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The OLP (former Seagull

The OLP (former Seagull) Interface

This is the interface for complete Adonis integration with OLP (Seagull) Training System – the well-known provider of computer-based training.

The Seagull Training Administrator (STA) is a database program designed to be a powerful, easy-to-use tool for managing all crew on-board training activities. The program’s main function is to register all training performed on board.

The Seagull training system contains a huge library of courses to offer (safety onboard, familiarization, etc.). This includes E-learning modules, which are recorded automatically, and Company Specific Training (CST) such as drills, safety videos, training safety inductions, etc., which can be added manually.

The user can easily configure information such as ranks, training activities, and the installation company's needs and requirements. The sailor sits downs and works through the online course, then receives a small assessment at the end of each one.

The results of these assessments are captured in a database and replicated back to a central database (STA Database).

Users in the office can access this information via a website. The website then shows the status of the training taken, training pending, results, etc. for each certain sailor.

Instead of using the website, OLP offers an API that makes it possible to show this information directly in a third-party personnel system. The information is then embedded in the third-party application (APM - Seagull STA Datagroup).

Main tasks for APM users/admins (responsible for personnel training) are to set the connection to Seagull Training System, perform general necessary settings, and prepare required crew personal/employment data for export, and after courses completion - import e-learning results.

Table of Contents

Housekeeping

Warning

Please note that a user should have corresponding rights set in Adonis Control Centre for routines 340 Seagull and 1000 Seagull STA to access Seagull STA datagroup and work with export/import tools:

In addition to access rights in ACC, you should set a connection with the Seagull server and perform the necessary setup in APM.
See below sections.

Setting Connection

To access and work with the Seagull this Training provider, you should perform the necessary setup in Adonis Personnel Manager.
To set the proper connection, please go to Setup -> Global Options >Training Portal -> Seagull:

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Interface should be set Activated.

URL and all credentials need to be set exactly as provided by your Seagull operator.
Contact Seagull for account details.

Click Test Connection to check if a connection can be established.
The corresponding message will be displayed, click OK.

Send the number of records in batches: this can be used to split the number of exported/ imported records into batches to improve performance. Recommended number of records is 500.
Debug mode - you can also define a folder where all requests/responses will be saved.


After the connection is successfully established, you can see Seagull STA datagroup enabled on Datagroups ribbon:

Where you can observe all details regarding completed crew members' Seagull online courses after downloading e-learning results.

See Functionality section.

Company Setup

We should identify the persons to be uploaded to the OLP (Seagull).
They must be linked to the organization organization (in Personal Details) where the export of PINs is allowed.


Go to Setup > Org. Structure > Company > Modules & Datagroups > Interfaces > Seagull, set .

Set Allow Export Persons Linked to This Organization option ON:

You need to set enable this option for all companies under which the persons need to be exported to the Seagull server.

Ranks Setup

Check rank codes in General Codes-> Personal Details-> Ranks. Rank to OLP (Seagull) is fetched from sea-service activity details.

You should use Ranks , they must be numerical.

Rank to Seagull is fetched from activity details.

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mapping list provided by OLP team for defining Xref in uRankId field for each Rank code, which will be in use/take part in trainings.

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Info

OLP team usually asks to provide them a list of Rank names and codes that are currently used in Adonis.

Vessel Setup

The vessel must have an Vessel Type and IMO number defined.
Check it in Organization Structure-> Vessel Properties-> Identification:

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Competences Maintenance

Before exporting crew members' data to Seagull, you need to prepare all competencies which they will be granted after various online courses completing.
The Seagull provides you with available training modules and you should link the competence codes to the correct moduleID

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OLP team usually asks to provide them a list of Vessel names/installations, Vessel Types (name and code) and IMO numbers that are currently used in Adonis.

Competences Maintenance

Competence Codes should be linked to the OLP Modules (Courses).

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In case if training module hasn't any linked competence a OLP Module is not linked to any Competence code, an error will occur during downloading of E-Learning results.
And you will need to link it and reload results.
So, it's recommended to perform this step beforehand to avoid double workLearning results to Adonis. To fix the error the Module needs to be linked to the corresponding Competence code.

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The list of OLP modules is available only if proper connection is set with OLP (Seagull) server in GO.

