL) (VERSION 1.2)
Code No 829
The MS Marine Language is a multi-media training tool for training marine language
and competency skills in a self-study environment. Based on different, real-life
scenarios, trainees can familiarise themselves with routine activities and emergency
procedures, as well as the corresponding marine communication and vocabulary.
It is suitable for:
Evaluation of language and competency skill
Content training
Training in routine and distress communications
Marine language training according to the Standard Marine Communication
Phrases (SMCPs) of the IMO
Instructor-guided training and self-study
Comprehensive dialogue sections contain a number of exercises designed to expand
a person’s ability to understand spoken messages and respond to them orally.
International Standards in Seafaring
In accordance with the ISM Code and STCW Convention, there is a growing demand
for the training of mariners and service personnel.
Today, comprehensive knowledge is required in the technical fields of safety,
emergency situations and risk management. Due to the multi-national character of
ships’ crews, appropriate maritime English has to be added to these abilities in order
to guarantee higher safety at sea as demanded by the international standards.
Several scenarios based on real-life situations have been created to introduce the
user to the special vocabulary that makes up SMCPs and to make the practising of
the phrases more effective.
The user can also listen to routine or distress communications in order to give
him/her a real impression of the situations.
THE MS MARINE TRAINING TOOLS
The following scenarios are included:
Vessel Traffic Service
Passenger care
Fire on board
Search and rescue
Collision
Vessel Traffic Service:
The Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) module is suitable for training personnel such as
VTS operators and navigators in the use of the Standard Marine Communication
Phrases they are most likely to hear and need to use.
The Vessel Traffic Service module covers the following:-
Approaching the Port
Leaving the Port
Pilotage
Tug Assistance
Fire on Board:
According to international regulations, all passengers on board must be assemble
for a drill which has to take place within 24 hours of leaving a port.This module
supports the training of all phrases required to inform passengers in a correct
manner.
Passenger Care:
The phrases in this module should be used by Masters, officers and crew members
of passenger ships and ferries to inform the passengers about safety aspects and to
organise their conduct in case of emergency.
Search and Rescue:
The Search and Rescue module provides the Captain and his crew with good
emergency vocabulary so they are prepared to use these phrases, when required,
correctly and without hesitation. This module mainly describes the distress
communication among the ships participating in a search and rescue operation.
Collision:
What has to be done in case of an emergency like collision, ground or sinking? This
module tells the story of a real collision and includes external communications,
onboard communications and the emergency steps taken to master the situation.
MS Marine Language generates a new learning process on board and ashore:
Active test competency
Flexible learning environment on board/ashore
Independence of local and temporal restrictions
Audio record function
Immediate evaluation and feedback of learning results
Flexible individual syllabus
Routine and Distress Communications:
These modules concentrate on the phrases used in routine and distress
communications, assisted by a multi-media environment.
Routine Communication:
Phrases for acquiring and providing traffic data, navigational assistance service,
traffic organisation, VTS services and communication with emergency and allied
services.
Distress Communication:
Phrases for distress, search and rescue communication, request for medical
assistance, urgency traffic, safety communication and special situations such as
communicating with ice breakers and helicopters.
Content Training
The contents are dedicated to train and test the user’s knowledge of the SMCP’s
underlying principles, such as the correct application of message markers and
instructions, the proper use of maritime vocabulary and the structure of phrases.
Code No 829