ERRV Crew Initial Training Shipboard Operations (ITSO) Training Standard

This Product is to meet the initial training and assessment requirements for all prospective ERRV crew members excluding Chief Engineers and Masters, as there is no requirement for them to undertake the training.

This Product is to equip the learner with the initial knowledge, understanding and skills required to perform the role of ERRV crew.

Medical entry requirements

Training activities contained within this Product may include physically demanding and potentially stressful elements. All personnel who participate in such activities must be capable of participating fully.

OPITO-approved Centres are therefore required, as a minimum, to ensure that prior to participating in practical exercises the learner provides written confirmation that they deem themselves capable of undertaking all aspects of the training. Centres must also make the learner aware that they must immediately inform the Centre staff if this capability changes – at any time prior to, or during the programme.

Learners must be advised that they are required to declare any current or pre-existing medical conditions which may be exacerbated by, or impair their ability to complete, the training programme. Should this be the case, the individual may be required to provide an authentic medical certificate issued since any identified medical condition was diagnosed.

The OPITO-approved Centre shall keep a record of the learner’s declaration of fitness in accordance with their document control policy(s) or procedures.

This information, along with summary details of the type of physical activities the learner will be asked to perform, will be given to learners by the OPITO-approved Centre and, if applicable, to their sponsoring company as part of the joining instructions. The responsibility for declaring any known current or pre-existing medical conditions that could have adverse effects to the individual’s state of health while undertaking the training activities lies with the learner and/or company sponsoring the learner.

Where doubt exists regarding the fitness of any learner, the OPITO-approved Centre should direct the individual to consult a medical officer familiar with the nature and extent of the training.

Note: Practical exercises must be designed and delivered solely to meet this Product, and must not place on the learner any demands other than those required to meet the Product.

To achieve the ERRV Crew Initial Training Shipboard Operations (ITSO) Training Standard the learner will need to complete the 5 mandatory units.

35 hours

Learners should be issued with course notes covering the Care Element of this programme.
These notes should be suitable for use as a reference manual during and following the course.

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Please also refer to OODTP Training & Competence Assessment for ERRV Roles supporting document.

36 months

It is envisaged that on completion of the Initial Training programme learners will become part of an operational ERRV Crew. Learners failing to do so within 12 months of completing this course shall repeat the Initial Training Programme

Please note: If the expiry date on the learners previous certificate is within 3 months prior of the course enrolment date then the date of the new certificate should correspond with the expiry date of the existing/previous certificate unless stated otherwise by the Duty Holder or Asset Owner or Operator.