A training course for professional seafarers
This course has been co-organised by the EU SHIPSAN ACT Joint Action funded by the European Commission, DG SANCO (20122103) and the Italian Ministry of Health, and is designed for operators, officers, crew of passenger ships. The preferred participants would be working at manager or supervisor level, and the training is intended to help allow them to then train others.
The training course is designed as an introduction to the ‘SHIPSAN European Manual for Hygiene Standards and Communicable Diseases Surveillance on Passenger Ships’ and will include the following seven key subject areas:
- Improving health standards on passenger ships in Europe
- Food safety management
- Water safety (potable and recreational)
- Housekeeping
- Pest management
- Hygienic waste management
- Infectious diseases – outbreak management and surveillance
Training venue: The training course will take place in the Grand Hotel Duca d’ Este, Tivoli Terme, Rome, Italy (Via Tiburtina Valeria, 330 - www.siriohotel.com) from Tuesday 8th to Thursday 10th October 2013.
Accommodation: Victoria Therme Hotel (Via Tiburtina Valeria, Tivoli, Therme, Rome, Italy -www.victoriatermehotel.it/en/hotel.html).
Course duration: 3 days
Training fees: 500 Euro (covering training material for the face-to-face course, coffee breaks, lunch and dinner for 3 days and a CD-ROM with the e-learning modules)
Pre-requisites: A pre-requisite introductory module, available on the SHIPSAN e-learning platform, should be completed prior to the course. The SHIPSAN e-learning platform will be available on-line to all trainees prior, during and after the course, or a CD-ROM with the e-learning modules can be sent by post upon request.
Language: The training course will be in English.
Please click here to complete the application form
For further information, please contact info@shipsan.eu
Application deadline: 01 October 2013