Course catalogue

One of the key responsibilities of a leader is to assess team members on a regular basis. These might include post-project reviews, annual or quarterly performance evaluations, and in-the-moment feedback.  

Organizations use different parameters and tools to assess their employees. The assessments used are based on functional goals, developmental goals, innovation goals, stretch goals, or any other goals customized to the organizational needs. Irrespective of the tools you use, when it is time to assess your employees, do you rely on the data or by your perception of the person?  

As fair and factual as you believe your assessments are, you might actually be guilty of some “rater biases” that can skew your evaluations. 

• Assess if you are too lenient or halo in your evaluations 

• Find whether your evaluations are based on recency or similarity 

• Examine if you are driven by contrast or negative bias 

• Identify the central tendency and employ a technique to be objective during your evaluations

People generally do business with people they like or look up to, and not just with a company. This means that successful leaders build their personal brand, resulting in the achievement of organizational goals. A personal brand can elevate you above the crowd and help you achieve your personal and professional goals. It is a constant and ever-changing process of identifying your goals, setting up a plan, and monitoring it consistently. Your brand is a combination of the skills you develop and the behavior you display. In this course, you will look at the traits of building a successful personal brand.

• Define personal brand

• Enlist strategy to build a personal brand

• State the steps to build a successful personal brand

McKinsey’s 7-S model was created by McKinsey consultants Robert Waterman, Tom Peters, Richard Pascale, and Anthony Athos. It provides a framework to plan and execute mid-term organizational change. It is based on the premise that organizations perform properly when seven key elements are aligned. 

The seven key elements are structure, strategy, systems, skills, style, staff, and shared values. The model is most often used as an organizational analysis tool to assess and monitor changes in the internal situation of an organization.

• List the seven elements of McKinsey’s change model 

• Identify the hard and soft elements of the factors of change 

• Use the model to change organizational behavior 

• State the advantages and disadvantages of the model

Whether you’re publicly challenging long-held beliefs or experimenting with a new idea, it’s normal to experience fear or discomfort. You can reduce these emotions by creating a workplace that openly promotes change, welcomes honest and productive discussions, sees failure as a necessary part of business success, and rewards and supports risk taking on a daily basis. It may seem ironic, but when you instill a continuous learning culture and growth mindset in your organization, failure can actually lead to success.

• Identify methods to challenge the status quo   

• Identify reasons for bias towards encouraging smart failure and suggest solutions    

• Enlist ways of encouraging learn from failure culture

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

This  course aim to provide knowledge, understanding and skills to conduct a safe and professional ship to ship (STS) transfer operations of crude oil, petroleum products, chemicals and liquefied gases, both at sea and in port.

CONTENT

• Introduction to STS
• Operation personnel
• STS Operation Procedure and Check Lists
• Interaction
• Communication
• Fenders
• Mooring
• External Forces
• Anchoring
• STS incidents

LEARNING PROCESS

The  course consists of totally nine theoretical lessons and nine selected simulator exercises. Participant  learning progress assessed by concurrent evaluation during both theory sessions and simulator exercises.

REFERENCES

OCIMF - Ship to ship transfer guide

CERTIFICATE

Certification of attendance will be issued upon successful completion of the course.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After the course, the successful participants are able to:

• Carry out operational planning, risk assessment and hazard identification tasks
• Set up the DP system for a particular task
• Operate the communications
• Analyse the trends
• Discuss systems failures
• Decide on courses of action because of systems failures
• React to alarms and printer readout
• Initiate DP Alert status alarms
• React to all events occurring
• Operate the desk under normal and pressured conditions
• Practice effective teamwork
• Apply the lessons learned to date
• ASOGs

CONTENT

• Study of DP incidents
• Construction and use of work site diagrams, charts and vessel templates for use in DP operations
• Preparation of plans for a projected DP operation, contingency plans for expected deviations and emergencies
• Participation in simulated situations in a variety of DP operations while handling routine and emergency situations
• Risk and safety analysis, and defining DP equipment classes
• The DP system’s utilization of position measurements, and tests on position reference systems

LEARNING PROCESS

The training will be a combination of theoretical lessons and practical exercises. The participants will work with practical scenarios based on real operations, training on planning and executing specified operations under varying simulated conditions, including emergency handling

SPECIAL INFORMATION

The DP Simulator course is phase C of the Nautical Institute (NI) DP Operator Certification Scheme.

The course will be entered into the NI Dynamic  Positioning Operator’s Log Book.

