OPERATIONAL SKILL

2011 Year

The requirements concerning BRM/ERM have been introduced into the competence tables of the STCW Convention and the Code as mandatory requirements for navigation and engineer officers in the 2010 Manila amendments.

The Maritime Human Resource Institute, Japan therefore organized an ERM expert committee that consisted of members from maritime education institutions, concerned maritime bodies and the shipping industry, to address this issue and to produce this educational DVD which contains briefings on ERM, its requirements and case examples to allow people to learn what ERM is, what ERM principles are and what should be understood.

It was our honor that Doctor David Gatfield, a professor of Warsash Maritime Academy who contributed to development of the requirements for ERM in the comprehensive review of STCW Convention and the Code, kindly participated in producing it as the coproducer.

We hope that the lessons learned through this DVD will contribute to your safe navigation.

The same DVD “Engine-room Resource Management (ERM)” and its text will be soon available on the website

http://www.maritime-forum.jp/en/et.php

2010　Year

In 2009 we were engaged in the production of a DVD entitled "Marine Steam Turbine Plant". That was completed at the end of November 2009.

At the Forty-first Session of the sub-committee on the Standards of Training and Watchkeeping (STCW), which was held in London January 11th ~ 15th 2010, we introduced and freely distributed that DVD.

The same DVD "Marine Steam Turbine Plant" and its text are available on the website

http://www.maritime-forum.jp/et/movie/steam_english/index.html

http://www.maritime-forum.jp/et/pdf/h22_maritime_steam_turbine_english.pdf

2009　 Year

The Department of Technology and Research of this institute has been engaged in the research of the various skills involved in the operation of ships.

This research is the continuation of that previously done by the Mercantile Marine Institute of Japan.

Until now, findings from our research had been provided only in the Japanese language.

We are pleased to advise that from the end of the year 2009 year we have shown our research on the "Marine Steam Turbine Plant " by audio-visual works in English, as well as in Japanese.