Training in Advanced Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations (STCW)

About this course

The course provides specialist training for senior officers and any person with immediate responsibility for loading, discharging, care in transit or handling of bulk chemical cargoes. Tanker terminal and ship management personnel will build on previous experience and gain a detailed appreciation of the safety aspects involved in the handling and carriage of chemical cargoes. 

This course takes full account of Chapter V Regulation V/1-1, Chapter V Section A-V/1-1.3 and Table A-V/1-1-3 of the 2010 STCW Code and complies with the Merchant Navy Training Board (MNTB) requirements as satisfying part of the prerequisites for issue of a tanker endorsement by the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). 

What you'll learn

Course content includes: 

• Certification and documentation 
• Ship types 
• Chemical tanker construction requirements
• Physics and chemistry
• Tanker incidents
• Electrical equipment
• Static electricity
• Ship – shore liaison
• Cargo operations
• Cargo reactivity
• Segregation and compatibility
• Tank coatings
• Enclosed space entry
• Gas detection instrumentation
• Health and toxicity
• Nitrogen systems
• Cargo stowage planning
• Tank and cargo system washing and preparation
• Cargo pumps 

Prerequisites

• After 9 June 2015 
  Full basic training in oil and chemical tanker cargo operations. Candidates must have the Tanker Fire Fighting certificate which meets the requirements set out in tables A-V/1-1-1 and A-V/1-2-1 of the STCW Convention and Code as amended and be in possession of the appropriate certificate. 

Please refer to MIN 535 sections 4 and 6, and MSN 1866 for additional information. 

Please note that anyone not meeting the prerequisites below will be issued with a letter of attendance rather than an STCW certificate. 

STCW Training in Tanker Fire Fighting

If you are not in possession of the Tanker Fire Fighting certificate (which is a five-hour stand-alone course), we offer this training.

The Tanker Fire Fighting certificate will also be issued on completion of the Advanced Fire Fighting course. Please note, there are prerequisites for enrolling on the Advanced Fire Fighting course, such as a Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting certificate, or equivalent - please see the course page for details.