Training standard selected for tanker fleet
Euronav Ship Management has chosen Seagull’s electronic version of the tanker officer training standard (e-TOTS) for use on all of its VLCCs. Having first been delivered to Euronav offices in August 2009, the Seagull e-TOTS is now on board 30 ships.
Intertanko introduced the TOTS system, which goes beyond STCW requirements, to establish voluntary standards to ensure tanker officer competence for general shipboard operations, as well as those for specific tanker types such as crude, product and chemical tankers. The aim has been that these voluntary standards should become the norm for a competent tanker officer.
Developed to meet an Intertanko request to achieve a paper-free training support tool, Seagull’s e-TOTS allows crew members to take a more flexible approach to learning, using a secure Seagull ID and offering the ability to download information and tests. Seagull has a formal agreement with Intertanko to provide e-TOTS.
Capt Jan De Brabandere, Euronav Ship Management Marine Manager said the company had been vindicated in its selection of the Seagull e-TOTS package. “It was the right decision,” he said. “In the beginning, it was a little difficult to work through the system, but with the help of Seagull, we have no complaints.”
The e-TOTS package includes three detailed ‘time in rank modules’, which are electronic training record books. Each record book is designed to incorporate tasks and questions that need to be signed off by the authenticating person.
Individual officers’ training records are held in electronic format in Seagull’s Competence Manager software, within the Seagull Training Administrator (STA). These records follow the officer from ship to ship.
