1. HOW TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS DURING TRAINING – AN EXAMPLE OF A SECURE TRAINING ENVIRONMENT Heikki Hyyryläinen and Sami Raappana Maritime Safety Training Centre MERITURVA 7. IASST International Conference Sibenik, Croatia 10.10.2006

2. ”WE ALL AGREE, THAT TRAINING IS ESSENTIAL” STCW standards – ship or shore?

3. Governmental organization Under Finnish National Board of Education No permanent students Specialized in safety training courses Three separate units - Fire training - Ship simulation - Survival training ISO 9000:2000 and STCW certification Governmental organization Under Finnish National Board of Education No permanent students Specialized in safety training courses Three separate units - Fire training - Ship simulation - Survival training ISO 9000:2000 and STCW certification MARITIME SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE MERITURVA in short

4. Fire Training Unit Upinniemi Naval Base ”Playing safely with fire”

5. Ship Simulation Unit Otaniemi Espoo ”Preventing accidents by knowledge”

6. Survival Training Centre Lohja ”All devices and authentic simulation”

7. Safe simulation in dangerous situations ”In the training hall you´re safely indoors – but feeling like outdoors”

8. Theory first and then you´re ready for the action

9. ”It´s not the same feeling when things get to move” But it´s easier to stop simulation than change the weather

10. The time for the action – do it again and again

11. How can you learn to handle the systems in reality - if they are in the capsules on the deck?

12. In the Baltic Sea the helicopters usually do the work

13. The Ojamo Training Station ”All times a year and in every weather”

14. Survival Training Center - Ojamo Station Minimizing the risks of life boat drills

15. The adjustable rig ”When the things go wrong they are usually not in balance”

16. If the mine lake feels crowded - get yourself to the open waters

17. Lake Lohja or the Sea

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