Model courses on maritime security
IMO has developed a series of model courses to assist in implementation of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW). For maritime security, model courses have been developed for both seafarers and those with responsibilities related to maritime security in ports and port facilities.
The courses are flexible in application, and maritime institutes and their teaching staff can use them in organizing and introducing new courses or in enhancing, updating or supplementing existing training material. Each includes a course framework (detailing the scope, objective, entry standards, and other information about the course), a course outline (timetable), a detailed teaching syllabus (including the learning objectives that should have been achieved when the course has been completed by students), guidance notes for the instructor and a summary of how students should be evaluated.
Model courses related to Maritime Security are:
- Port Facility Security Officer (Model course 3.21);
- Security Awareness Training for Port Facility Security Personnel with Designated Security Duties (Model course 3.24);
- Security Awareness Training for all Port Facility Personnel (Model course 3.25);
- Ship Security Officer (Model course 3.19);
- Security Awareness Training for All Seafarers (Model course 3.27);
- Company Security Officer (Model course 3.20); and
- Actions to be Taken to Prevent Acts of Piracy and Armed Robbery (Model course 3.23).