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The International Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) mandates that chemical manufacturers must communicate a chemical’s hazard information to chemical handlers by providing a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). MSDSs typically contain chemical properties, health, and environmental hazards, protective measures, as well as safety precautions for storing, handling, and transporting chemicals.

This course is intended to give helpful information and travel advice about Caribbean diseases such as Zika virus, Dengue fever and Chikungunya.

The threat of a bomb or IED - Improvised Explosive Device on board a ship is a significant security concern for any shipping company. Ships can be highly vulnerable to such potential threats due to the complexity of their structures, which can offer endless opportunities to conceal suspicious objects. In addition, it is not always possible to ensure systematic control of access to people, visitors, passengers, stakeholder representatives, baggage, stores, spare parts and cargo on board, especially during routine operations and in the light of smaller and less well-trained crews.

Emergencies and disasters at sea can lead to the loss of human life. When that happens, and if no assistance from the outside has arrived, crews may have to transport deceased colleagues or passengers to holding areas on the vessel in the form of freezers. Unfortunately, minimising the negative impact on crew members, who are engaged in handling deceased human beings is a vastly overlooked issue in the wake of major incidents.

This Engine Room Rounds course shows the learner how to conduct rounds of the engine room in a structured way, and what equipment checks to carry out in the machinery spaces of typical large ships.

This course is intended for onboard personnel looking to gain knowledge about dangerous gases on ships and the systems used to detect them. The most common types of hazardous gases are explained, as are the detection methods.

As an engine room team member you have a vital role. You have to combine an understanding of the ship’s machinery with an awareness of company procedure, while all the time maintaining high safety standards.
In engine room watchkeeping, there is also another factor - teamwork. It is crucial both deck and engineering personnel bear in mind they are part of one team, not just within their own department but with each other. For example, now the majority of main propulsion plants are directly controlled from the bridge, this has brought the deck and engineering departments closer together.

This course is a beginner's guide to publishing your ebook via KDP which can support digital marketing strategies.

This course will teach you how to publish your ebook to the Amazon Kindle store with a step-by-step guide.

Many believe that human performance is solely based on a person’s natural abilities or talents. However, five factors can heavily impact how well someone performs at work. Understanding these five factors can help you better understand why some people excel in their roles while others struggle. By knowing what to focus on, you can work to improve your performance and achieve tremendous success.

This is the second and final part of our Mindfulness course series. In this course, we will continue to delve into mindfulness and bring in some more advanced techniques that we can use throughout our day. This course contains practical elements to continue your mindfulness journey - we will cover important techniques such as 'Awareness', 'Labeling', 'Loving Kindness' & 'Body Scan'. After this, we'll think about continuing our practice following the course.

This course is important for everyone as it adds crucial skills to assist us with our mental health & wellbeing.

This course provides detailed information regarding the relationship between art logistics and sustainability. We will be sharing with you the current status of the sustainability concept. Remembering that superyacht owners are often art collectors and owners of valuable assets, we examine art dealers' concerns. We discuss how art players have responded to this crucial issue and share how it relates to the Superyacht environment.

This course is intended to provide knowledge for all port facility personnel that are not engaged in security duties, in order to implement the security awareness in accordance with the requirements of the relevant international legislation.