Courses
Amer Maritime Training Academy (AMTA) is promoted by the Amer Ship Owner & Rig Owners Association, which is a part of Foresight Group Ltd. London. This Academy was established in the year 2001 as a non profit making organization. From May 2002 AMTA started to offer the following Basic STCW Modular courses, after the approvals from DG Shipping were sought:
(i) Second Mate (F.G) Functions ( Starting Oct. 2015)
(ii) Fire Prevention & Fire Fighting,
(iii) Personal Survival Techniques,
(iv) Elementary First Aid and
(v) Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities.
(vi) Refresher Training for Proficiency in Personal Survival Techniques (STCW 2010)
(vii) Refresher Training for Proficiency in Fire Prevention & Fire fighting (STCW2010)
(viii) Security Training for Seafarers with Designated Security Duties
AMTA is approved by the Directorate General of Shipping, Government of India and certified as ISO 9001:2000 by LRQA in 2002 and now ISO 9001:2008
S.No. |
Name of the Course |
Duration |
Course Co-ord. |
1 |
Second Mate (F.G) Functions ( Starting Oct. 2015) |
4 Months |
Master Mariner |
2 |
Fire Prevention & Fire Fighting (FP&FF) |
3 days |
Chief Engineer |
3 |
Personal Safety & Social Responsibilities (PSSR) |
3 days |
Master Mariner |
4 |
Personal Survival Techniques (PST) |
3 days |
Master Mariner |
5 |
Elementary First Aid |
3 days |
Medical Officer |
6 |
Refresher Training for Proficiency in Personal Survival Techniques |
2 hrs |
Master Mariner |
7 |
Refresher Training for Proficiency in Fire Prevention & Fire fighting duration |
3 hrs |
Chief Engineer |
8 |
Security Training for Seafarers with Designated Security Duties |
2 days |
Master Mariner. |
OFFSHORE COURSES accrediatated by IADC Houston, USA.
S.No. |
Name of the Course |
Duration |
VIew Certificate |
1 |
Rig Pass Course accreditated by IADC, Houston USA |
2 days |
|
2 |
Rig Familiarization Course for beginners accreditated by IADC, Houston USA under DIT accreditation system |
12 days |
|
3 |
Confined Space Entry, IADC Accredited Course |
1 day |
|
4 |
Crane Operations and Cargo Handling, IADC Accredited Course |
1 day |
|
5 |
Fall Protection , IADC Accredited Course |
1 day |
|
6 |
H2S awareness & SCBA, IADC Accredited Course |
1 day |
|
7 |
Personal Protection Equipments, IADC Accredited Course |
1 day |
|
8 |
BOSIET course started off on 29th Oct 2015. First batch had 17 candidates and the second batch is already booked by a drilling company of Sharjah for their candidates. Course Fee rs. 8000/- only. |
3 days |
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Faculty is well trained and the basic courses are delivered by Master, instructor with offshore experience and Tour pusher of the rig.
This institute also conducts "Maritime English course" which is, once again a very handy course for beginners in shipping or in offshore industry as here the perfect Marine vocabulary is taught along with how to deal with people of different nationalities.
AMTA is also awaiting the approval of second mate course which will be introduced shortly.There will few more DGS approved courses in the future.
