About this course
This two-day course utilises the ClassNK approved Liquid Cargo and Ballast Handling Simulator in our Maritime Simulation Centre - the UK's largest ship and port simulation centre.
Successful delegates will be able to use the course as evidence of simulator training contributing to the pre-requisites required in applying for training to achieve a Certificate of Proficiency (CoP) in Advanced Training for Service on Ships Subject to the IGF Code, as per Regulation V/3 paragraph 6, Section A-V/3 paragraph 2 of the STCW Convention and Code 1978 as amended.
To be issued with a CoP for Advanced Training on Ships Subject to the IGF Code you must:
- Hold a CoP for Basic Training for Service on Ships Subject to the IGF Code.
- Complete an MCA approved advanced training programme for service on ships subject to the IGF Code.
- Complete at least one month of approved seagoing service that includes a minimum of three bunkering operations onboard. Two of the three bunkering operations may be replaced by simulator training on bunkering operations. These requirements must have been completed within the last five years.
Please also see MIN595.
What you'll learn
During this two-day course you will learn:
- The significance of pre-arrival communications, pre-transfer meeting and ship/ship/shore safety and operational checklists.
- The use of equipment and systems associated with LNG bunkering operations, and determine quantity.
- Safely manage the fuel transfer processes in compliance with legislative requirements.
- Manage health, safety, emergency response and environmental precautions to be taken while conducting LNG bunkering operations.
Pre-requisites
Those undertaking the course should be STCW operational or management level certificated officers/engineers or hold a relevant qualification from a tertiary institution, and hold a CoP for Basic Training for Service on Ships Subject to the IGF Code.
