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Health and hygiene in Housekeeping and Hotel Operations on Passenger Ships

Online live streaming short training course for the shipping industry

The European Scientific Association for Health and Hygiene in Maritime Transport (EU SHIPSAN scientific association) is announcing the upcoming on-line live streaming training course for the shipping industry.
Title:

Health and hygiene in Housekeeping and Hotel Operations on Passenger Ships

Purpose: This course is designed to provide an overview of cleaning and disinfection principles and on how to organize an audit on housekeeping and other public health activities on board so as to verify prevention and control of infections and pest infestations in accordance with the European standards
Dates:  

23-26 September 2024

·         Day 1: only self-paced session – Participants will have to complete the pre-test, view recorded videos, and complete self-paced exercises at the SHIPSAN e-learning platform.

·         Day 2-4: combination of self-paced and live sessions. The live sessions will be held at 15:00 CET (maximum 4 hours per day).

Trainers: Members of the EU SHIPSAN scientific association
  Who should attend? •    Public health officers, other ship officers and crew members with duties related to housekeeping and hotel operations on board passenger ships, as well as managers and supervisors

•     In-house or contracted trainers responsible to deliver housekeeping and hotel operations training to crew members

Training topics: The course will cover elements of the European Manual for the passenger shipping industry. An indicative list of subjects to be covered during the course duration is presented below:

·         Housekeeping (Cleaning and disinfection, Body spillage policies, Personal hygiene and uniform policies, Areas at high risk of disease spread, the laundry process).

·         How to verify uniform application of cleaning and disinfection standard operating procedures.

·         How to develop/revise standard operating procedures in accordance with principles of the European manual.

·         How to measure compliance using the EU Healthy Sailing indicators

·         Pest Management

·         Nursery & play areas, Hairdresser’s

·         Hazardous chemical agents

·         Waste management

·         Overview of the European Manual for Hygiene Standards and Communicable Diseases and inspection outlines (housekeeping and other public health issues)

·         The SHIPSAN inspection grading system and inspection process

·         Training of trainers’ methods including organizing on-the-job training, job shadowing and other methods

Course methodology: This course will combine self-paced online learning (asynchronous) and online live streaming (synchronous) methods. The training approach of the course consists of:

•     Lectures – instruction and theory on the subject matter

•     Online self-paced exercises – adapting theory

•     Case studies – use of scenarios to exercise problem solving

•     Questions and answers – updating skills and knowledge

•     Resources in the form of support documentation will be sent in an electronic format

Assessment: At the beginning and at the end of the training course, there will be an assessment. It will include multiple choice and short answer questions covering the topics discussed in the course.

Aim of the assessment: It is a tool to give a better idea of the trainees’ learning progress.

Administrative Information: Training fees

The cost for attendance for these courses is 500 euros per participant.

 

 Cancellations and penalties policy:

If you proceed to any cancellation 2 days before the start of the course (21 September 2024) the fees will be returned but you will be charged with any bank transfer costs that may be incurred by the transaction.

If you cancel after Saturday 21 September 2024, the penalty will be €100 plus any bank transfer costs that may be incurred by the transaction.

We reserve the right to cancel the training event if minimum enrollments are not met. In which case, all course fees will be fully refunded.

Certification: A certificate of successful completion will be issued to participants who successfully pass the final assessment. You must attend all days and complete all modules to receive your certificate.
Materials required: This training course will require access to the internet to connect to the asynchronous E-learning platform and also to the live broadcasting sessions (broadcasting platform to be used: ZOOM).

Basic requirements:

  • PC, laptop, Mac, iPad or tablet
  • Web browser

Further information regarding access to the asynchronous e-learning platform and the on-line broadcasting platform will follow after registration.

We do not accept any responsibility and will not be liable for any technical difficulties/problems from your side (e.g. poor internet connection, devices used not according to our specifications, hardware issues)

ENROLMENT INFORMATION
Registration: Click on the following link to register online for the training course:

https://forms.med.uth.gr/index.php/863753?lang=en

Maximum number of trainees to be accepted for this course: 40

Registration is on a first come, first served basis.

Registration deadline: 18 September 2024
To get more information: For any further information please contact us via email training@shipsan.eu

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