RINA The Designated Person Ashore In The Safety Management System (DPA)

Course duration and level: 16 hours – Standard

Course objectives: 

• To provide participants with the necessary know-how of the ISM Code and in the basic ship management.
• To understand the role and responsibilities of the DPA, the skills, the job description and all the tasks ashore and
  onboard.

Course Contents

• General Requirements of the Safety Management System
• The key roles for the implementation and monitoring of the Safety Management System
• The technical and operation aspects of ISM
• The role of the Designated Person Ashore
• The knowledge and understanding of the ISM Code
• The mandatory regulations, codes, guidelines and standards
• Assessment techniques and the management system audit
• The Designated Person Ashore (DPA): skills, job description, tasks ashore and onboard
• Stakeholders in shipboard operators
• Effetive comunications

The teaching methodology covers the analysis of several examples and practical exercises.

Target Group

• D.P.A.
• Navigation Auditor
• Port Capt.
• Safety Auditor
• Safety Officer

Attendance Certificates
RINA Academy Attendance Certificate
This course fulfils the IMO MSC-MEPC.7/Circ.6 “Guideline for implementation Ashore of the International Safety
Management Code (ISM Code) in Shipping Companies” and the relevant ISM Code C h. IV requirement.

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