Pictured at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Tawazun Safety Security & Disaster Management City L.L.C. and the National Maritime College of Ireland are Mr. Michael Delaney, Acting Head of College, NMCI and Mr. Khaleefa Al Hemairi, Acting General Manager, Tawazun.
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On 14 March 2013, His Excellency Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Minister of Sport & Secretary General of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) is pictured with Board Members of SEFtec NMCI Offshore (“SNO”), Conor Mowlds (pictured 2nd from left) and Darren O’Sullivan (pictured 4th from left). This was taken prior to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between SEFtec NMCI Offshore and IRM Offshore to provide support for the development of dedicated TEMPSC coxswain training facility in Qatar over the next 12 months.
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“Shipping and other companies from the Middle East and beyond will be sending more workers for expert training in Cork over the next year.
The National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI), part of Cork Institute of Technology, has facilities among the world’s best for training new and experienced workers in the shipping industry.
Among the 72 graduates of NMCI whose awards were conferred yesterday were a number from the Seychelles who have completed marine and plant engineering degrees.
The college opened in 2004 as the country’s first third-level public private partnership, and works closely with the Irish Naval Service whose national base is alongside its Ringaskiddy location.
The commercial arm of the college and associated companies have been offering training since 2010 on the hi-spec equipment, with particular interest from shipping and related companies from the Gulf region.
Further expansion of training and consultancy services to places such as United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, and Malaysia is planned in the year ahead, in line with more research and commercial training being planned.
“The short specialist courses we run here have been bringing in people from transport in the oil and gas sectors, people in big ports and other related areas,” said CIT’s vice-president for development Michael Delaney.
“We also help train people who will teach their colleagues back at home and offer a certain amount of follow-up training where their companies are located, it could be the Middle East or elsewhere.”
As well as the training jobs in the college on its equipment, which includes a simulator that allows students navigate super-tankers into any port in the world, employment is supported in connected local industry. Cork and Irish companies are developing software and machinery based on the needs of the merchant shipping industry, while training in its use can then be provided at the NMCI or overseas.
There are now 10 full-time research jobs at NMCI, and CIT president Brendan Murphy told graduates that expanding the research and training roles there are key to the college’s continued success.
The ceremony yesterday also saw masters degrees awarded to 12 graduates of CIT’s Crawford College of Art & Design.”
Picture: At the National Maritime College of Ireland conferrings, Ringaskiddy, Cork, Bachelor of Science in nautical science graduate Jean Paul, from the Seychelles, presents flowers to his girlfriend Melanie Dopplinger, Austria; Pictures: Darragh Kane
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/maritime-college-to-train-global-workers-222759.html
Friday, February 15, 2013
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BARRY ROCHE, Southern Correspondent, Irish Times. Feb 14th 2013
“The National Maritime College of Ireland is set to develop further this year with the provision of training programmes and consultancy services in the Middle East and Asia, it has emerged.
NMCI is a constituent college of Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), whose president, Dr Brendan Murphy, confirmed today that both research and training at the college is to expand.
Speaking at a conferring ceremony for some 72 graduates at NMCI, Dr Murphy said 10 full time research posts have been created at the college in the past year.
“This growth in R&D has warranted the establishment and branding of the NMCI’s own research centre, something which will take place in the very near future,” he said.
This year, NMCI’s commercial wing, NMCI Services, is set to provide training and consultancy services in the UAE, the Gulf region, Vietnam and Malaysia, he added.
Located on a 10-acre site at Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour, the NMCI was set up to serve the training requirements of the School of Nautical Studies, CIT and the Irish Naval Service.”
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Conor Mowlds, Head of NMCI Services and Captain David Hopkins, Marine Director Mainport, were interviewed on Bobby Kerr’s business programme with Newstalk on December 9th. Up for discussion was the Barryroe oil field and offshore training.
Oil production at the one-billion-barrel Barryroe oil field off the Cork coast could commence within the next “two to three years” according to Tony O’Reilly, chief executive of the field’s owners Providence Resources.
Please click on the link below to listen to the full interview.
http://www.newstalk.ie/reader/47.305.376/1813/blog_list/
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The National Maritime College of Ireland assists Dutch firm Competency Management Group (CMG) to develop and deliver training at the Tawazun Safety Security and Disaster Management City, Abu Dhabi, UAE:
“Last Updated:20 Nov 12
Tawazun Safety Security and Disaster Management City signs agreements with global training organizations
Abu Dhabi, November 20 2012:
Tawazun Safety Security and Disaster Management City (TSSDMC), a Tawazun Holding subsidiary offering multi-agency training for emergency preparedness and crisis management, has signed agreements with two international training providers.
The first agreement was signed with the Canada-based Ontario Fire Academy (OFA) which will see TSSDMC’s UAE-based Oil & Gas clients taught the skills required to be qualified Level 1 and 2 Fire Fighters. TSSDMC will work with the OFA to design, develop, and deliver short courses and programs as per the internationally-recognized standards of the US National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
The second agreement was signed with a Dutch firm, Competency Management Group (CMG), who together with their educational partner the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI), will develop curriculum and deliver training that comply with international standards. The training will be provided to TSSDMC’s clients such as the UAE Armed Forces, UAE Navy, Coastguard as well as companies from the Oil &Gas and other sectors.
Khaleefa Al Hemairi, Project Director for TSSDMC said: “We are committed to providing the best possible education and training in the fields of safety, security, emergency preparedness and disaster management by collaborating with a hand-picked selection of international partners. By doing this, we hope to further
strengthen the UAE’s capability to mitigate the impact of natural disaster or man-made crisis and maintain overall business continuity.
