Catalogue of Training Courses Available From Agencies

Audience
This course has been developed for various group of stakeholders, such as MS Administrations (Market Surveillance Authorities, including inspectors), Notifying Authorities, USCG, MS MED Experts, Notified Bodies and manufacturers of the MED equipment.

Course Objectives
- Know the legal basis and legal obligations for each group of the stakeholders steaming from the Directive 2014/90/EU.
- Become familiar with the main components and features of the MED Database..
- Be able to filter and find the required data.
- Submit the required data including Declaration of Conformity (DoC).
- Recognise the purpose of the MED data circulation and exchange with other MED stakeholders.

For the course on MED Database for manufacturers the objectives are the following:
- Identify the obligations of the manufacturers, especially to provide the Declaration of Conformity.
- Be able to submit of the Declaration of Conformity.
- Know how to provide the additional supporting information.
- Learn how to implement the MED e-tag.   

Audience
This course is designed for Member States which are users of RPAS services provided by EMSA.

Intended Learning Outcomes
- Identify the main functions offered by the RPAS Data Centre to effectively use this platform in an operational context.
- Plan and monitor real-time flights, including visualizing live video feeds, detecting targets of interest, interacting with RPAS pilots through the chat, use measurements tools on the map, take screenshots, download pictures amongst other.
- Access the operational data post mission and share mission reports.  

Audience

Maritime inspectors from EU MSs national maritime administrations or competent authorities, including individuals responsible for ensuring compliance with international maritime safety/security regulations and standards, such as those set forth by IMO, and with EU legislation as regards to ports, port-facilities and EU MS-flagged ships.

Intended Learning Outcomes

This course is designed to develop the necessary individual competencies for carrying out duties associated with cybersecurity in the process of implementation and enforcement of the relevant maritime regulatory framework. After the course the students shall be able to:

• Identify the existing cyber threats, challenges and opportunities for the maritime sector
• Recognize the importance of addressing cybersecurity for maritime operations
• Distinguish the OT and IT systems and explain their vulnerabilities and potential consequences of
• cyber incidents
• Identify, describe and discuss the existing regulatory framework, guidance and best practices
• Recognize and describe the existing cyber risk management and assessment tools
• Treat Cybersecurity issues during maritime audits and inspections

Audience
New Entrant Port State Control Officers and experienced Port State Control Officers aiming to comply with the Professional Development Scheme as it is described by the Paris MoU.

Intended Learning Outcomes
- Recognise the structure of Paris MoU and the historical events that lead to the establishment of the Paris MoU.
- Identify the Paris MoU text, and also be aware for the IMO PSC Resolution.
- Demonstrate the use of the Paris MoU Manual during a PSC inspection.
- List the relevant applicable international instruments and the relevant EU legislation (EU Member States).
- Understand the use of RuleCheck to find the relevant regulations and deficiency codes.
- Evaluate the possible actions to be taken based on findings during a PSC inspection.
- List the relevant instruments that are applicable during an inspection.
- Analyse the findings during a PSC inspection and use the appropriate PSCC instruction to take the necessary actions.
- Use the Code of good practice to ensure that the inspection is performed with integrity, Professionalism, and transparency.

Audience
New maritime traffic monitoring and surveillance operators, duty officers working in MRCCs, maritime safety centres, pollution response services and other maritime authorities; officers with no or little previous experience using the IMS service, and IMS users who rarely use IMS during exercises, specific operations, or emergencies. 

Intended Learning Outcomes
- Understand the background, legal basis, and governance of IMS;
- Recognise the principles of data integration and information sharing and co-operation;
- Recognise the reporting and surveillance technologies used in the service and their limitations;
- Use IMS Graphical interface (SEG) functions to obtain a complete maritime picture and view, search, and query the data;
- Interpret the vessel information and other IMS data layers;
- Combine data layers, tools, and functionalities for analysis;
- Recognise how to automatically detect anomalous and specific vessel behaviours in IMS;
- Identify Automated Behaviour Monitoring (ABM) algorithms and their usage in different scenarios;
- Use the maritime surveillance picture to operations at sea;
- Recognise the basic functionalities and limitations of the IMS Mobile App. 

Audience

This course is designed for LRIT NCAs or operators working in MRCCs for SAR and pollution response purposes, VTS centres, maritime administrations, police or border control, PSC Officers and operators in charge of the registration/de-registration of ships within the LRIT system. Participants should be familiar with the User Web Interfaces of the EU LRIT CDC and the EU LRIT Ship Database or have already completed the EU LRIT CDC basic training.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Enable the operators to use more advanced features of the User Web Interfaces of the EU LRIT Cooperative Data Centre, EU LRIT Ship Database, LRIT IDE Administrative Interface and of the LRIT Data Distribution Plan in the Global Integrated Ship Information Systems (GISIS). Use specific functionalities restricted to LRIT NCAs such as managing a coastal standing order and managing users. On completion of the course, participants will be able to use the interfaces at an advanced level in their day-to-day work.

