Bridge Resources Management

• This course is designed to comply with the requirements established on table A‐II/1, of the International Convention on standards of training, certification and Watchkeeping for seafarers STCW1978, as amended.
• This course is classroom‐based and designed for the ship’s bridge team personnel. The course relies heavily on the use of the simulators as tools to learn bridge resource management. The course topics and exercises are designed to expose the student to human factors and to relay the importance of these factors in managing information and bridge operations of the navigation bridge.

General objectives :

• The objectives of this course is to complete the learning goals of individual lectures and discussion modules (e.g. leadership, communications, team building, multicultural diversity, etc.) and to successfully participate in the simulator and team exercises, thereby displaying knowledge of Bridge Resource Management and Navigation Bridge Teambuilding Principles, and in doing so, satisfy STCW standards for the Officer in Charge of the Navigation Watch.