Building resilient safety cultures takes more than a campaign!

In recent months large oil majors have been promoting the idea of developing more resilient safety cultures. In safety terms, resilience is the organisation’s ability to adjust to ever changing environments so that work can continue to function in a safe manner. Seen from an organisational perspective what can a shipping company do in order to develop a higher degree of safety resilience? This article provides the reader with a better idea of what can be done through the presentation of 4 basic principles.

On board training; a focused and resource saving training concept

This is the second article in a row of 3 about on board training. We have interviewed Søren Eliassen, H&S Manager in Maersk Supply Service about the on board training concept recently launched in their fleet. Here you can read about what it comprises, how it has been launched and how it has fully replaced their conventional courses for seafarers.

Green-Jakobsen is an International Marine Safety and HR Consultancy company. Our services cover consultancy, courses and training, multimedia production and safety performance measurement.

Seafarers think training is a burden

This is the first article in a series of three pivoting on board training.
Training is a vital part of our jobs in order to stay updated, knowledgeable, competent – and safe. Sometimes training takes place without your noticing – sometimes it takes more effort. But for sure, the best results from training are achieved when it takes place on-the-job. Read more about the 70:20:10 principle here and wait for the following two articles about the way Green-Jakobsen delivers on board training. We give you two cases described through interviews with Søren Eliassen from Maersk Supply Service and Maarten Colman from Exmar Shipmanagement.

Green-Jakobsen is an International Marine Safety and HR Consultancy company. Our services cover consultancy, courses and training, multimedia production and safety performance measurement.

The importance of integrating HSE in the HR initiatives and processes

The link between HR and HSE are not difficult to find. But the integration of safety into other classical HR processes such as recruitment, retention, promotion leadership etc. is equally important

Learning and Development Strategy and Philosophy

Living in a high performance culture, retaining and recruiting high performance employees demand effective learning and development processes. The Learning and Development Philosophy describes methods, educational principles and ideas all employees in TORM must subscribe to. Read about Torm’s work in this respect in cooperation with Green-Jakobsen.

The Benefits of Competence Management

Competence management ensures performance management.

This article tries to highlight why competency management systems are of value and how they can drive performance.

Bosses from hell are too costly

In this article you will find arguments why good crew management and a retention strategy pay off. We use the term ‘Bosses from Hell’, and the headline message is simple: People don’t leave jobs, they leave Bosses!

Setting the goals for a clear retention strategy

Interview with Hanus Mikkelsen, General Manager, Crewing, Clipper Technical A/S on Clipper’s long term retention strategy, which has created a platform to improve their effort to attract and retain the right people to the company.