Maritime Safety Trainer (FSHC/071024/14)

Key Responsibilities

• Assist Associate Head of Safety Training and the Director of Maritime Training as required to fulfil the Academy’s strategic priorities.
• Provide expert and professional training on a range of safety courses for maritime professionals including Firefighting, Personal Survival Techniques, Survival Craft and Rescue Boats, Medical First Aid, and Security Awareness.
• Ensure all training and assessments are fully compliant with industry regulations e.g. STCW, OPITO etc.
• Use appropriate, innovative and effective pedagogic approach in the teaching environment. Deliver lectures and lead seminar groups as appropriate.
• Participate in the examination/ assessment process including the setting of papers, preparing marking schemes, agreeing marks with other staff. Use appropriate and innovative forms of assessment practices to enhance learning and teaching.
• Actively develop and deliver a range of new courses in line with industry changes or requirements. Responsible for updating own discipline knowledge to develop research informed teaching.
• Provide timely, constructive, formative and comprehensive feedback to students using all forms of communication.
• Ensure full compliance with the requirements of the timetable and the annual academic calendar.
• Conduct research for career development, aligning with the Academy’s ambition to be a research-active institution.
• Implement and manage a planned maintenance program for all equipment. Manage the ordering of all supplies and consumable items as required.
• Be prepared to travel as required and occasionally work outside of standard working hours as in the contract.

Qualification, Skills and Experience:

Qualifications

• E: STCW Class 2 Certificate of Competency or appropriate industry experience in a practical setting.
• P: MSc or equivalent Master level academic qualification in relevant subject
• P: Teaching qualification
• P: Health and Safety Qualification.

Skills

• E: Ability to fluently speak, write and communicate in English at the highest level of professionalism
• E: Team player, approachable, sensitive towards all cultures.
• E: Work as and when required under pressure with the intention to complete task as promptly and efficiently as is possible

Experience

• E: Experience of maritime education and/ or training.
• P: Experience of working in an industry supporting seafarer.
• P: Educational experience with leading courses/ programs, revising course content, developing new programs and courses.
• P: Proven experience in a senior capacity with Liquefied Gas Tankers.
• P: High Voltage (Management Level) certification

E: Essential
P: Preferred