Maritime Training for Professional Mariners & Danish Merchant Marine Programs in Svendborg, Denmark
Svendborg International Maritime Academy (SIMAC) is Denmark’s largest maritime education centre featuring three education programs and approximately 700 students and SIMAC Training is one of Denmark’s leading course providers in the maritime and marine engineering sectors with approximately 800 course participants per year.
SIMAC was formed in 2001, being a merger of Kogtved Seafaring School, A.P. Møller Maersk Training School, Svendborg School of Marine Engineering, and Svendborg Navigation School. At SIMAC you can complete an education as master mariner, marine engineer or a combination of the two as a ship’s officer. These courses are conducted mainly in Danish - read, write and speak at a sufficient level, as a considerable part of the education is in Danish including exams. For the master mariner or ship´s officer training program you must have an educational contract with an approved Danish shipping company.
SIMAC Training is part of Svendborg International Maritime Academy and collaborate closely with many private and public enterprises and keenly aware of the public requirements and the needs of the business community. SIMAC Training’s core areas of expertise are courses and skills development include - Maritime Safety, Simulator Courses, Automation, Hydraulics, Danish Pilotage, Special Courses, and Assessment for foreign navigators end marine engineers. They also offer the possibility of resumption of certificates of competency and individual tailor-made courses.
Maritime Programs
Maritime Study Programs
- Master Mariner Program (Bachelor of Maritime Transport and Nautical Science): During the program you also follow theoretical subjects like ship’s technique, navigation and safety at sea, and subjects within management, economics, and communication. During sea practice you get the opportunity to try out in practice what you have learned in theory. Once you have received your certificate of competency, upon completing your education as a master mariner, you will be allowed to work as an officer or a master mariner. Your certificate of competency covers Denmark and international waters all over the world.
- Marine Engineer Program (Bachelor of Technology Management and Marine Engineering): You learn to work with technical operation as well as general management. The education will make you a technical leader capable of managing operation, optimisation, and maintenance of advanced machinery and plants, and at the same time you also possess the competencies necessary for leading people and ensuring high quality, a good working environment, safety, and financial performance.
- Ship’s Officer Program (Bachelor of Maritime Transport and Ship Management): The ship’s officer education program includes a junior and a senior part. You can graduate after completing the junior part, but most students choose to continue on to the senior part, where you can specialise at the engineer line as a chief engineer, at the navigator’s line as a master mariner or a combination of both lines, where you become a marine chief engineer and master mariner.
- Language & Eligibility: Above programs are conducted mainly in Danish, and you have to have an educational contract with an approved Danish shipping company. Approved companies are - Maersk, DFDS Seaways, Royal Arctic, Scandlines, Nordic Tankers, Norden, Torm, and Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science.
Maritime Safety Courses
- Crisis Management and human behavior
- Passenger Safety and stability
- Organisation and Execution of Lifeboat and Fire Drills
- Safety and Health Working Environment
- Ballast Water Management (Online)
- IMSBC Course (Online)
- Danish Maritime Legislation – long distance
- Dangerous Goods + The Baltic MoU
Simulator Courses
- ARPA refresher (Automatic Radar Plotting Aid)
- ECDIS Generic TRANSAS/SAM
- ECDIS Type Specific TRANSAS NS4000
- Bridge Team Management (BTM)
- Bridge Team Management (BTM) refresher
- Engine Room Team Management (ERTM)
- Engine Room Team Management (ERTM/ERS, IMO 2.07)
- Shiphandling Basic
- Shiphandling Refresher
Automation and Electricity Courses
- PLCs as Machine Controller
- PLC, Profibus and OPC/SCADA
- SRO Systems
- Regulation in SRO
- Troubleshooting in Maritime Installations
Hydraulics Courses
- Power Hydraulics – CETOP 1
- Industrial Hydraulics – CETOP 2
- CETOP 3 is in the pipeline
Danish Pilot Course
- Pilotage Law for Danish Pilots
GMDSS GOC Courses
- GMDSS GOC 2 weeks (Joined course with SIMACs students)
- GMDSS GOC refresher (Self-study or Selfstudy + one day with an instructor)
Vessel Traffic Service Courses
- VTS Basic Operators Course V 103-1
- VTS V 103-4
- VTS V 103-5
Special Courses
- Heavy Lift
- Advanced Oil and Chemical Tanker Training (Online)
- Basic Polar Course (Online)
- Advanced Polar
- Conduct after capture/Maritime environments (CAC-MAR)
- Integrated personal assessment and BRM or ERM training
- Integrated bridge resource management training
- Oil Tanker Cargo and Ballast Handling Simulation Course (IMO Model Course 2.06)
- Chemical Tanker Cargo and Ballast Handling Simulator (IMO Model Course 1.37)