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by Cpt. Boris Prokhorenko. This Training center is a member of International Assosiation for Safety & Survival Training and an associated member of BIMCO. It was organized in 1984 as the training vessel “SMELA”. The vessel is berthed in Azov Merchant Port and is dully equipped for seamen’s training in a proper way. The staff of the center has passed the special courses at London and has a high qualification level.
The training program covers all aspects of training according to STCW requirements:
Survival techniquiues, firefighting, medical first aid, medical care, survival craft, dangerous and hazardous cargoes, special training for personnel on certain types of ships, etc. All navigators pass ARPA, RADAR and GMDSS simulators in the shore training center.
The presence of the marine “Azov Safety Training center“ & Azov maritime academy in the city as well as the solid dislocation of other alternative maritime training centers and educational establishments let seamen to gain the highest level of marine education.
The other alternative maritime training centers and educational establishments are:
Rostov on Don Marine College
Odessa State Maritime Academy
Odessa Marine Training Center
Izmail Maritime Training Centre
Kherson Seaferars Training Center
Kherson nautical college
The training department of Azov Ship Repair yard supplies the marine industry with high qualificating specialists in the sphere of exploitation and repairing of dock, port and vessels equipment. The fitters, sandblasters, welders, turners, oilers, engineers, engine fitters, electricians, crane operators from Azov Ship Repair Yard are continuously highly requested by our principals for vessel’s repairing and performing of Dock operations.
The fact that Ukraine has been accepted to the White List is a result of the Training Centers long termed and hard activities all as well as their rush development. It is well known that all efforts of our state leading to improve the marine education of Ukrainian seamen have been appropriated in a proper way and nowadays Ukraine can meet all the demands of IMO.
We are using all the possible ways for upgrading of qualification of our seamen. All seamen from our pool are able to get the exclusive practice using computer emulation programs of different marine training centers in our office. The test programs to evaluate the qualification level are also available for our seamen usage in our office building.
It is obvious that the knowledge of English has considerable meaning at sea.
A great deal depends on mutual understanding in the contemporary world of marine business. It is possible to understand each other correct merely communicating in a competent international language, which is English. We take a clear view of the situation. For this reason the Courses in English language have existed at the Company since the moment of its foundation. These Courses is an essential part of the Company’s practical activities. We have organized them with the purpose of teaching marine specialists to meet people in efficient English. This necessity has appeared in connection with the certain features of the present situation. First of all, our sailors are provided with ample opportunity of placing in a job in mixed crew. In the second place, access of foreign sailors to Ukrainian defined area of water has increased. Thirdly, linguistic unification of international communication at sea is needed.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSES
The Company’s Courses simplify study of English and help to perfect oneself in it.
Any sailor in spite of his position on board, his total experience can take part in the lessons. Every new group consists of 8 or 12 participants at an average. Lessons of a group are held at the Company from 10 till 12 o’clock a.m. every day except Sunday and last one month (25 or 30 days at an average).
There is an English language textbook for sailors at the Company. This textbook let a sailor study English on his own but the practical experience shows that to do it under the direct leadership of a teacher is much better. The first tasks of the textbook are to teach a sailor to use conversational English at sea without mistakes and to work with standard special documentation used on board.
The materials of the textbook embrace all the spheres of sailor’s activities. There are special fragments for an able seaman, a boatswain, a motorman, a fitter-welder, a cook, an electrician, an engineer and an officer etc. on the textbook’s pages. It covers also general situations arising at sea and foreign ports.
The textbook is intended for sailors’ wide circles with any starting level of English knowledge. Most of the tasks are supplied with a translation. However, the knowledge of the main reading rules and minimum quantity of English words are required.
The textbook consists of 12 units. They are systematized according to the SMNV (Standard Marine Navigational Vocabulary) and its division of the words on the topics. Every unit has three parts. The first one deals with separate English words. The second one explains English phrases. The third one is devoted to English Grammar. The textbook has extensive system of home tasks for sailors. As a whole the textbook helps to sailors to review the general grammatical phenomena and speak English at last.
On the final lesson a group is usually tested. The practical experience shows that a sailor is ready to be interviewed anywhere after attending of the Courses.
In this case if you are interested in making your English better welcome to the Company in order to begin lessons.
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