The HND programme in Port and Shipping Management (PSM) seeks to provide students with the necessary intellectual, practical technical knowhow required to operate effectively within the Shipping Industry. Specifically it is to: Equip students with a comprehensive understanding of the practice of shipping and how it relates to International trade; expose students to the operational issues within the Shipping Industry; produce workers who can perform management functions within the Shipping Industry; train students who will be able to meet up with the challenges faced by the modern Shipping industry.

General skills

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  • Have general knowledge of the national, regional and international social and economic environment;
  • Demonstrate rigor in the organization of work and a capacity for responsiveness and creativity;
  • Have a general knowledge of foreign languages, English in particular;
  • Have the sense of negotiation, commercial relations and sales, as well as after-sales.


Specific Skills
  • Ensure the management of a logistic chain, especially maritime logistic chains;
  • Know a wide range of techniques related to the logistic chain (warehousing, handling, transit, production, transport, etc.);
  • Facilitate and coordinate the exchange between the internal actors of a maritime company;
  • Contribute to the quick resolution of problems between stakeholders of the shipping industry;
  • Manage change and promote solutions necessary for the adhesion of partners;
  • Design adaptable structures, in permanent interaction with the multiple components of the environment;
  • Implement methods that are both flexible and rational, to materialize its action and allow the regulation of flows through the development of a shipping logistics system and efficient information networks;
  • Have knowledge of accounting and financial management as well as management control (more focused on real-time control tools than on accounting methods);
  • Know the tools needed to optimize the quality and safety of physical and information flows;
  • Provide efficient alternatives in the event of disturbances of current flows;
  • To be able to use specific software, to contribute to their choice by the company and to favour their exploitation;
  • Managing a work team.

The following are some of the employment prospects of students completing the programme:
  • Intermediate staff members of the Maritime Administration
  • Import & Export Agents
  • Port Officials/Administrators
  • Shipping Lines/Agency Personnel
  • Maritime Controllers / Brokers
  • Customs Brokers / Customs approved agent;
  • Maritime/Shipping Teachers
  • Marine Insurance Professionals
  • Freight forwarder and logistics provider;
  • Commercial agents
  • Terminal Operators

This specialty has as objective to train senior technicians operating in two specific areas: sanitation and the management of waterchain (capture, pipelines, storage, disinfection… construction of latrines).

General skills

  • Implementation of the various measurement devices, positioning of data entry and implantation.


Specific Skills
  • Design a draft project of the installation in establishing a quotation and participating in dialogue with the client;
  • Study the specifications by performing the calculations of execution and choosing the material;
  • Build the infrastructure and all Supply Systems: Techniques of drilling, digging of wells, tracing and establishment of networks of drinking water or irrigation;
  • Create the drainage systems, install latrines and sewers;
  • Carry out the testing of equipment installed and put them in a state of operation;
  • Realize repair work (repair of taps, resolution of problems of leakage of water, replacement devices…) related to the normal wear and tear or obsolescence of the facilities.

  • Designer in sanitary installation;
  • Maintenance agent;
  • Technician for commissioning;
  • Design office technician;
  • Plumber.

·      FIRST SEMESTER

 

Field: Civil Engineering

Specialty:   Sanitary Installation and Plumbing

Course

Code

 

Course titles

Number of hours

Number

Of Credits

L

T

P

SPW

Total

Fundamental Courses 30% (2 UC) 9 credits 135 hours

SIP111

Mathematics I

30

25

0

5

60

4

SIP112

Physics and Chemistry I

30

25

15

5

75

5

Professional courses 60% (4 UC) 18 credits 270 hours

SIP113

Maintenance

20

20

0

5

45

3

SIP114

Measurement and metrology

30

10

15

5

60

4

 

SIP115

Technology and Techniques in Civil

Engineering

 

45

 

30

 

10

 

5

 

90

 

6

SIP116

Thermodynamics

35

35

0

5

75

5

Transversal Courses 10% (1 UC) 3 credits 45 hours

SIP117

Bilingual training

25

17

0

3

45

3

Total

 

215

162

40

33

450

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

·      SECOND SEMESTER

 

Field: Civil Engineering

Specialty:   Sanitary Installation and Plumbing

Course

Code

 

Course titles

Number of hours

Number

Of Credits

L

T

P

SPW

Total

Fundamental Courses 30% (2 UC) 9 credits 135 hours

SIP121

Mathematics II

30

25

0

5

60

4

SIP122

Computer science I

30

20

20

5

75

5

Professional courses 60% (4 UC) 18 credits 270 hours

SIP123

Mechanics and Mechanical waves

40

15

0

5

60

4

SIP124

Fluid Mechanics

40

15

0

5

60

4

SIP125

Electricity

40

20

10

5

75

5

SIP126

Thermal transfers and Maintenance

45

20

5

5

75

5

Transversal Courses 10% (1 UC) 3 credits 45 hours

 

SIP127

Enterprise creation, Civic and Moral

Education

 

27

 

15

 

0

 

3

 

45

 

3

Total

 

252

130

35

33

450

30


 

·      THIRD SEMESTER

 

Field: Civil Engineering

Specialty:   Sanitary Installation and Plumbing

Course

Code

 

Course titles

Number of hours

Number

Of Credits

L

T

P

SPW

Total

Fundamental Courses 30% (2 UC) 9 credits 135 hours

SIP231

Mathematics III

30

25

0

5

60

4

SIP232

Physics and Chemistry II

30

25

15

5

75

5

Professional courses 60% (4 UC) 18 credits 270 hours

 

SIP233

Thermal transfers II and Organic chemistry

 

40

 

20

 

10

 

5

 

75

 

5

 

SIP234

Technical studies and Personal

Project

 

30

 

15

 

25

 

5

 

75

 

5

SIP235

Fluids

30

15

10

5

60

4

SIP236

Cruise control

30

15

10

5

60

4

Transversal Courses 10% (1 UC) 3 credits 45 hours

SIP237

Methodology for the drafting of anIR

27

15

0

3

45

3

Total

 

237

138

43

32

450

30

 

 

 

 

·      FOURTH SEMESTER

 

Field: Civil Engineering

Specialty:   Sanitary Installation and Plumbing

Course

Code

 

Course titles

Number of hours

Number

Of Credits

L

T

P

SPW

Total

Fundamental Courses 30% (2 UC) 9 credits 135 hours

SIP241

Statistics

30

25

0

5

60

4

SIP242

Computer Science II / BQHHSE

20

10

40

5

75

5

Professional courses 60% (4 UC) 18 credits 270 hours

SIP243

Materials and conversion of Energy

30

25

0

5

60

4

 

SIP244

Maintenance II and study of installations

 

30

 

10

 

15

 

5

 

60

 

4

 

 

SIP245

Realisation, implementation procedures and business software, Energy and Environment

 

 

30

 

 

20

 

 

10

 

 

0

 

 

60

 

 

4

SIP246

Professional internship

0

0

60

30

90

6

Transversal Courses 10% (1 UC) 3 credits 45 hours

SIP247

Accounting and Economics

27

15

0

3

45

3

Total

 

167

105

125

53

450

30