WHAT WE DO
Ōkiwa offers a variety of services to navigate you through Aotearoa New Zealand’s maritime industry:
• Examiner service for Maritime New Zealand licenses
• Licensing and compliance advice to local and international seafarers, including recognition of prior learning
• Advice and pre-audit preparation for maritime training providers and industry companies
• 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
Examiner for Maritime New Zealand licenses:
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 recruit students to study in New Zealand.
• Examiner service for Maritime New Zealand licenses
• Licensing and compliance advice to local and international seafarers, including recognition of prior learning
• Advice and pre-audit preparation for maritime training providers and industry companies
• 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
Examiner for Maritime New Zealand licenses:
Katherine Walker is an approved Maritime New Zealand Examiner to conduct Final Oral Examinations for Maritime New Zealand seafarer licences:
- Qualified Deck crew
- Advanced Deckhand - Fishing
- Skipper Restricted Limit - Nautical
- Skipper Restricted Limits - <500GT endorsement
- Skipper Coastal Offshore
- Mate Fishing Vessel – Limited
- Skipper Fishing Vessel – Limited
- Mate Fishing Vessel - Unlimited
- Skipper Fishing Vessel - Unlimited
- STCW Deck Watch Rating
- STCW Able Seafarer – Deck
- STCW Watchkeeper Deck 500t NC
- STCW Master 500t Near Coastal
- STCW Master 500t - Unlimited
- STCW Watchkeeper Deck - Unlimited
- 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 Seacert
- 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 recruit students to study in New Zealand.