The Ship Security Officer – A New Challenge for Maritime Education

This paper describes how, from the academic point of view, one has to determine if the training for this job is a matter for the maritime education system only, or if we have to deal with a cooperation process between different institutions in order to obtain an interdisciplinary approach. The first question is “how much maritime background is necessary for this new type of on-board personnel?” Analyzing the tasks required by this job, this paper tries to present a conclusion for this dilemma. We also have to think that if the new security responsibilities could be “attached” to the already existing duties of the water officer, or if we have to create a new distinctive job on board. It is also very important to define how much supplementary training will be required in order to familiarize the watch officer with specific onboard security tasks: stowaways, drug smuggling, robbery, violent attacks, terrorism, etc.

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  WIT Press

  Computational Mechanics, 25 Bridge Street
  Billerica, MA  United States  01821
• Authors:
  • Barsan, E
• Conference:
  • International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) 6th Annual General Assembly and Conference
  • Location: Malmo , Sweden
  • Date: 2005-10-24 to 2005-10-26
• Publication Date: 2005-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 115-124
• Monograph Title: Maritime Security and MET

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drug smuggling; Education and training methods; Marine terminals; Maritime safety; Safety and security; Ship officers; Stowaways; Terrorism; Training; Violent crimes
• Identifier Terms: International Association of Maritime Universities; International Ship and Port Facility Code
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Marine Transportation; Passenger Transportation; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01020116
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1845640586
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 15 2006 8:25AM