Vessel Security Officer Course
This course equips participants with essential skills to serve as Vessel Security Officers, focusing on ISPS Code compliance, risk assessment, access control, anti-piracy measures, and incident management to ensure maritime security.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Vessel Security Officer Course provides targeted, hands-on training to handle security threats on the water. You'll cover key ISPS Code principles, assessing risks for voyages, controlling access, safeguarding cargo, and maintaining anti-piracy watches. Develop abilities in crew exercises, responding to incidents, managing evidence, and working with officials to put in place solid, rule-following security strategies for each trip.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Voyage security planning: create quick, path-specific VSO training plans.
- Maritime risk assessment: evaluate routes, harbours, cargo and explain security measures.
- Anti-piracy watchkeeping: use exercises, safe rooms and non-deadly defences.
- Access control mastery: protect entry points, cargo, guests and off-limits zones.
- Incident response & evidence: handle emergencies, keep evidence safe, inform officials.
Suggested summary
Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.What our students say
FAQs
Who is Elevify? How does it work?
Do the courses have certificates?
Are the courses free?
What is the course workload?
What are the courses like?
How do the courses work?
What is the duration of the courses?
What is the cost or price of the courses?
What is an EAD or online course and how does it work?
PDF Course