Ships subject to the IGF Code

Basic training 

• The basic training (for service on ships subject to the IGF Code) has to be accounted for by seafarers who perform safety duties relating to the accurate handling and use of fuels or who are responsible for emergency measures regarding this. This module is a prerequisite for entering the basic training; except if it is explicitly part of the basic training. Holders of a valid Certificate of Proficiency for Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations already meet the requirements of the basic training for service on ships subject to the IGF Code.
• The basic training also comprises the module practical fire-fighting (it is the same module as the one that is part of the basic training for all tanker cargo operations). Holders of a valid Certificate of Proficiency for Oil and Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations have already successfully completed the fire-fighting module, therefore only have to complete the IGF part of the courses (basic and advanced training).

Please find further information on the application forms and the information leaflet on ships subject to the IGF Code (in German only).

Advanced training 

• Masters, engineering officers and all other crew members with immediate responsibility for the accurate handling and use of fuels and fuel systems on board ships subject to the IGF Code need a certificate of proficiency of a corresponding advanced training.
• Along with the application, you have to proof:
  
  • a seagoing service of at least one month as well as
  • the participation in at least three bunkering operations on board of ships subject to the IGF Code; up to two of these bunkering operations can, as part of the training, take place at a Simulator.
• Holders of a valid Certificate of Proficiency of the Advanced Training for Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations already meet these requirements and do not have to participate in the advanced training course. Without any other proof necessary, they receive the relevant Certificate of Proficiency for Service on Ships Subject to the IGF Code.

Please find further information on the application forms and the information leaflet on ships subject to the IGF Code (in German only).