Open Setup -> General Codes -> Competence -> Competence Codes. Create or open existent an existing competence code:

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On the General Code Editor screen, switch to Interface – Xref tab -> Seagull.
Click the Select Xref button and choose the correct uOBLModuleID & vCD for current competence from the training modules list.


Click OK to save.

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In the same way, link all needed competencies to correct ModuleID/VCD.
So, in our above exampleIn the example above, when the person completes a selected course module (e.g.: Eye Injury Prevention), he will get Personal Safety competence.
It will be added to Competence datagroup with Date From = Date of course completion.

WarningIf the person has no competence with the same code and Date

(e.g.: Eye Injury Prevention), he will get a Personal Safety certificate.
It will be added as a record to the Competence datagroup with Date From = Date of course completion.

Warning

If the Competence record with the same Code and Date From already exists in Competence datagroup, the record will not be added again and will be skipped during the import.

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The imported competence will be ignored if DateFrom of the existing competence is greater than imported one.

If this is not the case - existing DateFrom will be replaced by imported one if a Competence is defined as ‘Only Allow One Document’. If not, then the new Competence record is created.

Functionality

After you:

  1.  set Set connection ;prepared competencies in GO;

  2. Made necessary setup of company, vessels, ranks;

  3. Provided lists of vessel installations with IMO numbers, vessel types, ranks and active crew to OTG team;

  4. Prepared competences for Seagull training modules (

see Housekeeping section

)

Now you can use Seagull Export/Import tools to provide Seagull Training Administrator with the necessary personal and employment information of the onboard crew which will take who took part in e-learning.Before exporting data to Seagull, you need to check if everything is ready and prepared according to requirements.

After the crew has successfully finished the learning process, you can upload e-learning results of completed courses.
After importing resultsthe import, the corresponding competence record will be added automatically to the Competence datagroup.
And you can view training results on the user profile in the Seagull STA datagroup screen, generate reports, etc. using the Seagull STA Server.
See the below sections for details.

Exporting Data to Seagull

The following data should be exported to Seagull:

  1. BIO data - Pins (Personal/Employment information) - should be exported first.

  2. Sea-service data (Activities: current, planned).

The Sea-service upload button will be disabled until the Biodata is uploaded.

Note

Only Employed crew (linked to the organization where export of PINs is allowed) with current sea-service activity linked to vessel with IMO number and type can be exported (will be shown in the export list).

Upload BIO Data

Preparing PINs for exporting to the OLP (Seagull)

Requirements:

Target PIN(s) should be Employed and linked to the organization where the export of PINs is allowed.
Open the Personal Details datagroup and check (let.

Let's take PIN 1011 as an example).

At Employment tab:


Employment State: Employed.
The organization to which the person is linked has Allow Export Persons Linked to This Organization option set ON in Org. Structure (see Housekeeping -> Company Setup section).

At Personal tab: mandatory fields need to be filled (First Name, Last Name, Birth Date, Gender, Nationality);


Exporting Procedure:

Open Tools->Interface->Seagull.
A Seagull Interface window appears.

At the Upload Bio Data tab, the grid displays the persons that who will be uploaded to the OLP (Seagull (), who meet the requirements).
The following columns are uploaded by the API call to upload the biodata.

Status Column: Identifying if the person is NEW (first-time upload) or modifiedMODIFIED.

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Persons

that

are set

to

as Terminated will not be uploaded.

Upload Status Column: Result of the Upload process.It can be

  • IF OK -

If
  • all necessary fields were filled

, then
  • in and data

will
  • can be sent

to Seagull
  • /exported.

  • In another case, the corresponding message

in this column
  • will be displayed on

Red
  • red background (e.g. missing Nationality, Rank,

and so on
  • etc.).


Check the information and click the Upload BIO Data button.


Click Help button on the right up corner – to get to the online OLP (Seagull) user manual.

Upload Sea-Service Data

Preparing activities for exporting to the OLP (Seagull)

Warninginfo

Pay attention: Activities can't be loaded exported before uploading of BIO data.

The Sea-service upload button will be disabled until the Biodata is uploaded.

Requirements:

1) Only We usually export current sea-service current activities can be transferred to the Seagull. Planned

Sea

sea-service activities can be transferred too

,

(if current does not exists) but only when they are in a period not more than 30

days from today's date.

2) Rank in Activity details must be numerical, the vessel should have IMO number, for example:

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Check rank codes in General Codes->Personal Details-> Ranks:
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The second necessary condition for activity, it needs be linked to the vessel which has IMO number

days from today's date.

Vessel linked to the activity must have IMO number and vessel type.
Check it in Org. Structure- Vessel Properties-Identification

:
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Check it in Org. Structure- Vessel Properties-Identification:



After Biodata BioData is exported, we need to export activity detailsActivities can be exported next.

Activities that meet the requirements will be displayed at under the Upload SeaService tab:

The following columns are uploaded by the API call to upload the sea-service data.Status Column: Identifying if the person's activity is first time uploaded - NEW status or modifiedMODIFIED.
Upload Status Column: Result of the Upload process.It can be

  • If OK -

If
  • all necessary fields were filled

, then activities will
  • in and activities data can be sent

to Seagull
  • /exported.

Check the information and click the Upload SeaService button.
  • In another case, the corresponding info message

in this column
  • will be displayed on

Red
  • red background.

Click Help – to get to the online Seagull user manualCheck information and click Upload SeaService button.


Uploading activities that were changed/ modified

In case of Date FromDateFrom, Estimated End Date, or Rank fields were modified in Activity details for pins that have the crew who has been already exported to OLP (Seagull), you need to should transfer such activities again.


For that, open Tools->Interface->Seagull-> Upload SeaService tab.

There will be listed you will see the list of all modified activities:

Status is changed from New to Modified. So, we need to check details, click the Upload SeaService button and the Seagull administrator will receive all changes.

Downloading E-Learning Results

Results of only 100% *** completed courses can be downloaded from the OLP (Seagull).

Note

It is possible for a user to register training with a completion rate lower than 100% and still this may be valid training as its score can be sufficient enough.
In

the

OLP (Seagull) system, you together with

the Seagull admin

their administrator can define whether a

score and completion rate is sufficient enough (per each e-learning module) to say that requirement is complete, both can be defined separately.You always receive registered training, whether it is completed or not depends on how the customer defines minimum score and rate completion. If they decide that minimum

score

at 75% / 50% and minimum completed at 95%, then all training registered above these criteria are treated as completed (requirements set at Seagull side)

and completion rate is sufficient enough (per each e-learning module) to say that requirement is complete, both can be defined separately.

Select Tools->Interface->Seagull-> Download E-Learning Results.

A Seagull Interface window appears.

When starting, the grid is empty until the Download button is

pressed

clicked. It then lists all e-Learning courses

that are downloaded/imported

crew passed to be imported in APM.

Click

the

Download E-Learning Results button:

All completed courses will be downloaded/ displayed here.

Info

If some information is missing then the record will be highlighted in on red color background. The reason will be displayed in the Download status column.

In our example, we see that we did not link any competence code to Personal Safety and Working at Hight Seagull Height training modules.
(see Housekeeping: Competence Codes Maintenance section).


So, we should click Exit, link needed competencies competences to corresponding modules (in General Codes), and then download results again.

InfoFor your convenience, you

You can use filtering

possibilities

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If you want to export data to an Excel file, right-click – Export to Excel command.

Click Help – to get to the online Seagull user manual.

Upload/Download All button

If you checked and want to upload Pins/Sea service data and upload ready E-Learning results at once, just click the Upload/Download All button and switch between tabs.

Log tab

At the Log, tab you can review all statues (successful/failed) and a detailed description of sent/received data to/from Seagull:

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Upload/Download All button

If you verified data and want to upload Pins/Sea-service information, upload ready E-Learning results at once, just click Upload/Download All button and switch between tabs to check result.

Log tab

At the Log, tab you can review all statues (successful/failed) and detailed description of sent/received data to/from OLP (Seagull):

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After the successful import of e-Learning results:

  1. Corresponding competence records will be added for target pins to Competence datagroup (with Date From = Date of course completion):

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Info

If the Competence record with the same Code and Date From already exists in Competence datagroup, the record will not be added again and will be skipped during the import.

The imported competence will be ignored if DateFrom of the existing competence is greater than imported one.

