Terms and Conditions

The Onboard Maritime Student Terms and Conditions contain references to documents that set out our regulations and policies. You should read and understand these in advance of agreeing to the Terms and Conditions, as this is when you enter a formal contract with us. 

1. Introduction

1.1                  These terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) represent an agreement between Onboard Maritime Ltd (“us”, “we” or “our”)                            and you (“you” or “your”) for your time whilst studying with us. By joining our course, you accept these Terms and Conditions in full.                          If you have any questions or concerns about these Terms and Conditions, you should contact us by email at                                                                  info@onboardmaritime.com before joining the course.

1.2                 In addition to these Terms and Conditions, there are other regulations, policies and procedures which apply whilst studying with                             Onboard Maritime Ltd. Details of these are applicable at the time of accepting these Terms and Conditions, and will be emailed to                         you upon registering for the course for reference.

                     It is your responsibility to read these carefully as the Terms and Conditions form the contract between us and you.

1.3                Along with these Terms and Conditions, you will receive a copy of our Privacy Policy for your review. By agreeing to this document,                        you confirm your agreement with the Privacy Policy.

2. Our Courses

2.1                It is your responsibility to ensure that all information you provide us with is true, accurate and complete and that no key information                      has been omitted. 

3. Studying our Courses

3.1 We shall:

                  3.1.1 deliver the programme with reasonable skill and by the description applied to the appropriate MCA or SQA Syllabus.
                  3.1.2 set out the academic requirements of the course for you.

3.2 You shall:
                  3.2.1 use all materials that the course has provided for you.
                  3.2.2 ensure you have access to a computer, internet connection, and any other related requirements that have been requested of                                   you in advance.

4. Complaints Procedure

4.1 You should contact info@onboardmaritime.com should you wish to submit a complaint against us.

5. Intellectual Property (LMS Code of Conduct)

You will comply with our LMS Code of Conduct throughout studying with us which is below:
5.1 You may:
                     5.1.1 access the course on our LMS using a web browser or the Onboard Maritime app.
                     5.1.2 download the downloadable material, save and view them on your computer or app, and print copies of them.

5.2 You must not:
                     5.2.1 edit, modify, adapt, or alter any material on our LMS, including course content.
                     5.2.2 publish, republish, sell, license, sub-license, rent, transfer, broadcast, distribute or redistribute any material on Onboard                                              Maritime LMS including course content.
                     5.2.3 use any or any part of material on our LMS, including course content, in any way that is unlawful or in breach of any person’s                                    legal rights under any applicable law, or in any way that is offensive, indecent, discriminatory, or otherwise objectionable.
                      5.2.4 use any materials on our LMS for commercial purposes.

5.3 You must keep, and not delete or remove any copyright notices from course content including the downloadable material.

5.4 You must not authorise any third party to access any of our LMS or app data without prior agreement.

5.5 You may only use our LMS or app for your own personal learning and development purposes.

5.6 You must keep your login details and password confidential and notify us immediately if you become aware of any disclosed of your                       password.

5.7 Each user is responsible for the security and use of their username and password. You must not disclose your username or password to                anyone else.

5.8 We have the right to disable any user login details or password at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any           of the provisions of these terms of use.

5.9 You must adhere and comply with our login security process.

5.10 Individual login details and IP addresses are monitored.

5.11 You must not submit content that is unlawful or otherwise objectionable. This includes, but is not limited to, content that is abusive, threatening, harassing, defamatory, ageist, sexist or racist.

5.12 You must not use obscene or vulgar language.

Not complying with the above may result in account suspension. 

6. Data Protection

6.1                  Your data will form part of your candidate record. By entering into this contract with us, you are allowing us to hold and process                               your personal data. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Learner Data Management Agreement, mentioned                         in document named ‘Privacy Policy’. This document will be sent alongside these Terms and Conditions and can also be found on                           the Onboard Maritime website.

6.2                  In compliance with GDPR, we inform you that video recordings of Zoom/web link calls for all courses will include participant faces                         and will be shared exclusively with other candidates enrolled in the same course co-hort. These recordings will be distributed via                           web links only to those registered on the course’s final day. Once these recordings are in the hands of the enrolled participants, we                         do not take responsibility for further distribution or sharing, but candidates should refer to section 5 of the Terms and Conditions.

7. General

7.1                  Each clause within these Terms and Conditions operates separately.

7.2                  These are the terms of the contract between you and us. No other person should have any right to enforce any of the terms.

7.3                  Access to the learning materials is for 12 months from the date of purchase and your account will be closed the day after you notify us of passing your exam if before the 12 months of access.

7.4                  Further Chief Mates/Master Mariner Unlimited 4-week group session details:
                      Once a candidate has confirmed their attendance on a course, any subsequent changes can only be made at our discretion and                            that:
                  • Places on later classes will only be permitted if spaces are available at that time and those classes are not fully booked.
                  • The schedule of class topics change with each class. Therefore, it is unlikely that all classes missed will be subsequently covered in                       the next class.
                  • Obtaining a MCA Oral examination date is the candidate’s responsibility and it is advised that this is obtained before confirming a                            course date.

8. Links to this Website

Those wishing to place a link to this Website on other sites may do so only to the home page of the site www.ssmslearning.com without Our prior permission. Deep linking (i.e. links to specific pages within the site) requires Our express written permission. To find out more please contact Us by email at info@onboardmaritime.

It is important you read all of the above before proceeding.