Leonard Holder

Name:   Leonard Arthur Holder
 
Post nominals: Extra Master, MPhil, FRIN, FNI.
 
Born: London 1936
 
Nationality: British UK
 
Current Position: Chairman, Videotel Marine International
 
Education:
Collyers Grammar School, Horsham, Sussex UK
Harwich County High School
King Edward VII Nautical College, London
Outward Bound Sea School, Wales
Sir John Cass College, London
Liverpool Regional College of Technology/ Liverpool Polytechnic
 
Key Qualifications:
Qualification
Topic
Issuing Establishment
Date
Certificate of Competency Masters Mariner, Foreign Going Ships
Nautical
Professional Subjects
United Kingdom Department of Transport
1962
Extra Master Mariner
Nautical Science at First Degree level
United Kingdom
Department of Transport
1966
Master of Philosophy
by Research
Research into Navigational Accuracy
CNAA
1973
Fellowship of Royal Institute of Navigation
Navigation
 
Royal Institute of Navigation
1976
Fellowship of the
Nautical Institute
Nautical Professional
 
The Nautical Institute
1977
 
 
 
Experience record:
Professional History        
1953 - 1962 Midshipman and Navigating Officer
                      Alfred Holt & Co
1962 - 1963 Navigating Officer
                      British Rail (Harwich)
1963 - 1965 Tutor-Warden “Aulis”
                      Alfred Holt & Co Training Establishment
1965 - 1972 Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Senior lecturer,
                      Liverpool Regional College of Technology/
                      Liverpool Polytechnic
1972 - 1977 Principal Lecturer, Liverpool Polytechnic
1977 - 1988 Head of Department, Liverpool Polytechnic
1988 - 1989 Director of the School of Engineering and Technology Management, Liverpool Polytechnic
1989 - pres. Independent Maritime Training Consultant
1993 - 1996 President The Nautical Institute
1996 - pres. Chairman Videotel Marine International
2000 - 2001 Master, Honourable Company of Master Mariners
2001 - pres. Past Master, Honourable Company of Master Mariners
 
 
As Academic Examiner
Completed PhD - University of Wales (2), University of Plymouth (1):             
 
Examinations - examiner for PhD Programmes in specialist areas (navigation, training, VTS)
 
Research: Some Completed and Current Assignments
1)     For Directorate General VII (Transport) European Commission
a)     study on Maritime Education and Training in Member States
b)     study on the establishment of common criteria for the recognition in the EU of seafarers’ certificates issued by third countries
c)      (with TecnEcon) Maritime Professions in Europe
2)     For Videotel Marine International Limited: various projects for international clients on shipboard training systems including video-based and computer-based teaching and assessment (includes training seminars in UK, Taiwan, China, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Greece, Japan, USA, Hong Kong, Norway)
3)     With TecnEcon (Transport Consultants) for UK Ministry of Defence: study of Admiralty Pilotage service in dockyard ports.
4)     With TecnEcon (Transport Consultants) for the International Maritime Organization: evaluation of IMO model courses
5)     With TecnEcon (Transport Consultants) for DGVII of the European Commission: study of use of new technology and advanced training to increase the competivity of European shipping
6)     For BT(Marine)Limited: study of manning and training for new cable-ship “Sovereign”
7)     Author of book “Training And Assessment On Board” published by Witherby And Co. London (1997)
8)     Business and Technology Education Council: adviser on validation, moderation and product development, including national vocational qualifications in maritime studies
9)     Malaysian Maritime Academy: staff appointments and staff development
10) The Marine Society: study on credit accumulation and transfer for seafarers
11) Rendel Parkman (consulting engineers): Validation of simulation for Mersey Barrage project
12) Colombo International Nautical & Engineering College, Sri Lanka, advisor on maritime studies programmes (quality and examinations)
13) Hamburg Fachhochschule maritime courses: curriculum, course structures and evaluation
 
Specialist Expertise
 
Areas of interest and competence:
 
Maritime education and training
Manning and shipboard training
(esp. for high technology ships)
Quality assurance in education
Training for Vessel Traffic Services