If this is not the case - existing DateFrom will be replaced by imported one if a Competence is defined as ‘Only Allow One Document’. If not, then the new Competence record is created.

2. You can open Seagull STA datagroup to view training results on user profiles using

the Seagull STA Server

OLP (Seagull) server.

See The Seagull STA Datagroup section.

The Seagull STA Datagroup

Users in the office/on the vessels can access OLP (Seagull) learning information via APM – Seagull STA datagroup.
There we can see personal data and the status of the training taken, results, etc. for each certain sailor.

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STA 4.0 application can be configured by OLP (Seagull) administrators: enabling/disabling sections /tabs and functionality according to your APM administrative account (only showing what you need for your tasks).

When data is synchronized with the OLP (Seagull) server, you can open the datagroup & check all related certificates/training & courses for the selected pin.


Go to Datagroups ribbon and > click the Seagull STA icon:


Let's review an example screen:

  1. Personal card.
    In this section we can review personal and employment information – pin, rank group, name, age, nationality, person's status (displays active/onboard if the person is hired in the company), and activity details (sign-on/off dates, linked vessel (installation) name and type).

  2. Below the Personal card, there is a range of tabs (Requirements, Requirements simulation, Requirement summary, Records, Assignments) which that display the required proficiencies for the selected person according to his/her personnel card profile (e.g. rank and installation type, etc.)
    The training Schedule tab shows us all courses/training modules information with a deadline for each proficiency.
    To the right of every proficiency, there is

    a button. Click it to see its completion and assessment details (minimum % score/completion, etc.).

    The requirements tab lists proficiencies which that the individual should train to comply. Here you can filter for Not approved/Approved/All required proficiencies.


    Approved proficiencies are in green font with a tick in the check-box, while Not approved - red.
    Not approved proficiencies are, e.g., those that have either not been completed or are outdated; pending for completion by personnel to complete training according to the goal set for the proficiency (minimum % score and minimum % completion) or assessors.

    Selecting to show All required proficiencies will update the list to show both all Approved and all Not approved.

    The list of proficiencies is grouped in a tree folders folder structure.
    By default, they're grouped by E-learning module (branch) or Company Specific Training (CST) drills.
    Click the proficiency record to open its completion and assessment details. Here you can explore guidelines and what (the activity type) the proficiency is checked by such training branches as, e.g. E-learning, Onboard assessment, self-assessment, etc.

    Expand/Collapse all – use this command(s) to expand or hide all folders in the tree.
    On the Requirement simulation tab, you can simulate for proficiencies required for the future (e.g. next month onboard), or proficiencies required for a different rank, or installation(vessel) type. This simulation also provides the option to filter for the activity type the proficiency is checked by.

    Select one or several simulation parameters or a rank in the Career path then click

    to update the list of proficiencies at the bottom according to your parameters.
    It will show all proficiencies required for the selected rank plus all proficiencies required for your current rank and proficiencies between your current rank and the simulated rank.
    A red label will be displayed explaining that the application is in 'simulation mode' while simulated proficiencies are displayed.
    Click

    button if you want to clear simulation parameters.

    On the Requirement summary tab, you can see the proficiency status graphically according to the training branches.
    The records tab shows all training activities that the person has completed. All panels are collapsed by default.

    The panels you can see are dependent on what is activated for your company and your account.

    Click one of the panel headings that group the training records (or click Expand all), then click the training record itself to open the Training details window.
    The assignments tab shows where the individual is and has been and indicates the ranks the person has been assigned during his services.

  3. Reports and Statistics section > Reports.
    Here you can generate a set of pre-defined reports for the current person. You will be switched to the window where you can select a report to be generated by the application, e.g.:



    Select any of the listed reports and check the description at the bottom to check the content of the report.
    Click Generate button:



    You can select the needed e-learning module from the drop-down, set the minimum score, and click the Request new report button. After it is generated by the system, you can click Report Manager in the next appeared screen which brings you to Task and Notification tab to review the report.
    The same functionality is available by clicking

    button under the Photo section.
    Tasks and Notifications section:


    Here you can review generated reports by clicking report record.
    Use Back/Forward manage buttons to navigate.

  4. Online Help - click to get to the Seagull manuals;
    Log Off.

References

Useful links:
Contact Seagull for the Seagull User Manual



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