Core concepts
Glossary
Platform and maritime terms used across Seamind OS
Assignment
A crew member’s placement on a ship with a role and date range. Training is assigned through assignments. See Assignments.
Certificate
A seafarer’s professional credential (STCW, GMDSS, medical, flag, etc.), uploaded to their crew profile and tracked with an expiry date. See Documents & certificates.
Course
A single training module consisting of slides and a quiz. See Courses.
Crew
The people in your organization, synced automatically from your identity provider. Also the name of the Crew product — the digital records those people own.
Crew profile
A seafarer’s record in Seamind — personal details, identity documents, certificates, experience, and next-of-kin. See Your profile.
Directory Sync
Keeps Seamind’s people list in sync with your identity provider (Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, etc.). Changes in your directory appear in Seamind automatically. See Identity & SSO.
Entitlement
A product your organization has access to. Entitlements are managed per organization; locked products appear greyed out in the app.
Fleet
The collection of ships in your organization. Each ship has a name and IMO number. See Fleet Management.
Identity document
A government-issued document on a crew profile — passport, visa, seaman’s book, or national ID. See Documents & certificates.
IMO Number
A 7-digit identifier assigned by the International Maritime Organization to every seagoing vessel. Used globally to identify ships regardless of name changes or flag transfers.
Intelligence pillar
One of four operational areas in Seamind OS: Crew, Vessel, Regulatory, and Voyage Intelligence. Each pillar groups related products. See The product suite.
Organization
The top-level container for everything in Seamind — ships, crew, training, and records. Created when your company onboards.
Product
A distinct application within Seamind OS (Learn, Crew, Tutor, …), grouped by intelligence pillar and enabled per organization. See The product suite.
Program
A named collection of courses that form a training curriculum. Assign a program to add all its courses at once. See Programs.
Registration
One person’s progress on one course — tracks status, quiz score, attempts, and time spent. Each row on the Progress page is a registration. See Tracking Progress.
Role (platform)
A person’s access level in Seamind — Admin, Office Admin, Office Employee, or Crew Member. Managed in your identity provider, not in Seamind. See Identity & SSO.
Role (ship)
A crew member’s rank on a vessel (e.g. Captain, Chief Officer, Chief Engineer, Able Seaman), set when creating an assignment.
Seamind OS
The full Seamind platform — multiple products across four intelligence pillars, sharing one fleet, one crew, and one login. See Platform overview.
Sign on date
The date a crew member boards a vessel to begin their assignment.
Sign off date
The date a crew member leaves a vessel at the end of their assignment.
SSO (Single Sign-On)
Lets crew sign in to Seamind with their company credentials (Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, etc.) — no separate password. See Identity & SSO.
Tutor
Seamind’s AI assistant, surfaced in the app as “Ask Seamind”. Answers maritime and course questions in plain language. See Tutor.
Verification
The office’s confirmation that a crew member’s uploaded document or certificate is genuine. A profile rolls up to one of four states — Incomplete, In Review, Action Needed, or Approved. See Verification status.