Cargo Surveying Advanced Diploma
Expert in Crude Oil & Petroleum Products Inspection
- Course Program
- Who Should Attend
- Compliance with regulations
- Duration and Teaching Methods
- Course Benefits
- RPL
- Course Content
- Certification
Introduction
Petroleum Products Surveying involves inspecting for quantity and quality. Such inspections can be performed at different stages in the product cycle including at the production site, on producing platforms, at storage locations, during draining of crude oil, at loading or unloading installations, on vessels, or in road tank trucks. This course will guide to survey the operations, report on the visual condition of the cargo, perform shore and ship tank measurements, and draw samples to check quality by laboratory analysis. Also learning some specific services such as Gas Free & Bunker Surveys, Terminal Audits, and Loss Control consultancy to help traders calculate and prove the demurrages of vessels.
Objectives
This course has been designed to provide marine cargo specialists and operations staff with solid marine knowledge required to understand the role of the marine cargo surveyor and the details of the surveys, inspections, claims, and investigations for cargoes and damage to cargoes so they can perform as effective marine cargo surveyors.
Anyone who services the global cargo inspection market and feels they would benefit from a more structured knowledge of the elements of commodities trade and inspections will find the course extremely beneficial.
Minimum Entry Requirements
There are no prerequisites for this Course, however, in order to fully benefit from the training, it is recommended that the participants are either new entrants to the shipping industry or professional staff in shipping companies, ship brokers, port agencies, insurance inspectors, banks and similar service organisations can gain a valuable understanding of their customers roles and responsibilities.The comprehensive documentation that accompanies the course has been designed as a useful guide for future reference.
Who Should Attend
The Maritime field is extremely broad and brings about relationships with a variety of people with varying levels of experience from the many different aspects of shipping therefore this Course is suitable for a broad range of maritime related professionals and regularly attracts ships’ officers and shore-based management staff.But the course is also valuable to Classification Societies, Marine Insurers, P&I Club Managers, Port Authorities and Coast Guard personnel amongst others.
The course is conducted online and provides a wonderful chance to build your international professional network without having to afford any travel expenses. Often more than 10 nationalities participate and are introduced to each other thanks to our education portal features.
- Producers, Traders or Commodities Brokers and Suppliers
- Ship agent, Shipbrokers
- Shipowners, Charterers, Shippers and Maritime Attorneys
- Purchasers and Technical Managers and Superintendents
- Captains, Chief Engineers and Ship Staff
- Insurance Company Underwriters, claims handlers, and members of the legal profession
- Service providers, Surveyors, Inspectors, Analysts, Technical advisers
- Practicing cargo agents, Freight forwarders, Shipping Industry starters, cargo consolidators
- Other professionals.
Mr.
VOGELWEITH Michael: Inspectorate Senior surveyor – Belgium.
Online learning through United States Maritime
Academy allowed me to fulfill my professional course while maintaining my
active lifestyle. The tutor was readily
accessible for lessons and questions through the web and I loved being able to
adapt my studying schedule as needed from week to week.
Mr.
CABRERA CESAR: Operational Manager, AVISSA MARINE SERVICES, INC-USA.
This course inspired me to continue to
study and focus on my career goals. Thanks to the United States Maritime Academy.
Capt.
Konsi Mgawe: Marine Surveyor, Kenya.
"I chose USMA because of its excellent
reputation with the maritime Industry and because of the fantastic learning
resources they provide. The online Learning is accessible via the internet and
is an important and easy to use tool in keeping track of where you are in your
studies. The most important thing is to persevere...you'll be amazed at the
opportunities that open up to you when you complete your course."
Course Content
3 Compulsory subjects:
- Introduction to Cargo Surveying Profession;
- Reports and Report writing;
- Essential Law for Cargo and Marine Surveyors;
- Expert in Pertoleum Products Surveying;
The benefits of studying with the Institute is that you become a Student Member of the International Association of Marine Consultants and Surveyors whilst training and you can therefore participate in all Association activities, including face to face courses, seminars and conferences.
This course attempts to cover all aspects of a survey from receipt of instructions to presentation of the report. The students will be in a position to understand how they should be expected to conduct a cargo survey.
Qualify the participants as Accredited Cargo surveyors, Superintendents, quality manager, lead auditors, ship's inspectors.
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