CVSSA Training Curriculum

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This program will assist maritime organizations in ensuring the safety and security of cruise ship passengers traveling to and from American ports.
Completion of the program confirms that personnel have met the basic requirements defined by The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) on crime prevention, detection, evidence preservation, and reporting.
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About the CVSSA Training Curriculum

Curriculum Objectives
  • Contribute to the enhancement of safety and security through heightened awareness
  • Recognize security and safety risks, threats, and vulnerabilities
  • Conduct proper evidence preservation
  • Report and record criminal offenses
  • Understand the importance of following maritime security laws and regulations
  • Recognize the security regulations and best practices that you are responsible for onboard your ship
  • Understand how your company and ship security officers work with law enforcement to enhance shipboard safety and security
  • Recognize the responsibilities of your company, ship, and law enforcement when responding to criminal threats or incidents
  • Effectively use and maintain security equipment and systems
  • Recognize the operational limitations of equipment and systems
  • Understand the importance of retaining video surveillance records
  • Identify risks to your ships, passengers and crew
  • Recognize vulnerabilities in your ships’ infrastructure and operations
  • Prepare appropriate responses to credible threats and vulnerabilities identified to your ship, its passengers, and crew
  • Identify law enforcement techniques for entering and securing a crime scene
  • Recognize the importance and techniques associated with crime scene photography
  • Understand the actions required to process different types of crime scenes
  • Know the requirements and procedures for controlling access to a crime scene
  • Define the procedures for properly executing the transfer of evidence and other documentation associated with the crime to the responding law enforcement agency or agencies
  • Recall the procedures for returning the crime scene to the ship and restoring full cruise operations
  • Understand the CVSSA requirements for documenting and reporting crimes that occur onboard
  • Recognize your role in complying with CVSSA-mandated administrative requirements
The Moxie Advantage

Moxie Media can provide engaging training curriculums to assist cruise personnel directly or through cruise companies and their instructors in providing highly effective eLearning training. These training resources allow vessel employees to experience actual cruise industry work life and locations through stimulating courses featuring high definition video, audio, animation, interactive exercises, simulations, quizzes and automated testing. Utilizing these resources allows cruise industry training instructors to dedicate more time working one-on-one with students focusing on the critical security concepts essential to safeguarding passenger and crew operations.

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Security Dynamics

Security Dynamics is a leading maritime security consultant for government and industry clients worldwide. Security Dynamics' staff includes experts experienced in intelligence, military, law enforcement, and commercial maritime industry sector planning and operations, that have delivered maritime security training programs for certification at the:

  • IMO World Maritime University, (WMU)
  • Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)
  • USCG Maritime Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA)
  • Maritime Security Institute
Security Dynamics' staff also participated in the development of other maritime security regulations (e.g., ISPS Code and MTSA) with which passenger cruise vessels, facilities, and their operations must comply.

CVSSA Curriculum Pricing

Internet based curriculum:

  • $595 per student
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Topics Covered

  1. Introduction
  2. Maritime Security Policy
  3. Security Responsibilities
  4. Security Equipment
  5. Risks Identification, Vulnerability Recognition, and Response
  6. Crime Scene Actions
  7. Security Administration

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How Does it Work?

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This curriculum complies with CVSSA training requirements for internet eLearning based training. A CVSSA certificate can be issued to a crewmember upon fulfillment of all of the requirements.

The CVSSA prescribes security and safety requirements for any passenger vessel that is authorized to carry and has onboard sleeping facilities for at least 250 passengers, that is not engaged in a coastwise voyage, and that embarks or disembarks passengers in the United States. It provides new requirements for vessel design, public access to information about crime aboard cruise ships, provisions for emergency medical treatment, and crime prevention and criminal evidence gathering.

In passing the CVSSA, Congress found that serious incidents, including sexual assault and the disappearance of passengers at sea, have occurred on cruise vessel voyages, that passengers lack adequate understanding of their vulnerability to crime on board cruise vessels, that inadequate resources are available to assist cruise vessel crime victims, and that detecting and investigating cruise vessel crimes is difficult.

Among other things, CVSSA establishes minimum standards for the training and certification of vessel security personnel, crewmembers, and law enforcement officials in all aspects of prevention, detection, evidence preservation and reporting of criminal activities in international shipboard environment.

CVSSA is a step in the right direction providing a proper level of training for the ship and vessel security, medical, and deck department personnel who will ultimately be held accountable for the proper and effective response to a crime scene. This curriculum must be administered by a CVSSA accredited training provider.

Target Audience
  • Cruise Vessel Ship Security Officer
  • Company Security Officer
  • Port Facility Security Officer
  • Cruise Ship Security Staff
  • Cruise Ship Housekeeping Staff
  • All cruise ship staff
  • Law Enforcement
  • Cruise ship administration staff
  • Other Security Related Personnel

Mode of Delivery

This course is hosted online through Moxie Media's Learning Management System. The curriculum may be taken from any location with internet connectivity. The student registers with the training provider and the training provider enrolls the student for the courses the student must complete. The training provider will have administrative access to the hosting site to monitor the students' progress and completion.

Minimum computer requirements:
  • Cruise Vessel Ship Security Officer
  • Windows 7 or newer
  • Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome (preferred)
  • Email for course documents and training assistance
  • Sound card with speakers or headphones
  • Broadband internet connection
  • Available on most Android and IOs devices
Outcome and Certification

Students who successfully complete this course and pass the final assessment will be issued a certificate.

Registration and Enrollment

Registration is simple and easy and only takes about 5 minutes. Click " Register Now" here or at the top of the page. After successfully filling out the registration form, uploading a copy of an accepted form of ID, and paying the course fee, your instructor will email you a welcome packet with instructions on getting started, as well as all required course documentation.

The curriculum may be taken from any location with internet connectivity. The student registers with the training provider and the training provider enrolls the student for the courses the student must complete. The training provider will have administrative access to the hosting site to monitor the students' progress, completion, etc. Have questions? Call or email us at: 504-733-6907 or info@moxietraining.com.

Final Assessment

Upon successful completion of the 7 courses, exercises, and student survey, a student will be given a final exam for which they must pass with an 80% score. The student will have two attempts to pass this test. If the student fails they will have to register and pay for the course again.

An accredited instructor is available to answer questions at any time. The student upon successful completion of the final test will be emailed a certificate.

Privacy Policy

Our trainees’ privacy is important to us. We collect personal information (such as name, email address, phone number, and personal I.D.) in order to verify identities, process orders, and properly set up LMS accounts and assign course documents. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete orders or set up and manage users on the Learning Management System.

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Our online store is securely hosted and PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliant so the payment information entered during purchase of the training program is protected and kept safe.

Contact Us

Moxie Media, Inc. • 504.733.6907 • info@moxietraining.com