Alandica Shipping Academy (also ASA) offers maritime education in

Åland Åland ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1 ...

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and began operations in 2020. ASA offers basic courses and refresher courses for

seafarers A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

as well as undergraduate education at high school and college level. The education takes place at Ålands yrkesgymnasium,

Åland University of Applied Sciences Åland University of Applied Sciences ( sv, Högskolan på Åland, HÅ) is a university of applied sciences (a polytechnic) in Mariehamn, Åland. It is housed in three different buildings, the North building (Neptunigatan 17), the Western Building ...

and Alandica Shipping Academy. ASA also includes the school ship M/S Michael Sars. ASA is a member of IASST.

Education

STCW-courses

Alandica Shipping Academy's courses are certified by both Finnish Traficom and

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. The courses also meet the international criteria of the

STCW convention International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) sets minimum qualification standards for masters, officers and watch personnel on seagoing merchant ships and large yachts. STCW was adopte ...

. ASA has since 1999 offered STCW courses. * Survival crafts and rescue boats (basic and advanced) STCW A-VI 2.1 * Basic Safety Training STCW A-VI/1 * Advanced Fire Fighting STCW A-VI/3 * Fast Rescue Boats STCW A-VI/2.2

Vocational education

Maritime education at Ålands yrkesgymnasium * Repairman * Deck officer * Watchkeeping engineer * Electro-technical rating

Degree programmes

Maritim
programs
at Åland University of Applied Sciences * Electro-technical Engineering * Marine/Mechanical Engineering * Marine Technology * Business Administration (focus on shipping) * Hospitality Management

Background

Government of Åland The ''Landskapsregering'' is the government of Åland, an autonomous region of Finland. The government is led by a Lantråd, the premier of Åland, who is elected by the '' Lagting'', the parliament of Åland. List of Premiers of Åland (since 1 ...

decided in Autumn 2019 to found the Alandica Shipping Academy (ASA) in which the three educational institutes within maritime will work together to achieve effective marketing and more customer orientated education (Åland law 2003:17):

, Ålands yrkesgymnasium and Åland Maritime Safety Center.

Milestones in maritime education in the Åland Islands

1854 Navigation education in the Åland Islands began at Ålands folkhögskola. 1868

Mariehamn Navigation School Mariehamn ( , ; fi, Maarianhamina ; la, Portus Mariae) is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland, and 40% of the population of Åland live in ...

(''Navigationsskolan i Mariehamn'') was founded. The school educated nautical officers for the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian S ...

and

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. 1874 Education of

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started. 1935 Mechanical engineering education starts at Högre Navigationsskolan i Mariehamn. 1938 The building

Lars Sonck Lars Eliel Sonck (10 August 1870 – 14 March 1956) was a Finnish architect. He graduated from Helsinki Polytechnic Institute in 1894 and immediately won a major design competition for a church in Turku, St Michael's Church, ahead of many esta ...

was completed. 1944 Högre Navigationsskolan became Ålands Sjöfartsläroverk. 1961 Ålands sjömansskola (eng. ''Åland's Seaman's School'', today part of Ålands yrkesgymnasium) was founded. 1997 Åland Maritime Safety Center was founded.{{Cite news, date=2019-11-04, title=Åland landskapsregering protokoll, url=https://www.regeringen.ax/sites/www.regeringen.ax/files/attachments/protocol/nr29-2019-enskild-u2.pdf, access-date=2021-10-29 2003 Ålands sjöfartsläroverk became part of

. 2005 M/S Michael Sars became a school ship, owned by the

and operated by Åland Maritime Safety Center. 2020 Alandica Shipping Academy was founded. Åland Maritime Safety Center became Alandica Shipping Academy which also includes maritime education at

and Ålands yrkesgymnasium.

Pictures

File:Entrance to Alandica Shipping Academy training pool, 2021.jpg, Alandica Shipping Academy File:Högskolan på Åland entre.jpg, Åland University of Applied Sciences File:Neptunigatan 6, Mariehamn flygfoto.jpg, Sjöfartsprogrammen vid Ålands yrkesgymnasiet File:MS Michael Sars at Alandica Shipping Academy in the harbour area, 2021.jpg, M/S Michael Sars File:STCW-course at Alandica Shipping Academy, Fast Rescue Boat.jpg, STCW-Course Fast Rescue Boat File:Team building event, Alandica Shipping Academy training pool, 2021 01.jpg, Team Building Event at ASA training pool File:Fast Rescue Boats course at Alandica Shipping Academy harbour, 2021.jpg, STCW Course, Fast Rescue Boats at ASA harbour

External links

Official website asa.ax

References

Maritime education Organisations based in Åland Educational institutions established in 2020 2020 establishments in Finland