General information

The delivery dates of the courses included in this Training Plan will be adapted to suit seafarers' needs and availability.
People interested in applying for one of these courses can go to the provincial or local directorate of the Social Marine Institute closest to their place of residence where they will be informed of the dates of the various editions of each type of course.

In general, the training actions provided by the ISM will be carried out as close as possible to the place of residence of its beneficiaries.
Attendance on the courses (teaching) included in the annual plans of the ISM will not entail any expenses for the beneficiaries.
With regard to the travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses incurred by the student who has completed the training course or who, for justified reasons, has not been able to start it or has had to abandon it, the ISM will assume the following expenses under the terms regulated in Articles 27, 28 and 29 of Royal Decree 292/2018 of 18 May and in Article 4 of Order TMS/693/2018 of 28 June:

a) Travel and sustenance expenses when the distance between the place of residence of the student and the place where the training centre is located is 30 kilometres or more.

b) Travel, sustenance and lodging expenses when the distance between the place of residence of the student and the place where the training centre is located is 50 kilometres or more.

Before confirming their attendance to the training actions by the Social Marine Institute, students attending these actions must be aware of their rights and obligations (Article 14 of Royal Decree 292/2018 of 18 May), as well as:

• The effects that would be applicable to them in the event of non-compliance with Article 16 of the Royal Decree.
• The disciplinary measures that would be applied to them for infractions of the rules of cohabitation during the training actions that are developed both in-house, contracted, through commissions to their own personal means or by any other means provided for in current legislation, or during their stay in the residences of the National Training Centres of the ISM and Provincial Directorates (Articles 18 to 26 of Royal Decree 292/2018 of 18 May).

The selection of course attendees will be made in accordance with the terms established in Article 12 of Royal Decree 292/2018 of 18 May, following the procedure of its Article 13.

In addition to meeting the condition of beneficiary on application submission date, the requirements demanded by the Social Marine Institute to access the type of course applied for must also be accredited on that date.

Maritime and healthcare vocational training is open to:

• Spanish workers or nationals of a member state of the European Union or of the European Economic Area who reside in Spain and foreigners with a valid work and residence permit, who are affiliated and in a situation of registration or similar to registration, including intermittent-permanent workers, in the Social Security Special Scheme for Seafarers at the time the application is submitted.
• Applicants for an ISM course, not included in the previous section, who at the time of submitting the application are applicants for an occupation in the maritime fishing sector.