Online Learning Management System for Stevedoring Industry
Link: www.1–Stop.com.au
In 2005, Patrick, P&O Ports and other maritime organisations banded together to create 1–Stop: a single online Maritime Security Identification Card (MSIC) implementation procedure to service all their port facilities.
1–Stop's business objective was to provide an online training system for the 40,000 odd personnel (employees, truck drivers, sub-contractors etc.) who need access to ports in Australia and New Zealand, and who are now regulated by the MSIC (http://www.dotars.gov.au). The idea was to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of training that has been traditionally conducted in a face–to–face environment with no testing for understanding.
In addition, the system would also ensure that Patrick and P&O Ports complied with new legislation and met their obligations with respect to safety in port areas (including protection from terrorism).
After an extensive search and rigorous selection process, 1–Stop selected Global Vision Media to implement this system.
The final solution includes training content that is:
- easy to deploy
- simple to understand for a user group in which English is often the second language.
To date, 1–Stop has provided P&O Ports and Patrick with a means of sharing systems to communicate with common clients and regulatory bodies.
This has been achieved through a:
- common platform for industry to report and receive information to and from the stevedores
- reduction in the pressures associated with industry change currently relating to Australian Customs (CMR) and subsequent changes by other regulatory authorities