Common Core Curriculum for Maritime Auditors is now live

The European Maritime Safety Agency, within the context of the EMSA Academy, has developed and is delivering as from 11 October 2023 the Common Core Curriculum for Maritime Auditors (CCCMA).

The Curriculum will be delivered for six consecutive weeks in an online form (synchronous and asynchronous) and will be completed with a two day in-person session in EMSA’s premises, as well as a final online assessment.

CCCMA is aimed at individuals who are, or who intend to become, Maritime Auditors dealing with the International Safety Management Code or the International Ship and Port Facility Code or both.

The course is designed and developed to provide participants with the necessary individual competencies for carrying out duties associated with audits of Safety Management Systems (shipboard and shore-based) and to verify ship and port facility security systems in the context of the ISPS Code and Regulation (EC) n. 725/2004.

It aims to provide learners with the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to carry out maritime safety/security audits/verifications professionally, efficiently, and effectively and to the required standards established by law and benchmarked industry practices.

The Curriculum is structured in three learning areas: Principles of Auditing; Maritime Safety Management; and Maritime Security Management. Most of the learning activities are asynchronous (non-real time), allowing participants to complete the different Units at their own pace and convenience. However, at regular intervals, participants will have the opportunity to meet and interact online as well as in person during the last session with the relevant EMSA subject matter experts.  42 participants from 18 Member States, Iceland and Norway have enrolled in the CCCMA course.

The CCCMA is an ISO 29993:2017 certified learning service outside formal education developed and delivered by the EMSA Academy and it is delivered on the Maritime Knowledge Centre (MaKCs), the eLearning Platform of the Agency.