Our training method
Training with Cedre is not only the chance to benefit from nationally and internationally recognised teaching and to implement what is learnt, but is also the opportunity to create or expand your network of professional contacts.
Internationally recognised teaching adapted to participants’ requirements
Cedre is the only French organisation qualified to deliver training on response to accidental marine pollution to International Maritime Organization standards. Our activities are also recognised by national accreditations (see “Accreditations” sections).
The courses we offer, whether regularly scheduled courses or courses specifically organised for a client, are adapted to fulfil the participants’ expectations as closely as possible. Cedre publishes operational guides, but does not distribute a standard manual or CD-Rom: specific training materials are provided for each course.
Tabletop exercise: coordination unit
Varied learning methods
Learning, understanding, doing…
We learn more efficiently if teaching methods are varied during a course, and in particular if we are given the chance to implement the notions presented during lectures.
Our courses are therefore organised into several phases:
- theory lectures delivered by Cedre personnel or by external lecturers
- experience feedback from real incidents, bringing together different lessons applied to a real case
- tutorials in small groups or tabletop exercises
- in some cases, practical sessions involving equipment deployment on a real oil spill.
Networking opportunities
Not only the trainers have interesting things to say…
Most of our scheduled courses are open to all. The participants in the same group may come from different administrations, local government, the oil industry, the shipping industry and may be of different nationalities.
Training at Cedre is therefore the opportunity to exchange ideas, points of view, experiences and contact details…
All the more so as participants have lunch together, along with some of the trainers.
When Cedre is in charge of organising accommodation, everyone is put up in the same hotel, giving you the chance to continue networking over dinner or a drink.
The USB stick given to participants at the end of each course contains the list of all the participants with their contact details, allowing you to pursue exchanges after the course.
Tabletop exercise: crisis unit