About MTC

Training Purpose

1. Develop education and researches and promotion of maritime technologies.

2. Cultivate maritime talents and replenish shipping manpower in view of government policies.

3. Improve the quality of maritime personnel to meet the requirements of international conventions.

4. Prevent marine pollution from ships and improve shipping efficiency.

5. Minimize maritime accidents and protect safety of life at sea. 


Best Training Institute for Class I and Class II Seafarers

NKUST has a sound maritime education system, with rigor in teaching and clear objectives on training for merchant ships. Its seafarer training services and maritime education supplement each other to facilitate the development shipping industry. In particular, its Department of Shipping Technology, Department of Marine Engineering, and MSTC have passed the certification of ISO-9001 and passed STCW education, faculty, and facility certification. The center has more than 20 years of solid experience in maritime training and education, and is equipped with the facilities prescribed in the STCW95, such as exclusive terminal, cargo handling simulator (CHS), full mission bridge simulator, multi-function bridge simulator, radar simulator, Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) simulator, Engine Room Simulator (ERS), survival training pool, and firefighting training base. NKUST currently has six exclusive classrooms for maritime training and focuses on practice in maritime training, which complies with the requirement of maritime training certification. With trainers who are outstanding talents from industry, government, and universities, NKUST is recognized as the best training institute for Class I and Class II seafarers.

Training Courses

  1. Personal survival skills, basic firefighting, basic first aid, safety of personnel and social responsibility
  2. Class I seafarers (assistant) navigational watch training
  3. Class II seafarers (assistant) engineering watch training 
  4. Life boat, life raft, and rescue boat manoeuvring training
  5. Training for tankers
  6. Special training for oil tankers
  7. Advanced firefighting (Type A and Type B) training
  8. GMDSS General Operator’s Certificate (GOC) training
  9. GMDSS Restricted Operator's Certificate (ROC) training
  10. Radar navigation training (operation and management levels)
  11. Onboard medical training
  12. Medical first aid training
  13. Class I and Class II seafarers course (engineering and deck)
  14. General Second Class training for Class II seafarers
  15. Motor boat operation training (personal and business)
  16. Personal safety and social responsibility training
  17. Refresher and new training (engineers and navigators)
 

Teaching Development and Tasks

NKUST provides integrated and consistent maritime education, training, employment, and further education services, based on which, NKUST strives to cultivate talents for maritime industry and promote the development of maritime industry, with positive results obtained.

With decades of proven records in organizing maritime training activities, NKUST actively responds to government policies, and organize training activities in accordance with the requirements of international maritime conventions. In addition to NKUST’s excellent administrative resources, MTC has also passed the certification of ISO quality and occupational safety and health management systems, all of which lay a solid foundation for implementation of MTC services. The team of trainers comprising teachers from NKUST’s Department of Marine Engineering and the faculty of MTC, with the support and guidance of the industry, government, and universities, has laid a solid foundation for maritime training work for years.

Duties:

 

1. Devise and execute training programmes in view of national maritime policies.

2. Promote cooperation between shipping industry and education institutes in training, education, and further education. 

3. Prepare teaching materials on shipping technologies, marine machinery, and maritime training.

4. Organize various types of maritime training activities.

5. Maintain international certification in education and training quality.