CERTIFICATE

A certificate acceditated by the Nautical Institute will be issued on succcessful completion of the course.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The objective of this course is to give the trainee DPOs as much hands-on experience as possible in the time available. This is achieved by running the candidates through intensive simulator training whilst being exposed to environmental and technical worst case scenarios. This will increase the candidate’s operational skills and knowledge in DP Operations.

CONTENT

• All the exercises are carried out on a full scale ship simulator
• DP operations planning and watch keeping procedures
• Handling of position reference systems
• Handling of various propulsion systems
• Repetition of various theoretical topics from the DPO
• Preparation and DPO Start courses upon request from course participants

LEARNING PROCESS

This course is designed to give the trainee DPO extensive hands-on training in the use of the DP in a number of varied worst case scenarios. Candidates for the DPO Experience volume training course must have completed the DPO Preparation and the DPO Start courses, or be able to document equivalent competence.

LEARNING PROCESS

This course is designed to give the trainee DPO extensive hands-on training in the use of the DP in a number of varied worst case scenarios. Candidates for the DPO Experience volume training course must have completed the DPO Preparation and the DPO Start courses, or be able to document equivalent competence.

CERTIFICATE

Certification of attendance will be issued upon successful completion of the course.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After the successful completion of the course, the participant should be able to:
• Explain the basic functionality of the K-Bridge system
• Operate the K-Bridge integrated navigation system
• Use the system in a safe and efficient mode
• Understand the K-Bridge system overview
• Operate  the system with all available functions in order to navigate safely under all conditions
• Explain the system’s menu structure
• Explain and utilize the system’s display setup
• Set safety values
• Recognize  alarms and malfunction indicators and actions to be taken
• Planning, validating and monitoring routes
• Change over to back up systems
• Install and update charts and licenses

CONTENT

• K-Bridge integrated navigation system
• Main system components and functionality
• Basic operation of K-RADAR, K-ECDIS, K-Conning and K-Autopilot
• Type-specific familiarization training on the K-Bridge ECDIS
• Navigation tools and functions
• Setting of safety parameters
• Sensor input and alarm handling
• Route planning, validation and monitoring
• Charts management
• Charts installation and updates 

LEARNING PROCESS

The training will be a combination of theoretical lessons  and practical exercises. The participants will be trained to find information by using the system and obtaincompetence of various applications.

SPECIAL INFORMATION

This course can be held onboard upon request.

CERTIFICATE

The course yields one diploma stating: K-Bridge Operator Course including ECDIS Familiarization.

Objective: The purpose of the course is to provide forklift drivers with a good theoretical basic training in the safe use of forklifts, so that accidents in connection with forklift driving are avoided.

Module 1.1 - Basic theoretical module
Module 2.2 -Forklift theory
Module 3.2 - Basic practice forklift.

The course is primarily aimed at future users of forklifts. But anyone who is involved with cargo handling and forklifts in risk analysis and work management can also benefit from the course.

The course is conducted with Norwegian-language teachers and teaching materials in accordance with legislation and regulations, as well as recognized curricula for module-based training.

The forklift driver training consists of four modules:

- Module 1.1 working environment, responsibilities and consequences. *
- Module 2.2 G4 bridge and overhead crane
- Module 3.2 Basic practical training forklift 
- Module 4.2 Practical driving training forklift
- Practical Final test in each forklift type T1-T4

* Module 1.1 is common to machine, forklift and crane. If you can document that you have module 1.1 from before that is not older than 3 years, let us know.

Module 4.2 can be completed in a company using a sponsorship arrangement. If you do not have the opportunity to do so, you can participate in one of STQ's practice courses.

Content:

- Safety training, laws, regulations
- Forklift types
- Electric forklift - construction
- Stability
- Daily inspection and maintenance
- Material and goods handling
- HMS
- Proper use of the forklift
- The theory course ends with a theoretical exam

Objective: The training is intended to provide personnel with good theoretical and practical basic training in the use and maintenance of steel ropes.

The course provides a thorough introduction to knowledge about steel ropes, the correct use / choice of steel ropes and what requirements are set for those who use and control steel ropes.

Regulations on the performance of work, use of work equipment and associated technical requirements (regulations on the performance of work) §10-1. Requirement for documented safety training for work equipment that requires special care during use 

When an employer after a risk assessment finds that the work equipment requires special care during use, only employees who have documented safety training according to §10-2 §10-2 can be used. Requirements for documented safety training when using work equipment

Anyone who is to use work equipment as mentioned in §10-1 and §10-3, must have practical and theoretical training that provides knowledge of construction, operation, use properties and area of use, as well as maintenance and control.

