On 13.12.2011 the Marine Rescue Training Centre has successfully undergone the procedure for recognition of courses for Watch and Senior Watch seamen as complying with the requirements of the STCW Convention (this procedure is carried out by the Maritime Authority), which means that the center meets all the above mentioned formal requirements.
The courses will be conducted in accordance with applicable standards and regulations, providing the necessary knowledge about life at sea, dealing with such topics as instrumentation, shipping, construction and theory of the ship and the protection of the marine environment. Some of the lectures conducted in English shall be useful in future work on board a ship.
All the interested in the courses can still sign up for them and take them for free in OSRM within the EU project “Full ahead”. The planned dates for courses are:
- Watch seaman - April 2012
- Senior watch seaman - February 2012