Changes in DP Sea Time Reduction courses by the Nautical Institute

The Nautical Institute has changed the conditions of allowable Dynamic Positioning (DP) Sea Time Reduction courses: see the following, from here (PDF).

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New condition for Sea Time Reduction from 1st January 2013

The DPTEG meeting of 7th June 2011, determined that the allowable Sea Time Reduction

course should be reduced from 2 weeks (12 weeks sea time equivalent overall) to 1 week (6

weeks sea time equivalent overall).

In order to allow centres that run Sea Time Reduction courses to prepare themselves and

their booking system, the Nautical Institute is instigating this requirement from 1st of January

2013.

Intensive simulator training DP time reduction

1 week (Sea time reduction course)

6 weeks sea time equivalent overall

For students who commenced their Sea Time Reduction training before January 2013 and

have more than one entry for this course (more than 6 weeks) in their DP logbook before

January 2013, the entries will still be acceptable by the Nautical Institute, based in the old

criteria.

However, those students who have more than one entry for sea time reduction prior to 2013

and obtain further entries for the sea time reduction course in 2013, the 2013 entry or any

subsequent ones will not be considered by the Nautical Institute if the total sea time reduction

exceeds 6 weeks.
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Maersk Training Brasil will be providing the 1-week DP Sea Time Reduction course next year.  Our first such course will be from 13 May 2013 to 17 May 2013.  The detailed course description will be up on our website soon; get it early by signing up for our newsletter (see the signup form on the right) and by following our Facebook and LinkedIn pages!