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MCA Helm Management

(Helm M)

5 days - £650

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This course is eligible for nautilus slater funding - read more

The Human Element Leadership and Management Course (HELM M) gives all masters and senior officers the required education and training at the management level, meeting the knowledge, understanding and proficiency (KUP) requirements set out in STCW tables A-II/2 and AIII/2 for senior ships officers.

The course is based on MNTB criteria and approved by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).

You will gain effective leadership and management skills to enable you to control the operation of the ship and to care for persons on board at the management level.

This course is a mandatory element of the suite of requirements for officers seeking their second Certificate of Competency in either a deck or marine engineering capacity.

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Which CoC needs the HELM (M)?

  • Chief Mate (Yachts) <3000gt CoC,

  • Master 500gt

  • Master 3000gt

  • Engineering Y2, Y1

    • Identifying the principles and good practice in shipboard human resource management 

    • Explaining the relevance of the ‘human element’ in shipboard operations 

    • Apply relevant and related international maritime conventions and recommendations, national regulations, codes of practice and guidelines, while using leadership and managerial skills to control the operation of the ship and care for persons on board at the management level  

    • Apply the principles of task and workload management, including planning, co-ordination, allocation and prioritisation of human and physical resources 

    • Use project management as an aid to decision-making  

    • Explain effective resource management techniques with regard to:  

      • Allocation, assignment and prioritisation of resources for effective task and workload management  

      • Effective communications principles  

      • Leading and managing teams  

      • Assertiveness and leadership  

      • Obtaining and maintaining situational awareness  

    • Apply the principles and practice decision-making  

    • Lead and manage the development, implementation and oversight of standard operating procedures  

    • Identify the principles and good practice in shipboard training, learning, coaching, mentoring, assessment and developing shipboard personnel 

  • Minimum age 18

    Helm Operational Certificate

    MCA CoC

    • Tea, Coffee and light refreshments

    • Course Handbook

    • Notepad & Pen

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