Audience

This course is designed for LRIT NCAs or operators working in MRCCs for SAR and pollution response purposes, VTS centres, maritime administrations, police or border control, PSC Officers and operators in charge of the registration/de-registration of ships within the LRIT system.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Enable the operators to use main features and functions of EU LRIT Cooperative Data Center in their day-to-day work.

Audience
Relevant staff from national maritime administrations at the entrance level.

Intended Learning Outcomes
- Outline the EU institutional setting;
- Describe the EU legislative process;
- Define the areas covered by the EU maritime legislation;
- Explain the interaction between EU and international maritime legislation;
- Identify the general content, scope, and objective of existing acts of EU maritime legislation;
- Name the tasks of European Maritime Safety Agency;
- Recognise the scope and objectives of the tools and services offered by EMSA in order to facilitate the implementation of the relevant EU legislation.

Audience
The target audience are counter-pollution authorities from the Member States directly involved in response operations, with the following profile: equipment operators who may deal with the equipment on board national vessels of opportunity, team leaders, oil pollution response trainers, vessel captains and members of vessel crew.

Intended Learning Outcomes
The Equipment Assistance Service (EAS) consists of stand-alone oil pollution response equipment systems stored in stockpiles located in selected areas around Europe. This service complements the response capacity available through EMSA’s network of oil spill response vessels. The EAS equipment is on stand-by, ready to be mobilised around-the-clock to anywhere in European waters and shared sea basins.
At the end of the course the participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate and practice the use of selected equipment sets at the stockpile location.
- Build expertise among the EAS users.
- Familiarise the operators with the use of EAS equipment systems.

Audience

Staff of national and local authorities of EU Member States and EFCA coastal States who are users of the MAR-ICE service or wish to know more about the service.

Intended Learning Outcomes

• Recognize the scope and objective of MAR-ICE service.
• Identify the service's activation procedures and expected outputs.

Audience

Staff of maritime administrations and other relevant actors involved in the implementation and enforcement of international maritime conventions within the scope of the III Code at the level of Contracting Governments as well as at the level of Flag, Coastal and Port State.

Intended Learning Outcomes

The course is designed to provide knowledge in the areas covered by the IMSAS to the staff of the Maritime Administrations engaged in different areas, such as those of the Contracting Government, and Flag, State, and Port States. It aims to provide the learners with the necessary understanding of the standards and procedures before, during, and after the IMSAS. At the end of the course participants should be able to: 

• Recall IMSAS background and its framework;
• Recall the main responsibilities of the entities involved during an audit for the learning area of Responsibilities as Contracting Government, Flag State, Coastal and Port State;
• Recognise the main responsibilities of the Contracting governments under the “Common Areas” of the III Code;
• Indicate the main responsibilities of the Contracting governments as “Flag State” acc. to the III Code;
• Summarise the necessary process adopted by the administration to provide guidance on the requirements of the international instruments that are “to the satisfaction of the Administration”
• Outline the main responsibilities of the Contracting Governments as “Coastal State” acc. to the III Code;
• Indicate the main responsibilities of the Contracting Governments as “Port State” acc. to the III Code;
• Recall the main definitions in the audit process;
• Identify the main steps in the IMSAS cycle including the roadmap to the audit and its planning;
• Recall the main objectives and content of the Memorandum of Cooperation

Audience
Port State Control Officers and designated inspectors of EU Member States responsible for the control of the implementation of relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) 1257/2013 and Directive 2009/16/EC.

Intended Learning Outcomes
This course aims at providing the necessary knowledge and skills to designated inspectors of carrying out ship inspections in the context of the Ship Recycling Regulation implementation and enforcement. At the end of the course the participants will be able to:
- Identify the specific EU and international legal instruments (Conventions, Regulations, guidelines, recommendations, procedures) relevant to Ship Recycling and describe their scope and main provisions. (Intermediate level).
- Describe the scope and objectives of an S R inspection.
- Identify the relevant information to be gathered prior to initiating an SR inspection.
- Identify and review/verify the accuracy/validity of the SRR-related mandatory/certificates documents that should be carried out by a ship which is subject to an SRR inspection.
- Explain the circumstances of “clear grounds” under which a more detailed inspection or the enforcement of other control measures to the ship may be required.
- Identify, describe typical cases of SR non-compliances and classify them into detainable and non-detainable ones.
- Explain the circumstances under which a “specific sampling” may be considered and describe the methodology to be followed in such cases.
- Determine and take the appropriate enforcement actions in cases of identified SR non compliances.

Audience
This course has been developed for SSN National Competent Authorities (NCAs) and operators working in MRCCs, SAR services, VTS centres, maritime administrations, pollution response services, as well as for PSC Officers, Security Officers and Port Reception Facilities.

Intended Learning Outcomes
- Learn about the new and planned future developments of SSN.
- Enable the operators to use SSN at an advanced level in their day-to-day work.