Leadership and Teamwork On Board Ship (Human Element and Leadership Management)

The course is intended to provide a person with knowledge, skill and understanding of leadership and teamwork at the operational level on board a ship.

Content of the Course

• Cultural awareness, inherent traits, attitudes and behavior, cross-cultural communication

• Shipboard situation, informal social structures on board

• Human error, situation awareness, complacency, boredom

• Leadership and teamwork

• Int. maritime conventions and national legislation, emphasis on human factors

• Ability to apply task and workload management

• Human limitations, time and pressure constraints

• Workloads, rest and fatigue

• Management (leadership) styles, challenges and responses

• Effective communication

• Allocation, assignment and prioritization of resources

• Assertiveness and leadership, motivation, short and long-term strategies

• Situation and risk assessment, selecting course of action, evaluation of outcome

• Decision making and problem-solving techniques

• Authority and assertiveness, emergency management

This course is approved by Finnish Flag State

Target Groups

Deck and Engineer Officers at the Operational Level

Duration

5 working days