“We are confident that with these new agreements with the Ontario Fire Academy and Competency Management Group, we can help prepare UAE industries and communities to effectively respond to emergencies, decrease the number of fatalities and reduce damage to infrastructure and property,” he added.
TSSDMC – together with its collaborative partners – will deliver technical vocational and professional training that fuses scenario-based live training with virtual
simulation.”
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About Tawazun Holding
Tawazun Holding is a strategic investment firm focused on the long-term development of UAE’s industrial manufacturing and technology capabilities and
knowledge-transfer with a specific focus on the defense sector.
Established in 2007 as a fully owned subsidiary of Tawazun Economic Council, Tawazun Holding’s mission is to develop profitable ventures through industrial partnerships and strategic investments that add to the country’s industrial manufacturing layer in the areas of defense, defense manufacturing and manufacturing technology.
For more information please contact:
Saif Ali Al Marzooqi
Associate Director – Corporate Communications
Tel: +971 2 6160163
Email: salmarzooqi@tawazun.ae”
© Press Release 2012
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The National Maritime College of Ireland is enabling two lucky people to join The Tall Ships Races 2012 on 12th August in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain and sail all the way to Dublin. This support, enabled by the Maritime Learning Network ‘MarLeaNet’, an EU project – a network of maritime training centres in Portugal, Spain, France and Ireland, was announced today at the Mansion House in Dublin. Launched by Deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin Clare Byrne, The Tall Ships Races 2012 – Dublin trainee programme enables over 50 Irish 18-25 year old trainees to experience life and work on board 6 magnificent Tall Ships.
The first trainee, Ryan Hawes turns 23 later this week and will join the ship Kapitan Borchardt, a Polish vessel just under 34m in length and built in 1918. Our second trainee, 18-year-old Patrol Leader and Watch Leader in Dollymount Sea Scouts, Orla Kelly, will join the Johanna Lucretia, a 27m vessel with a UK flag.
The National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI), located in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, in the second largest natural harbour in the world. A constituent college of Cork Institute of Technology, the NMCI is a state of the art facility that provides training and education for the Merchant Marine and the Irish Naval Service.
“The NMCI provides training to the seafarers of tomorrow in its specialist facility, which includes survival training facilities, fire fighting / damage control training, confined space training, jetty and lifeboat facilities”, says Grainne Lynch, Project Manager of the MarLeaNet project in the NMCI.
“The MarLeaNet project allows the NMCI to work with other training centres all along the route of the Tall Ships Race in, France, Portugal and Spain.” The NMCI also provides specialist simulation equipment for teaching navigation, communications, engineering-machinery operations and vessel traffic systems.
Lynch adds, “The Tall Ships Races 2012 – Dublin give trainees a fantastic opportunity to experience life at sea and to be part of a team for a unforgettable experience. For those that relish the challenge of the sea and want to turn it into a career, there is only one place to go – to the National Maritime College of Ireland.”
For more information on The Tall Ships Races 2012 – Dublin go to www.dublintallships.ie
Do come to the National Maritime College of Ireland Open Day on Tuesday 23 October 2012, 10.00am – 3.00pm. For Group Bookings contact +353 21 4970607. www.nmci.ie
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The module is designed for those who wish to gain practical skills in at sea sampling and data collection and is geared towards the training requirements of postgraduate students and researchers, marine agency and industry personnel, and those wishing to develop a career in applied marine biology. A description of the module with instructor biographies, application forms for the module and a module poster can be downloaded at the bottom of the page. Completion of the module results in the award of 5 ECTS credits at postgraduate level 9.
Twenty places are available on this accredited postgraduate module which will run between Monday the 1st of October and Friday the 26th October 2012.
Week 1 is composed of mentored student centered distance learning.
Week 2 consists of three days of laboratory practicals and lectures in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and four days shiptime divided between the Celtic Voyager and Celtic Mist research vessels off Cork and in the Shannon Estuary respectively. For the shiptime components, there will be a maximum of ten students per vessel per day.
Weeks 3 and 4 consist of student centered distance learning leading towards the submission of a project report.
Fees for the module are €750. Completed application forms should be submitted no later than the 20th of July 2012.
For further information please email smart@gmit.ie
If you would like any information on this or similar courses such as corporate team building, OPITO training Ireland, FOET courses and Bridge Simulation - call us today or email us at reception@nmci.ie.
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Workshop on “STCW10 – Planning for Future Training Needs”
January 18, 2012 at 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
National Maritime College of Ireland, Cork
The National Maritime College of Ireland cordially invites you to a workshop on ‘STCW10 – Planning for Future Training Needs’ on Wed 18th Jan 2012. This workshop will be held under the auspices of the MarLeaNet project.
The goal of the workshop is to highlight the benefits and challenges of planning and delivering comprehensive training for STCW10 under three themes:
- Impact of STCW F on Fisheries Training
- Delivering Refresher Courses under STCW 10
- Human Element – Learning from Best Practices in other Industries and countries
The European programme called MARitime LEArning NETwork (MARLEANET /2010-2013), headed by the European Maritime Training Center (CEFCM) in Concarneau, aims at developing a training and education network for the maritime sector in France, Spain, Portugal, Ireland.
This event is free, but registration is required. To register please contact Gráinne Lynch grainne.lynch@nmci.ie or on +353 21 433 5716.
Labels: STCW10, STCWF, Maritime training, Maritime Education
Event Organizer: Gráinne Lynch (Research Development at National Maritime College of Ireland)
T: +353 21 433 5716
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