5. To promote and contribute to the development of internationally
agreed standards for;
* clearly defined and educationally sound engine room simulator course
objectives and assessment criteria for the various license ' certificate of competency'
classes.
* simulator specifications and 'type approval'.
ICERS ACTIVITIES
The work of ICERS is coordinated by an international steering committee
headed by a chairperson-currently Mr. S. Stallwood of Wasash Maritime Centre. The present
committee comprises representatives from Canada, Denmark, Japan, Kuwait, Singapore,
Ukraine, IMLA and Institute of Marine Engineers (UK)(3).
A working group was set up at ICERS 2, ( chaired by Mr. Maurice Jenkins
of the Canadian Coast Guard), which was tasked with collecting, collating and classifying
course objectives from MET establishments which operate engine room simulator courses. it
is hoped to present the Findings at ICERS 3. It is intended that further working groups
will be set to investigate other problematic areas identified at conferences.
A proposal will be put forward for discussion in the near future, to
investigate the possibility of setting up a discussion group (User-Group) for the engine
room simulator community, on the 'Internet'.
A future goal of ICERS is that the outcomes of conference, (and
possibly User-Group discussions), will be suitable for use by IMLA in its consultative
capacity to IMO.
ICERS 3 at Svenborg Denmark in 1997
The themes for ICERS 3 are:
1. Standardisation of engine room simulator course objectives and
assessment criteria with respect to training for,and assessment of, competence of the
marine engineer as : (i) an operator, (ii) a manager.