Content:

- Basic theory of steel ropes
- Construction
- Properties
- End parties
- Cast blocks / Wire discs
- The right choice of wire rope
- Proper use of wire ropes
- Proper winding and running in of steel ropes
- Maintenance of steel ropes
- Lubrication of steel ropes
- Damage to steel ropes
- Disposal rules
- Checking of wire ropes in accordance with standard ISO-4309
- Exam

Only in Norwegian

Etter gjennomført opplæring skal deltagerne ha kunnskaper og ferdigheter i å reagere og handle ved alarm, samt følge nødprosedyrer. Sikre effektiv evakuering av fartøyet og ivareta passasjerer og mannskap i en evakueringssituasjon.

Kursinnhold er i henhold til STCW-95, tabell A-V/2 og A-V/3.

Kursinnhold
- Organisere nødprosedyrer om bord 
- Skipets konstruksjon med muligheter og begrensninger 
- Beredskapsplaner og nødprosedyrer 
- Optimalisere bruk av ressurser 
- Ressursutnyttelse / øvelsemønstre 
- Styre tiltakene i en nødsituasjon 
- Organisasjon 
- Ledelse 
- Kommunikasjon 
- Håndtering av passasjerer og annet personell i nødsituasjoner 
- Bevissthet om allmenne reaksjonsmønstre 
- Etablere og opprettholde effektiv kommunikasjon 
- Betydningen av å etablere og opprettholde effektiv kommunikasjon 
- Praktiske øvelser 
- Gruppeoppgaver 
- Veiledning og instruksjon under vanskelige forhold

This is a course for electrical installations in potentially explosive areas.

Our goal is to make sure that employees are motivated to work safely and securely.   

Topics:

• General principles for explosion protection

• Area classification and zone division

• Gas groups and the connection between area and equipment

• Temperature classes and the connection between area and equipment

• The general principles for type of protection and labeling

Standards:

• NEK 420

• IEC / NEK EN 60079-10-1

• IEC / NEK EN 60079-14

This course is only available in Norwegian.

Basic first aid for the wind industry.

Upon completion of the Global Wind Organization (GWO) Basic Safety Training (BST), delegates will have awareness of the dangers that arise when working in the wind industry and how to control and reduce these dangers.

The course covers the requirements for training of personnel and refresher courses both onshore and offshore wind in accordance with:

- Global Wind Organization (GWO)

 - Labor Inspection (Regulations)

Competence for "First Aid" must be maintained in accordance with. guideline in the GWO standard. It shall be conducted refresher training every 2 years.

Norwegian only

Dette kurset vil gi fremtidige kranførere en god teoretisk grunnopplæring i sikker bruk av offshorekran. Opplæringen gir kandidatene god innsikt i prinsippene for offshorekraners konstruksjon, virkemåte, vedlikehold og bruk slik at uhell og ulykker i forbindelse med løfteoperasjoner unngås. Opplæringen dekker den teoretiske sikkerhetsopplæringen som kreves for G5 offshorekran, samt G20 fastmontert hydraulisk kran. Kurset avsluttes med en skriftlig teoretisk prøve. Når opplært person har bestått teoretisk prøve, samt eksamen for anhukere med tillegg av praktisk kjøreprøve på offshorekran, vil dette være grunnlag for utstedelse av kompetansebevis for fører av G5 offshorekran.

Kursinnhold:

- Innledning med definisjon på offshorekran

- Bruksområder for offshorekraner, fastmonterte hydrauliske kraner

- Ulykker med offshorekraner

- Lover og forskrifter vedr. offshorekraner 

- Krav til kranfører

- Oppbygging, konstruksjon og montering av forskjellige typer offshorekraner

- Fundament / pidestall

- Bomkonstruksjoner

- Elektrisk anlegg

- Hydraulikk / elektronikk

- Mekanikk

- Lastdiagram

- Sikkerhets- / overlastutstyr

- Vinsj / Ståltau / blokk 

- Kontroll og vedlikehold

- Sertifisering / dokumentasjon

- Sikker bruk av offshorekraner

- Øvingsoppgaver og eksamen

This course is only available in Norwegian.

