Engine-room resource management

You will gain a thorough understanding of engine room resource management principles and the critical role of the human factor in ensuring safe operation of marine power plants, including analysis of real maritime accidents caused by personnel errors. You will develop highly effective communication and team interaction skills within the engine room team, learn to properly convey important technical information, listen to colleagues, and ensure clear coordination with the navigation bridge during critical operations such as port maneuvering, passage through narrows, or operations in bad weather conditions. The course will build your deep understanding of leadership in a technical environment, proper distribution of responsibilities among watch members, task delegation considering personnel competencies, and taking responsibility for chief engineer and watchkeeping engineer decisions. You will master modern decision-making methods and risk management in normal and emergency conditions of marine power plant operation, including assessing alternatives, forecasting consequences, and choosing optimal actions under time and information constraints. The course will significantly enhance your situational awareness level - the ability to continuously monitor the technical condition of ship systems, recognize early signs of malfunctions, anticipate situation development, and timely detect deviations from normal equipment operating parameters. You will learn to effectively manage stress, fatigue, and workload that directly affect engine room personnel reliability, applying self-control methods and maintaining performance during long voyages and intensive operations. The course will thoroughly prepare you for competent actions in emergency and non-standard situations, including main engine failure, engine room fire, flooding, vessel blackout, and other emergencies where speed and correctness of decisions determine human lives and vessel preservation. You will gain complete understanding of STCW Convention requirements, ISM Code, and IMO recommendations regarding human factor management, safety culture, and ship safety management systems. The course will develop your professional safety culture and conscious attitude toward error prevention in the engine room through procedure compliance, cross-checking, effective communication, and continuous improvement.

Course graduates must confirm their competence by successfully passing a comprehensive final test examining knowledge of all key aspects of engine room resource management. Successful course completion allows you to receive an internationally recognized certificate "Engine-Room Resource Management" that meets STCW Convention requirements and is recognized by maritime administrations of Ukraine, Panama, Dominican Republic, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and other flag states. This certificate is an important document for ship engineers' career advancement, as leading shipping companies require their engineer officers to complete mandatory engine room resource management training as part of corporate safety programs and ISM Code compliance. We strongly recommend taking detailed notes of each of the 14 modules during training for better retention of the extensive technical and management information and successful final test completion. Alternatively, you can use our professionally prepared module summary presentations containing all key course information in a structured and convenient format.