Coping Under Pressure - Seafarer Resilience

 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.

Resilience involves the capacity to maintain healthy functioning and optimum performance, despite stressful conditions.
It involves accepting and dealing calmly and effectively with unexpected or stressful situations.

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.

 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: Resilience
Module 2: A matter of perspective
Module 3: ACT!

 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: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Edge

Operating Systems:

Windows 8 or higher with latest updates installed

MacOS 10.12 Siera or higher with latest updates installed

Apple iOS 11 or higher with latest updates installed