Seafarer Perseverance Training

 Course Description 

Employers across various industries are now incorporating seafarer's level of soft skills into their crewing decisions. The Soft, "non-technical skills" are increasingly important on board due to the rapidly changing workforce and automation of technical tasks. Additionally, maritime accident investigations indicate that a lack of soft skills and human error is the most common reason behind accidents at sea.

Perseverance involves having the capacity to persist on a course of action for an extended period of time, despite the presence of
obstacles or challenges such as fatigue, boredom or distractions. It constitutes of determination and self-discipline
of not giving up until you complete your tasks.

This course presents the perfect opportunity for you as a seafarer to be proactive and showcase that you are ready to meet the industry's modern-day demands.

The course was developed based on NLP techniques and methods. Principals and examples were based on methodologies and practices from nlpincyprus and nlpgreece.

 Course Objectives

This course aims to develop your perseverance skill as a seafarer and help you understand the importance of maintaining an optimal level of effort until tasks are completed successfully.

 Target Audience

This course is suitable for all officer ranks onboard, including:

• Management Level Deck Officers
• Operational Level Deck Officers
• Management Level Engine Officers
• Operational Level Engine Officers

 Course Structure

Module 1: Perseverance is like running a marathon: visualises the importance of perseverance to achieve a goal through the historical
context of the “Marathon”.
Module 2: Commitment, motivation and determination: the second module derives the importance of a higher motivation and shows how to
utilize it.
Module 3: Choose your battles: the third module concludes with practical tips to apply it to the daily challenges.

 Prerequisites

Willingness to evolve and develop yourself personally and professionally.

 Course Characteristics

Course Duration: 60 days
Timeframe: Approx. 10min
Language: English
Certificate: Yes (valid indefinite)
Strong Authentication: No
Daily test attempts: 2
Min % of progress on GuideMe to access TestMe: 90%
Min % of passing the TestMe: 100%
Total test time: 30 min

 Technical Requirements

We recommend the use of a wired internet connection when taking this course. Connection via mobile internet is also possible; however, it is considered unstable and might cause the failure of your exam.

Supported Internet Browsers: 

Operating Systems:

• Microsoft Windows
• Apple macOS
• Linux,
• Android
• Apple's iOS