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XI International Seminar “ Quality Shipping: XXI Century Stand ar d ”

XI International Seminar “ Quality Shipping: XXI Century Stand ar d ”. St Petersburg, 22 - 23 October, 200 8. SEAFARING CAREERS: RAISING THE PROFILE. LATVIA’S EXPERIENCE. Ansis Zeltiņš Director Maritime Administration of Latvia. HYSTORICAL BACKGROUND. Major competence from soviet time

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XI International Seminar “ Quality Shipping: XXI Century Stand ar d ”

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  1. XI International Seminar “Quality Shipping: XXI Century Standard” St Petersburg, 22-23 October, 2008 SEAFARING CAREERS: RAISING THE PROFILE. LATVIA’S EXPERIENCE Ansis Zeltiņš Director Maritime Administration of Latvia

  2. HYSTORICAL BACKGROUND • Major competence from soviet time • 95% of Latvian seafarers work on foreign flag vessels • Vast majority use service of local crewing companies • Not unified system of certification • Not standardized educational programs • Comparatively high number of fraud

  3. STRATEGIC GOALS • Highly competent seafarers • Quality education • Elimination of frauds

  4. SOLUTIONS • Change of national legal framework • Principles of certification • Increased document protection • Industry involvement • New concept of national maritime education system

  5. PRINCIPLES OF CERTIFICATION • Management level certificate after management level professional program • Engine Room Simulator course mandatory for engineers • All seafarers are certified, including ratings and non-STCW officers • Two-level examination for new STCW qualification applicants

  6. NEW EDUCATIONAL CONCEPT • STCW officers on ships above 500 GT trained on the basis of secondary education • QMS is a mandatory requirement for educational institutions and training centers • Combined professional bachelor’s programs (operational+management) as well as masters programs • Lifelong education • Professional courses for management level officers • Maritime educational programs agreed by the Registry of Seamen

  7. CURRENT DATA ON SEAFARERS Statistics of certified Latvian seafarers

  8. CURRENT DATA ON SEAFARERS Latvian seafarers on international merchant fleet vessels

  9. CURRENT DATA ON SEAFARERS Split of age between Latvian seafarers Masters Officers Ratings

  10. MARITIME EDUCATION Graduates in 2008

  11. OFFICERS’EDUCATION Percentage of academic and college education of Latvian officers

  12. LEONARDO DA VINCI Pilot project “Seafarer Certificate Forgery: the Threat Undermining the Quality of Training (GETQUALITY)” • EU funded project • Launched on 1 October 2006 • 4 countries, 7 partners Goals: • Awareness of the situation • Development of anti-fraud tool package • Safeguard to protect ships from seafarers without genuine documents • Improve co-operation among maritime seamen’s registers and educational institutions • increase the reliability in recognition of certificates among members of the IMO

  13. NUMBER OF ISSUED CERTIFICATES

  14. FORGERY Statistics of document forgery

  15. RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF SEAFARERS PROFESSION AND MARITIME INDUSTRY THE KEY IS REALISTIC INFORMATION ABOUT: • Maritime industry (different segments) • The scope of job opportunities through different segments • Importance of marine industry to everyone’s daily life • Nature of responsibilities onboard

  16. Thank you!

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