Check Pilot Training

This course develops skills in experienced pilots associated with how checking is an integral component of a safety management system, the role it plays in improving a safety culture, and the process of developing and implementing checking systems.

AMC Search’s Check Pilot course is designed for marine pilots working as Check Pilots and/or designing or improving checking systems. Taught by human factors specialist Associate Professor Ben Brooks, this hybrid course includes an online component and 1.5 days of structured simulations to build and evaluate practical skills. In this AMSA Approved course we aim to give you the knowledge and skills to create and apply extremely effective tools to use to make your checking process as good as it can be. This will support your organisation’s journey towards high reliability and an ultra-safe system of work.

You will be able to bridge the divide between work as imagined (WAI) and work as done (WAD). You will support your organisation to meet one of the key components of its safety management system. You will more deeply understand your role as a leader and the way you shape the culture and support continual improvement. 

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Understand the organisational and systems context in which check piloting exists and the contribution it makes to those environments.
  2. Understand the fundamentals of competency-based assessment. 
  3. Understand how to build and implement checking systems in marine pilotage. 
  4. Demonstrate effective debriefing of pilots following observation under a range of conditions within a simulated environment. 

WHY AMC SEARCH?

  • AMC is AMSA approved to provide the ‘Check Pilot Training Course’, as an ‘approved pilotage training course’, in accordance with Division 8 of Marine Order 54 (Coastal pilotage) 2014 (MO54).
  • Approved by Safe Transport Victoria as meeting the requirements of the Determination for Licensing and Training Requirements for Marine Pilots in Victoria, clause 51(c).
  • Course is delivered with Australia’s most advanced Marine Pilot training facilities including:
    • A de-briefing room with a 60” fully interactive touch screen chart table linked to the full Mission Bridge simulator for real time information and exercise replays plus 6 wall mounted screens allowing visual channel information from ECDIS and radar displays
    • A Kongsberg Marine Polaris powered full mission bridge simulator with 4K projections
    • Break out room with kitchen, sofas and Wi-Fi
  • The content is delivered through a mix of theory, discussions, case studies, and practical exercises in our Centre for Maritime Simulations. View the Centre for Maritime Simulations specification brochure. 

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  • Duration: 2 days
  • Course Options: (including GST)
    11-12 April 2024 | Launceston, TAS | $3,210
    10-11 September 2024 | Launceston, TAS | $3,210
  • Course available on demand

    This course is available on demand, delivered at various locations. To express interest, please contact us.

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AMC Search (AMCS) is operating a COVID-Safe campus aligned with the protocols and procedures established by the University of Tasmania. The safety and wellbeing of staff, students and the broader community is an absolute priority for the University of Tasmania.

We strongly encourage everyone to remain up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations but no longer require our students to be vaccinated to come to our university campuses, facilities or events.

Payment methods accepted:

  • Register now and pay later (payment required 15 days before the course starts)
  • Credit Card (online or via (03) 6324-9850)
  • Bank Deposit
  • Company sponsorship.

Detailed payment options are available here.

Face to face courses

Cancellations up to 15 working days prior to the scheduled date will be accepted without penalty. Cancellations less than 15 working days will be subject to 100% cancellation fee.

AMC Search reserves the right to cancel the course 15 working days prior to the scheduled date if insufficient registrations are received. Any fees paid for cancelled courses will be refunded in full.

When making flight bookings please ensure you book on a fully refundable basis.

Online courses

Payment of course fees, or authorisation to invoice from your company, is required before access to the online learning environment is provided. Please note, it will take between 2-4 business days to provide your access to the online course if you have not studied previously with AMC Search, the Australian Maritime College or the University of Tasmania.

  • Course notes and writing materials
  • Morning and afternoon tea
  • Complimentary WiFi access

Launceston, TAS

Location: Australian Maritime College, Newnham Drive, Newnham, Launceston, Tasmania.

Airport Transfers: Participants arriving at Launceston Airport should make their way to the Australian Maritime College, Newnham Drive, Newnham. Taxi fare from the airport is approximately $55.00.

Parking: Complimentary car parking is provided on campus in areas designated to AMC Search participants and clients.

Launceston Accommodation: On-campus accommodation in Launceston can be reserved via the online enrollment form. Further accommodation information is available here, together with off-campus options.

Norfolk Hall On-campus Accommodation

We offer affordable on-campus accommodation that's ideal if you're taking part in a course at our campus in Launceston, Tasmania.

Norfolk Hall offers Motel Style accommodation for $100 per night (bed only). On-campus accommodation in Launceston can be reserved via the online enrolment form.

Norfolk Hall is situated on the main campus of the Australian Maritime College at Newnham, Launceston, which is where most of our courses take place.

Accommodation at Norfolk Hall provides the following facilities:

  • Queen size beds
  • En-suite facilities
  • Television
  • Fridge
  • Rooms serviced daily (excluding weekends)

Affordable meals are available at the on-site AMC Cafeteria.

You can reserve a room when you register for your course or via email AMCS.courses@utas.edu.au or telephone: +61 3 6324 9850.