Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of dry docking and underwater repairs as per class requirements. It covers the classification of dry docking system; the ramps, mechanical system of dry docking and slipways-shiplifts; the graving and floating docks; and the pre-dock inspections, dry dock selection and the preparation for the dock. Further, the course will also discuss the classification survey, continuous survey cycle and special survey cycle; the annual survey, intermediate survey and docking survey; the severity levels of hull damage; and the commonly used terms such as ballast tank-coating conditioning. During this interactive course, participants will learn the types of hull damage and defects; the development of hull defects; the area of stress concentration; the stress and loading, enhanced survey programmer and thickness measurement; the scope of docking surveys; the anchor and chain cables forward area shell plate and bilge keel; and the propeller, trail shaft, rudder, stern frame and undocking. link to course overview PDF

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology before or during the course for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued to participants through Haward’s Portal. This includes Wallet Card Certificates if applicable
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy Training Materials (PDF format) will be issued to participant through the Virtual Training Platform
Training Methodology	:	80% of the program will be theory and 20% will be practical sessions, exercises, case studies, simulators or videos
Training Program	:	The training will be for 4 hours per day starting at 09:30 and ending at 13:30
H-STK Smart Training Kit	:	Not Applicable
Hands-on Practical Workshops	:	Not Applicable
Site Visit	:	Not Applicable
Simulators	:	Only software simulators will be used in the virtual courses. Hardware simulators are not applicable and will not be used in Virtual Training