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.”
SEFtec installed a custom military HUET (helicopter underwater escape trainer) at Fort Rucker Alabama. This unit replaced 2 METS dunkers at the site and has been used to train the US military ever since.
This video shows a news report by Patrick Claybon of News4, WTVY on May 11th 2009. read more…
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” Henry Ford
Navigating around New York harbour, repairing a flooded ship and oaring through a stormy sea were just some of the challenges faced by the participants on our team building course at the NMCI. This fantastic day brought together everyone involved in GTSS which includes GAC, NMCIS and Blue Communications.
GTSS is a partnership between the National Maritime College of Ireland; the worlds most advanced maritime training facility, and GAC, the global provider of marine, shipping and logistics solutions. GTSS offers niche, innovative and high value training courses for maritime professionals, led by a team of highly respected industry-leading training providers. read more…
Don Quinn, of Resources.ie, was down with us this week undertaking our OPITO approved (BOSIET)Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training. Mr. Quinn found the training both “physically and psychologically challenging” and he was “very impressed with the patience and professionalism of the offshore instructors.”
Resources.ie was established in the 1990’s in direct response to a requirement from a broad range of industries for a consultancy firm offering flexible, professional support in the challenging and fast changing area of Health & Safety Training.
Yet again we had a very successful BOSIET course running at the NMCI this week. This course, along with our MIST, FOET and HUET are run in conjunction with our new joint venture partners SEFtec Global Training Limited.
We are very proud to announce that all of our delegates successfully completed the BOSIET, which is an offshore course that is designed to provide delegates with a basic knowledge of safety and emergency response procedures for working in offshore environments. read more…
Delegates from Kinsale Energy Limited attended our OPITO Approved Further Offshore Emergency Training (FOET) this week. This course is designed to meet further emergency training requirements for oil and gas industry personnel. Yet again the FOET was a great success and the feedback from the delegates was very encouraging. read more…
We had our annual Maritime Open Day on the 3rd of November 2010 which is a great opportunity for prospective students to have a look at the wonderful maritime facilities we have on offer at the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI).
This year’s event was a massive success with over 400 students and parents from all over Ireland getting the chance to see our world class facilities. The students were literally blown away with our demonstration on sea survival in our 20m x 8m indoor pool. read more…
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