Human Element, Leadership & Management at the Operational Level (HELM-O)

COURSE CERTIFICATION 

The course complies with Merchant Navy Training Board guidelines.  The National Maritime Training Centre is an approved training centre and issues the certificate upon successful completion.

The overall aim is to provide masters and officers with the necessary knowledge, understanding and proficiency to safely and efficiently manage the ship’s resources and personnel.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Learners following an MNTB/MCA approved programme are eligible to undertake this course after their first seagoing phase.  Learners following the experienced seafarer route to MCA certification shall meet the minimum seagoing service requirements for the issue of a first CoC.  This training is required by those seeking certification under:

• STCW Regulation II/1 – officers in charge of a navigational watch on seagoing ships of 500GT or more (ie OOW);
• STCW Regulation III/1 – officers in charge of an engineering watch in a manned engine-room or as designated duty engineers in a periodically unmanned engine-room (ie EOOW);
• STCW Regulation III/6 – electro-technical officers.