STCW stands for ‘Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping’. STCW came into force in 1978 as Governments agreed to standardise training around the world. This says the course is standardised and training provided will be the same at any given institute. STCW courses can be done from reputed and Government recognised institutes like Tolani Institute, Girik Maritime and many others. STCW course consists of : 1) Fire Fighting and Fire prevention 2) Personal and Social Responsibilities 3) Personal Survival Techniques 4) Elementary First Aid
In mariner’s life, personal safety and social responsibilities (PSSR) is conducted in basic STCW courses. The aim of PSSR course is to provide basic and mandatory training to seafarers about the safety procedures and accident preventions while working onboard a ship. It gives detailed knowledge to safeguard himself/herself from any kind of accident or misfortune. Also, this course helps in getting acquainted with conditions onboard the ship.
Yes, you can definitely pursue Advanced firefighting course at T.S. Chanakya (STCW 2010). It is one the best maritime training institutes in India. You can also check stcw refresher course from other maritime institutes in India. Since the trainings are standard, doing a course from anywhere will not vary.
No, it will cause no problems if one does basic STCW course from two different institutes. However, basic STCW course needs to be done only once. The second time on does STCW course is refresher STCW course. Also, make sure you don’t indulge in doing STCW course from two different institutes at same time. Moreover, course from any reputed maritime institute in India will not cause problems when applying to Indian CDC.
There are a lot many benefits of being a marine engineer. The few of which are listed below, in brief: 1) Marine Engineering degree – Marine engineer are degree holders and they are well qualified ones. It is equivalent and one of the most reputed degree. 2) Respect – Marine engineers get respect in the society as they work being away for the family surfacing all the unties dangers at the sea. No doubt they do a basic STCW safety training course, but risking lives if appealable. 3) Discipline – Marine engineers are one of the most disciplined engineering species. They need to be disciplined as they need to be in co-ordination with crew. 4) Financial Stability – The money what they earn, makes their family get a descent livelihood. Marine engineers work about half of average working tenures and sitback with money earned doing investments, business etc.
This is very obvious question. As this career option is not much talked about and is found rare in family/friends discussions. The most highlighted part of joining merchant navy is good income. A seafarer working onboard will get to work will people from all around the world According to Indian law, a person working on merchant navy gets NRI status and does not have to pay taxes Work pressure is constant and same kind of activities carried out Merchant navy is very demanding career option and a daredevil one A merchant navy professional gets to travel the world For joining merchant navy, one needs to do course from reputed marine training institute.
STCW stands for ‘Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping’. On 7th July 1995 the STCW code was updated, these were mainly administrative changes to bring the convention up to date. It is still called STCW course after Manila Amendments of 2010. The course is valid for 5 years. There are many institutes which provide stcw courses throughout India. It is the basic qualification required for working on the sea.
Fire can happen anywhere and anytime be it home or a workplace. As rightly said, ‘prevention is better than cure’ every effort should be made to prevent fire than to fight with it. There should be fire drills from time-to-time. All precautions should be taken such that workplace is fire complaint. Fire extinguishers should be kept handy and working should be known by all.
Individuals do investments as they look for future aspects in their life and they often look for credible things to invest their hard-earned money in. So, they end up investing in mutual funds, stocks, derivatives, etc. Over the past few years, people are trying to involve themselves in the non-conventional types of investment options as well, and one of them is the top Alternative Investment Funds in India.