WHAT WE DO
Ōkiwa offers a variety of services to navigate you through Aotearoa New Zealand’s maritime industry:
Examiner for Maritime New Zealand licences:
NEW! Remote exams - all MNZ Examinations can now be conducted via video-conferencing/remotely as required.
Face-to-face exams are always available if preferred, on site at your workplace, on board vessels or at an agreed location.
Katherine Walker is an approved Maritime New Zealand Examiner to conduct Final Oral Examinations for Maritime New Zealand seafarer licences:
Licensing and compliance advice to local and international seafarers, including recognition of prior learning
Ōkiwa provides advice to individual seafarers about:
Advice and pre-audit preparation for shipping companies and maritime training providers
The practical and legal obligations for operating in New Zealand waters are regulated by Maritime NZ.
Ōkiwa offers:
• advice to ensure your maritime operation is complying with current standards
• assistance to maritime operators to manage training requirements including training gap analyses
• assistance to Maritime training providers with pre-audit preparation
Maritime training courses and resources
Ōkiwa has extensive experience developing, moderating and teaching maritime courses and resources.
Katherine and the team are skilled in:
Recruitment of international students for New Zealand maritime training providers
Ōkiwa can help institutions to recruit students to study in New Zealand.
Projects with government agencies
No two projects are the same. Whether the programme is large or small, Ōkiwa can help with programmes and projects to implement change or to ensure compliance with international and domestic requirements in tertiary education and the maritime sector.
- Face-to-face MNZ examinations for Maritime New Zealand licences
- Online/video-conference based MNZ examinations for Maritime New Zealand licences
- STCW Recognition examinations
- STCW Recognition online course
- Licensing and compliance advice to local and international seafarers, including advice on recognition of prior learning
- Advice and pre-audit preparation for maritime training providers and industry companies
- Design of career pathways for industry
- Design and development of maritime training courses and resources including online learning environments
- Moderation, teaching and facilitation of maritime courses
- Safety audits and on-board reviews
- HELM and safety culture training
- Facilitation of MOSS planning and audits for vessel operators
- Projects to help government agencies meet domestic and international obligations, including those relating to International Maritime Organisation conventions and the tertiary education sector more generally
Examiner for Maritime New Zealand licences:
NEW! Remote exams - all MNZ Examinations can now be conducted via video-conferencing/remotely as required.
Face-to-face exams are always available if preferred, on site at your workplace, on board vessels or at an agreed location.
Katherine Walker is an approved Maritime New Zealand Examiner to conduct Final Oral Examinations for Maritime New Zealand seafarer licences:
- STCW I/10 Recognition examinations
- Foreign Fishing Vessel Certificate examinations
- Skipper Restricted Limits - Nautical and/or Engineering
- Skipper Restricted Limits - <500GT endorsement - enclosed and restricted
- Skipper Coastal Offshore
- STCW Deck Watch Rating
- STCW Able Seafarer – Deck
- STCW Watchkeeper Deck 500GT Near Coastal
- STCW Master 500GT Near Coastal
- STCW Master 500GT - Unlimited
- STCW Watchkeeper Deck - Unlimited
- STCW Master 3000GT Unlimited
- STCW Chief Mate Unlimited
- STCW Master Unlimited
- Qualified Deck crew
- Mate Fishing Vessel – Limited
- Skipper Fishing Vessel – Limited
- Mate Fishing Vessel - Unlimited
- Skipper Fishing Vessel - Unlimited
- Advanced Deckhand - Fishing
- Master Yacht 24m Near Coastal
- Mate Yacht
- Master Yacht
Licensing and compliance advice to local and international seafarers, including recognition of prior learning
Ōkiwa provides advice to individual seafarers about:
- Maritime New Zealand licences and general certification questions
- How your NZ qualifications are recognized in other countries and what you need to work on ships around the world
- What you need to work in New Zealand and how your prior learning in other countries is recognized here
Advice and pre-audit preparation for shipping companies and maritime training providers
The practical and legal obligations for operating in New Zealand waters are regulated by Maritime NZ.
Ōkiwa offers:
• advice to ensure your maritime operation is complying with current standards
• assistance to maritime operators to manage training requirements including training gap analyses
• assistance to Maritime training providers with pre-audit preparation
Maritime training courses and resources
Ōkiwa has extensive experience developing, moderating and teaching maritime courses and resources.
Katherine and the team are skilled in:
- Design and development of:
- STCW courses
- Online/blended courses
- Maritime training resources
- Assessment for maritime courses - Moderating:
- assessment
- maritime courses - Teaching maritime courses
- Facilitating online delivery of maritime course
- STCW maritime training course and programme development
Recruitment of international students for New Zealand maritime training providers
Ōkiwa can help institutions to recruit students to study in New Zealand.
Projects with government agencies
No two projects are the same. Whether the programme is large or small, Ōkiwa can help with programmes and projects to implement change or to ensure compliance with international and domestic requirements in tertiary education and the maritime sector.