Human Element and Leadership Management operational (HELM)

This course provides students with the education and training necessary to control the operation of a ship and care for persons on board at the operational level by the application of resource management, leadership and team-working skills.

Certification will raise an officer to a level meeting the knowledge, understanding and proficiency (KUP) requirements set out in the following parts of the STCW:

• Table A-II/1 (Officer in charge of a navigational watch)
• Table A-III/1 (Officer in charge of an engineering watch)
• Table A-III/6 (Electro-technical officer)

A hands-on practical training approach is taken to deliver this course in which lectures, videos, group discussion and scenario based exercises combine with student presentations that form a compulsory part of training and final assessment.

Completion of the course will enable a student to;

• Identify good practice in shipboard human resource management
• Identify the importance of the ‘human element’ in shipboard operations
• Apply the underpinning knowledge of maritime conventions and recommendations, national regulations, and codes of practice and guidelines covered in other mandatory units
• Apply the elements of task and workload management, including planning, coordination, allocation and prioritisation of human and physical resources
• Apply effective resource management techniques
• Apply the principles and practice of good decision making
• Manage stress and fatigue by understanding the causes and implementing strategies to prevent them affecting safety
• Contribute to shipboard training, learning, assessing and developing human potential

All Certificates are issued by the Marshall Islands an IMO white flagged state recognised by the MCA