Maritime Safety Trainer FSHC 071024 14

Sharjah Maritime Academy; Sharjah; On-site; AED 201,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharjah Maritime Academy in the United Arab Emirates is seeking an experienced safety training professional to deliver a range of courses for maritime professionals, ensuring compliance with STCW and OPITO standards.

The role involves lecturing, developing new programmes, assessing learners, and maintaining equipment and timetables, with occasional travel and outside-hours work as required.

Qualifications

• STCW Class 2 Certificate of Competency or relevant practical experience.
• MSc or equivalent Master level qualification in relevant subject.
• Teaching qualification.
• Health and Safety qualification.

Responsibilities

• Assist Associate Head of Safety Training and the Director of Maritime Training to fulfil strategic priorities.
• Provide expert training on safety courses for maritime professionals including Firefighting, Personal Survival Techniques, Survival Craft and Rescue Boats, Medical First Aid, and Security Awareness.
• Ensure training complies with industry regulations (e.g., STCW, OPITO).
• Deliver lectures and lead seminar groups as appropriate.
• Participate in examinations and assessments, including marking schemes and standards alignment.
• Develop and deliver new courses in line with industry changes; update discipline knowledge for research-informed teaching.
• Provide timely, constructive feedback to students using all forms of communication.
• Ensure timetable and academic calendar compliance.
• Conduct research for career development aligning with the Academy’s ambitions.
• Manage planned maintenance of equipment and ordering of supplies.
• Be prepared to travel and occasionally work outside standard hours as required.

Skills

Fluent English communication

Team player

Work under pressure

Education

MSc or equivalent master qualification

Teaching qualification

Health and Safety qualification

Job description

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

1. Assist Associate Head of Safety Training and the Director of Maritime Training as required to fulfil the Academy’s strategic priorities.
2. Provide expert and professional training on a range of safety courses for maritime professionals including Firefighting, Personal Survival Techniques, Survival Craft and Rescue Boats, Medical First Aid, and Security Awareness.
3. Ensure all training and assessments are fully compliant with industry regulations e.g. STCW, OPITO etc.
4. Use appropriate, innovative and effective pedagogic approach in the teaching environment. Deliver lectures and lead seminar groups as appropriate.
5. Participate in the examination/ assessment process including the setting of papers, preparing marking schemes, agreeing marks with other staff. Use appropriate and innovative forms of assessment practices to enhance learning and teaching.
6. Actively develop and deliver a range of new courses in line with industry changes or requirements. Responsible for updating own discipline knowledge to develop research informed teaching.
7. Provide timely, constructive, formative and comprehensive feedback to students using all forms of communication.
8. Ensure full compliance with the requirements of the timetable and the annual academic calendar.
9. Conduct research for career development, aligning with the Academy’s ambition to be a research-active institution.
10. Implement and manage a planned maintenance program for all equipment. Manage the ordering of all supplies and consumable items as required.
11. Be prepared to travel as required and occasionally work outside of standard working hours as in the contract.

Qualification, Skills and Experience:

Qualifications

• E:STCW Class 2 Certificate of Competency or appropriate industry experience in a practical setting.
• P: MSc or equivalent Master level academic qualification in relevant subject
• P: Teaching qualification
• P: Health and Safety Qualification.

Skills

• E: Ability to fluently speak, write and communicate in English at the highest level of professionalism
• E: Team player, approachable, sensitive towards all cultures.
• E: Work as and when required under pressure with the intention to complete task as promptly and efficiently as is possible

Experience

• E: Experience of maritime education and/ or training.
• P: Experience of working in an industry supporting seafarer.
• P: Educational experience with leading courses/ programs, revising course content, developing new programs and courses.
• P: Proven experience in a senior capacity with Liquefied Gas Tankers.
• P: High Voltage (Management Level) certification

E: Essential

P: Preferred

Requirements: