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ATHINA TRAINING CENTER 2020

FEBRUARY
The “Owl of Minerva” is erected on
the ATHINA building façade, and the
auditorium is starting to take shape

APRIL & MAY MARCH
The first seminars at ATHINA Progress in the building of workshops
and lounge completion
Upon completing the simulators’ testing and
the training of instructors, the first seminars
are conducted, the MAN B&W ME-C course,
and the courses on Passage Planning with
ECDIS, Engine Room Resource Management,
and Ship Handling- Bridge Resources Manage-
ment using the training center’s simulators.

SEPTEMBER
ATHINA’s laboratories receive the first
equipment
JUNE
The first training equipment - a KTE High New seminars and delivery of
Voltage (6.6 kV) switchboard equipped with a equipment
vacuum breaker, a low voltage switchboard,
and the Purimar BWTS Simulator - is Several new courses are conducted for the
delivered to ATHINA from Korea. first time, including the Safe Handling of Bulk
MAY Cargoes (IMSBC Code) and Safety Leadership
DNV accredits ATHINA as a Maritime seminars, in cooperation with Minerva’s
Training Center HR Department. Environmental Protection
Engineering SA donates Oil Water Separating
DNV audits the ATHINA Learning Quality Man- Equipment, and Furuno Hellas SA presents
agement System and verifies its compliance two real Furuno ECDIS MFD 3300 on marine
with the applicable Standard ST – 0029 and pedestals to ATHINA.
that procedures ranging from identifying
training needs to developing and delivering
training courses are documented and tested. NOVEMBER
BCAV is tested on a bridge simulator
JULY
First Oil Tanker Cargo Handling Course A group of experts tests the Behavioral Com-
petence Assessment System (BCAV) during
After extensive preparation and calculations various simulation exercises. The results are
and the development of several exercises, reviewed with the assistance of Minerva’s
the first Oil Tanker Cargo/Ballast Handling trained officers and ATHINA’s instructors, thus
Simulator seminar takes place. leading to the finalization of the procedure.

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