Enhancing Crew Performance and Safety with
Competency Management
Transform Your Crew’s Competency with OTG CMS
A Competency Management System (CMS) is a powerful tool for elevating crew performance, enhancing safety and minimising operational risks. It provides a comprehensive, fleet-wide view of crew competency, ensuring consistent standards and drives a culture of continuous improvement across your operations.
This page is your go-to resource for all things CMS. Explore our collection of blogs, videos, webinars, guides and brochures to better understand the benefits of a CMS, how to implement it effectively, and key considerations when implementing one in your business.
If you have any questions about competency management or want to learn more about the OTG CMS, please contact our team today.
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Competency Management 101
When you implement a Competency Management System (CMS), you are making a commitment to excellence.
The guide below details best practices for implementing a CMS and provides expert advice to help ensure your success.
Ready to build a better picture of your seafarers’ skills?
Download your brochure and get expert insights covering:
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Setting your sights on safety
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Investing in a competent crew
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Building careers and promoting with confidence
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Carefully crafted content
Learn how the OTG Competency Management System helps you plan crew careers, measure improvements, and showcase excellence.
Our brochure provides not just the “why” behind our CMS, but also demonstrates the trust in it from existing users and demonstrate effective use cases.


Implementing a CMS: your roadmap to success
A comprehensive guide on how to successfully bring a competency management system into your organisation.
What’s inside?
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A recap of the benefits of a CMS
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The stages of a successful and effective CMS implementation.
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Advice from our experts on where to start with a CMS
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CMS best practices and tips from successful customers
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Hints and tips on getting buy-in from crew
We have created a section of our YouTube channel which is dedicated to helping people learn more about Competency Management. Featuring recordings of two full webinars plus bite-sized snippets covering FAQ’s such as:
- Why implement a CMS?
- What are the benefits of a digital CMS?
- Why is competency management becoming increasingly important?
- What are the key components of a CMS?
and many more.

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Competency Management Packs
We are world leaders in helping customers to implement digital competency management systems and offer a wide range of competency management content packs that you can use to build the right CMS for your organisation.
Learn more about some of our Our competency packs:
Take the first step towards transforming your crew’s competency.

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