Deck Cadet Pre-joining Familiarization
| Course requirement | STCW recommended |
| Duration in hours | 40 |
| STCW references |
This training course is intended to briefly cover all topics covered during maritime education period, as stated in the course content section.
The training course is very demanding and includes a lot of practical work, workshops, group assignments and homeworks.
This training course is designed for all future seafarers looking for employment on board vessel in the capacity of deck cadet.
Aim and objective of this training course is to refresh the trainees’ knowledge gained during their education period and expand that knowledge with practical examples and as per Industry standards.
- Completed Maritime High school or Maritime Faculty
- Completed basic safety training
- Conventions
- COLREG
- Terrestrial navigation
- Electronic navigation
- Celestial navigation
- Passage planning
- Meteorology
- Oceanography
- Stability
- Seamanship
- Basics understanding of cargo operations
- Maritime English
- Practical work