Courage is the ability and willingness to act in spite of fear. Many of us avoid talking about bias, racism, and white privilege because we are afraid. We are afraid of not knowing what to say; afraid of being judged, or afraid of the change these conversations may produce. To have a courageous conversation about race is to engage in necessary dialogue despite fear.

Authentic conversations are the first step toward personal awakening and creating an environment where meaningful change can occur. Fear and anger are common examples of emotional feedback that can arise when faced with unfamiliar or uncomfortable topics. Finding the courage to acknowledge those emotions is the first step. Engaging in open, constructive dialogue with people who may not share your views nor your life experiences is the way forward.

• How to prepare for a courageous conversation?

• What are the practical tips for conducting a courageous conversation?

• How to address conflict if it arises during the courageous conversation?

This course is taken externally on the Astutis platform, the delegate will receive a separate email from the provider with access details once this is processed by Astutis.

The enrolment will then be marked complete in Trainingportal once the course is passed.

Provided in association with Astutis, NEBOSH Learning Partner 807.

The NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (NG) is one of the leading health and safety qualifications recognized globally.  It helps develop your understanding of general workplace issues and how they can be applied in different sectors around the world.

The NEBOSH General Certificate focuses on the role of a real-life health and safety professional. It looks at the real, everyday risks that people encounter and how to manage them to help protect people and profits. 

You'll develop the essential risk management skills to create a safe and healthy workplace. And, you’ll have the foundation knowledge to make recommendations to your employer to help them improve health and safety management.

Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:

• Justify health and safety improvements using moral, financial and legal arguments

• Summarise the main health and safety duties of employers and workers in HSWA 1974 and MHSWR 1999

• Advise on the main duties for health and safety in the workplace and help their organisation manage contractors

• Work within a health and safety management system, recognising what effective policy, organisational responsibilities and arrangements should look like

• Positively influence health and safety culture and behaviour to improve performance in their organisation

• Do a general risk assessment in their own workplace – profiling and prioritising risks, inspecting the workplace, recognising a range of common hazards, evaluating risks (taking account of current controls), recommending further control measures, planning actions

• Recognise workplace changes that have significant health and safety impacts and effective ways to minimise those impacts

• Develop basic safe systems of work (including taking account of typical emergencies) and knowing when to use permit-to-work systems for special risks

• Take part in incident investigations

• Help their employer to check their management system effectiveness – through monitoring, audits and reviews

Microaggressions are one aspect on the spectrum of racism. They are interpersonal, everyday occurrences that have a significant impact. When faced with the need to eradicate racism in our society, it can feel like an overwhelming task. Understanding the macro effects of microaggressions, and how to address them, is a great place to start.

• What is a microaggression and examples?

• What are the macro effects of microaggressions?

• How do we address microaggressions in the workplace?

Being a successful virtual leader takes a lot more energy than a face-to-face leader. It is also important to keep each employee engaged in a “high-touch” environment. Leadership qualities such as communication, coaching, feedback, and professional development are important, yet it is how you deliver these qualities can be challenging. Virtual life has its pros and cons, hence it is important to have strong communication skills through effective virtual meetings that allow all employees to contribute. 

• Identify ways to create a high-touch environment

• Enlist the elements of a successful virtual environment

• Demonstrate leading change in a virtual environment

• Determine factors in creating successful virtual teams

There are three business languages managers need to understand in order to make the best decisions. These languages are accounting, finance, and economics. Leaders use these languages to see how their company has performed in the past (accounting), plan how the company should move forward (finance), and predict how outside influences will affect their plan (economics). The benefits of having a working knowledge of these three languages include being able to understand and communicate with others in he organization about financial issues, making decisions that align with overall corporate goals and strengthening your value to the company.

• Make better business decisions based on accounting 

• Use historical financial performance data to plan for the future 

• Educate yourself to make better financial, accounting, and economic decisions

Presenting to groups is a regular part of many leaders’ responsibilities. You may speak at industry gatherings, leadership retreats, conferences, or staff meetings. Regardless of whether you’re presenting to large or small groups, your goal should be to deliver your message in a way that is engaging and interactive. Studies say that you have less than one minute to engage your audience before they begin to lose interest. And once you’ve captured their attention, you must continue to purposefully interact with them throughout the presentation. This course will enable you to enhance your engagement techniques which can be the difference makers that determine how focused, connected, and engaged your audience will be throughout your presentation.

• Identify the steps involved in planning for a successful presentation

• Recognize the importance and methods of practice

• Demonstrate the practices essential to boost your confidence while delivering a presentation