DNV—GL — MARITIME TRAINING PROVIDERS

This standard has been developed and released by DNV GL classification society with the intention to provide all necessary requirements for training providers within both offshore and maritime field, and offer academic and vocational training/education, leading to the issuance of associated certificates ensuring the quality of development and delivery of training programs and training courses.

It shall be applied to all providers of maritime and/or offshore training who develop the educational programs and offer training courses and programs. Training providers fully complying with all requirements that are stated within this standard may be considered certified for the relevant type of service they offer, and issued the certificate - this may be maritime academy or maritime and/or offshore training center, maritime and/or offshore simulation center etc.

Such certification would include thorough assessment of the relevant documents of the provider's management system and implementation audit, followed by the annual and renewal audit of the training providers. The very first section of the booklet gives info on the application and certification, followed by some general information. The other three sections cover planning, development, preparation, operation and result phases.