Long Term Rental Scheme
No ship manager or owner can
survive these days if he does not consider carefully the onboard training
needs of his fleet. There is a growing weight of regulation requiring
onboard training. Some of the most important are:
- The International Safety
Management (ISM) Code.
- ISCP Code.
- Class Notation e.g. SEP
(Safety & Environment Protection - Det norske Veritas).
- ILO Conventions & Recommendations
(147 and others).
- Various Charter Party clauses.
- Port State Control.
- SOLAS Amendments & Revisions.
- European Union Directives
- MARPOL Amendments and other
national pollution prevention laws such as OPA '90.
- Special programs such as
Sea Carriers Initiative Program and "Hazmat" regulations.
- Drug & Alcohol enforcement
regulations.
- IMO International Convention
on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers
(STCW 1995).
Videotel Can Help
Since 1991, with the encouragement of IMO and major shipping organisations, Videotel has offered a Long Term Registered Library Scheme for ships, ensuring that our clients have up-to-date training, assessment and course material on board. These libraries are currently on more than 6,500 ships and in some shore establishments.
Over 10 years ago we
introduced a safety library rental scheme. This has proven immensely popular.
Currently there are over 600 client companies participating with their
fleets in the scheme.
A Proven Scheme
The scheme allows flexible access to Videotel's extensive catalogue of over 600 safety and technical training videos and computer programs and courses. Choose
from the catalogue the packages best suited to your fleet training needs.
These will be provided to the ships in your fleet in specially designed
carrying and storage cases. We call this the "Videotel Safety Library"
scheme.
Why it Works
The details of the rental scheme have been carefully worked out to provide
the best possible service to your ships in support of your program of
onboard training. It works because seafarers will watch videos and use CBT, making
training onboard more acceptable and more motivational. A video or CBT is one
of the most effective aids a trainer can have and computer based training
is particularly appropriate for one-to-one training and professional advancement. With
a "Videotel Safety Library" on board your ships, officers and
crew will have access to up-to-date knowledge and experience of some of
the world's leading experts who work with Videotel's production teams.
They are drawn from the IMO, ISF/ICS, Intertanko, SIGTTO, The Nautical
Institute, the Institute of Marine Engineers and many others.
ISM and STCW'95
Using the "Vidoetel Safety Library" will ensure compliance with
the ISM Code, particularly clause 5 and will provide materials required
to undertake approved training as required by STCW '95.
Basic Terms of the Videotel
Safety Library Scheme
- Twenty training packages (supplied on video cassette, VCD, DVD, CD-ROM) chosen from a catalogue of over 600, which can be expanded by the addition of a Supplementary Library.
- Packages updated without extra charge
- A minimum rental period of two years
- "Onboard Training Manager" (computer record keeping program)
Ships supplied with "Videotel
Safety Libraries" are registered on Videotel's database which is
open to inspection by authorised organisations.
Amongst the training packages
most frequently requested are:
Fire Fighting at Sea Series
- Fire Prevention
- Basic Fire Fighting
- Command & Control at
the Incident
- Command & Control by
the Master
- Machinery Space Fires
Personal Survival Series
- Muster Lists, Drills and
Helicopter Operations
- Enclosed Lifeboats, Freefall
Lifeboats and Rescue Boats
- Liferafts and Open Lifeboats
- Survival
Personal Safety Onboard
Ship Series
- The Shipboard Management
Role
- Personal Safety on deck
- Personal Safety in the
Engine Room
- Personal Safety in the
Galley
Others
- Fighting Pollution
- Bridge Watchkeeping
- Entering Into Enclosed
Spaces
- Port State Control
- Drugs - Way Off Course
- Shipping Casualty Emergency
Response
- Crisis Communications
Training Courses
- Shipboard Security
- Safety Officer
- Tanker Safety
- Elementary First Aid
- ISO 14001 Environment Management
The selection need not be limited to 20 packages; a supplementary library can be used to add 10 packages making a total of 30. Additional special libraries can be used to meet specialist needs.
The need for ship managers to record all aspects of crew training has changed from advisory to mandatory. We also offer two sophisticated systems that electronically gather training records to a centralised database.
