Human Resource

Bridge Resource Management is a critical tool for the officer of the watch in order to maintain a safe navigational watch. BRM is the process to use all of the means available to you during critical operations taking into account not only electronic aids to navigation but also any other data provided during the watch and most importantly teamwork.

The management of personnel onboard ships is critical to ensure that all training requirements are met, both when on and off the ship. Many training courses are needed to ensure career progression as well as maintaining currency so that vessels are not delayed by non-conformities due to personnel certification.

Partners in Safety has three themes (Leadership, Learning and Care for People). All three are underpinned by Human Performance to drive us towards our vision of a ‘Zero Incident Industry’. Human Performance includes the 5 Principles, Learner Mindset and Causal Reasoning.

Behavioural competency assessment is a crucial process that evaluates an individual's skills, qualities, and capabilities in various professional scenarios. Through systematic observation and analysis, it aims to gauge how well a person demonstrates essential behaviours such as communication, teamwork, situational awareness and leadership. This assessment not only aids in identifying strengths and areas for improvement but also guides personal and professional development for optimal performance.

The marine industry takes safety very seriously, however, in spite of our best efforts incidents do unfortunately still occur, particularly during mooring. A marine insurance industry report shows that mooring incidents are one of the most frequent personal injury causes.

Suicide is, unfortunately, all too common across the world. Most of us will come into contact with friends, family or workmates who are feeling suicidal at some point in our lives. That's why it's so important for us all to have at least a base knowledge of suicide and what leads to suicidal behaviours.

In this course, we will look at the main signs & symptoms of suicidal behaviour and emotional distress. We'll cover an effective action plan to help people when they're feeling suicidal, as well as useful referral options and ideas for self-care. This course is important for all workers.

We all find ourselves doing things in a specific way without knowing why just because we have always done it that way or that is what everybody else does or that is the way it is done locally. Over time, in doing this, we just stop seeing the risks and therefore do not challenge our actions. This is called collective normalisation because we all do it and it becomes common practice.

In this course, we will learn the importance of keeping our barriers strong and understanding when some of these barriers may be weakening. We will watch a video that will go through two very different scenarios with very similar outcomes and then analyse this video to see what could have been done better.

Weak signals are subtle signs or indicators which may indicate that some of the barriers intended to prevent an incident are failing or missing. Weak signals can be observed in equipment, human factors and near misses.

All crew members, regardless of rank, make small and big decisions to solve various challenges in their work and personal lives. While some decisions can be made easily, most can be handled better if a logical and structured approach is utilised.

Normal, healthy workplaces experience their share of conflict. When handled properly, a conflict can be beneficial to you and your colleagues. You free yourself from negative emotions & stress and develop stronger relationships with your colleagues. As you improve your well being, you also improve your job performance.

In this course, we will discuss what anger really is. We will look at ways to identify anger within ourselves and what signs to look for in our fellow workers.
We will look at the different parts of the brain and the reasons that we get angry, as well as the different characteristics & expressions of anger.
After discussing the different types of anger we'll move on to how we can effectively manage our anger to help ourselves and those around us.