This standard gives requirements for Learning Providers within maritime and offshore field, offering academic and/or vocational training and education, and leading to the issuance of certificates so as to ensure the quality of development and delivery of courses and programmes. The objective shall ensure that programmes and courses being offered within the maritime and offshore sector are properly designed, contain clear objectives as to results, are carried out by qualified instructors and are evaluated and improved in line with market demands and experience.

Guidance note:

In-house training within a shipping or offshore company can be certified against this standard, if the requirements of this standard are fulfilled.

The training provider may include quality objectives in addition to those covered by this standard. The certification service may then be used to verify that the arrangements needed for the achievement of such objectives are implemented and maintained.

Maritime training centres are to comply with additional requirements which are not covered in this standard.