Lifeboat manufacturer offers seafarer training courses

This, the Norwegian company adds, means it is the only lifeboat manufacturer that offers production, servicing and certified training in the operation and maintenance of lifeboats and lifeboat crew.
As Norsafe points out, the 2010 Manila amendments to the 1978 STCW Convention stipulate that seafarers who are qualified in certain areas need to provide documentary proof by January 1st 2017 that they have recently undergone training or have taken a refresher course within the previous five years. The areas affected by the Manila amendments are advanced fire-fighting (STCW table A-VI/3), survival craft and rescue boats other than fast rescue boats (STCW table A-VI/2-1), medical first aid (STCW table A-VI4-1) and proficiency in fast rescue boats (STCW table A-VI/2-2).
Norsafe has two modern training academies providing STCW- and NOROG-compliant courses: one in Rosendal, Norway, and the other in Athens. The company says it has worked hard to ensure its training centres are among the most advanced in the industry and that course participants use up-to-date equipment similar to what they will encounter at sea.
“With port state control inspections consistently finding a 10% deficiency rate in life-saving equipment maintenance and training, it's important that shipowners and ship management companies focus on this area, as it could quite literally be a matter of life or death,” commented Michael Røssland, vice president of Norsafe Academy.