Posted: September 12, 2016
Marine Engineering Training Instructor
Job Description:
- Marine Engineering Training Instructor for course delivery and development
- Design, prepare and develop teaching materials. Deliver lectures, tutorials, presentations and training courses tailored to our client’s needs.
- Conduct competency assessments of relevant personnel.
- Maintain training standards at all Company facilities and relevant external providers
- Ensure that all training solutions provided shall have training objectives aligned with the Company’s management system and Competency Management System requirements, industry best practices and changes relevant regulations.
- Deliver reports on training and students as needed.
Duties will include the following;
- Operation of simulators and administrative support.
- Full time support of the Centre of Learning & Development (COLD) to resolve operational issues as required.
- Operation of the simulators during exercises (including management of other vessels, and the changing of environmental conditions as required to assist the Lead Instructor).
- Must have experience working with windows based systems.
- Understand the function of ECDIS, Radar, Gyro, VHF/UHF and other bridge equipment and associated simulator networks.
- Maintains a record of faults and feed these to COLD IT.
- Back up and maintain confidential records of participant assessments and training including files and video replays for debrief.
- Assist with preparing simulators for use, and ensuring correct shut down on completion operations.
- Assist COLD staff with developing/updating ship & engine room models to achieve course objectives.
- Assist with the development of training scenarios.
- Assist with the loading and updating of ENC’s on ECDIS.
- Assist with delegate familiarization exercises.
- Have an understanding of use of VHF and vessels inter departmental communication for marine communications during exercises.
- Assist in providing feed back to the simulator manufacturers on developments / improvements to the simulators
Compliance
- To adhere to the health and safety policy, taking responsibility for ensuring a safe working environment within the client’s requirements.
- To adhere to policies and principles as required by the client’s diversity requirements.
- To respect diversity ensuring that all staff, visitors and callers are treated with respect and dignity at all times.
Background
Our Client’s Centre of Learning & Development department personnel are situated in the US, UK, India and the Philippines, serving more than 1,500 mariners from more than 27 different nationalities. Training and development activities are conducted both on board and on shore. Activities onboard include designated training vessels, with facilities and equipment, including simulators, for 6 to 12 trainees in addition to the normal vessel complement and a designated Learning & Development Officer; learning and development materials on all 30 vessels and a Competency Management System for all personnel.
On shore training is conducted in our client’s bespoke Centre of Learning & Development, which houses a significant amount of full mission simulators, and at Third Party Training Providers across the globe. In addition learning and development activities occur in all our client’s manning centres (US, UK, India & Philippines) which are equipped with simulation equipment for learning, development and competency assessment.
Requirements
Must have right to work and live in U.K.
Must be have native speaker levels of English language, both written and spoken. Non-native speakers may be tested for competence.
Suitable marine engineering background.
Duration
12 month contract.
Location
This role will be based in Glasgow, Scotland.
Contact
Email CV and Cover Letter to joy.gillen@nmci.ie
Salary
DOE.
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Posted: August 22, 2016
On Saturday August 20th Crosshaven Lifeboat were tasked by Valentia Coastguard to a report of three kayakers in trouble in heavy seas off Ringabella.
The Coast Guard issued a PAN PAN call for any vessels in the vicinity to help. The angling boats “John Boy” and “Cuan Ban” responded. A group from the National Maritime College of Ireland were onboard the Cuan Ban at the time on their annual fishing trip and together with their skipper, John Barry, helped bring the kayaker onboard to safety.
The crew of the “John Boy” recovered the remaining two kayakers, one of whom was in the water having earlier capsized.
All three were then transferred onto the “John & Janet” lifeboat to be treated back at the Crosshaven RNLI station. Thankfully although cold and shocked all three were uninjured.
This incident highlights the importance of remaining safe while on the water and that all water activities require some basic knowledge and skills, such as knowing that under Irish law you are required to always wear a lifejacket or buoyancy aid when canoeing. Other important information includes knowing the tides, anticipating bad weather conditions and having an emergency plan of action in place.
We strongly advise all those who take part in watersports at sea to visit this page of Safety on Water and to download their safety booklet http://www.safetyonthewater.ie/booklets/Paddlesports for further information.
To read more about the Crosshaven RNLI visit https://crosshavenlifeboat.org/ and visit http://www.respectthewater.com/ to learn more about the Respect the Water campaign.
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Posted: July 12, 2016
Flagship Management are currently seeking applications for the following two roles;
NEW JOB – Power Control Engineer
NEW JOB – Senior Power Control Engineer
Please click the above links for further information or visit www.flagshipmgt.com
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Posted: July 4, 2016
GAC Training and Service Solutions (GTSS) is delighted to have won the Excellence in the Provision of Professional Services to the Marine Industry award at the Marine Industry Awards 2016. Nineteen trophies were presented to the winners throughout the evening.
Liam Lacey, Director, Irish Maritime Development Office and Michael Creed, T.D., Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine presented the Excellence in the Provision of Professional Services to the Marine Industry award to Jim O’Byrne, General Manager of GAC Training and Service Solutions.
This year’s ceremony was held on June 30th, in association with SeaFest, at the Radisson Blu Galway Hotel. The evening was an enormous success, celebrating the growth and development of the industry in Ireland while recognising the key functions within the industry that promote growth and sustainability.
Pictured above are; Jim O’Byrne, General Manager, Joy Gillen, Marketing Executive, and Conor Mowlds, Managing Director of GTSS at the NMCI.
To read more about all the award winner visit http://www.marineawards.ie/shortlist.php
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Posted: June 8, 2016
Applications are invited for the position of Harbour Master
The Company
Dublin Port Company is a self-financing, private limited company, wholly owned by the State and reporting to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. It is the largest port on the island of Ireland and, in 2015, had a record cargo throughput of 32.8m gross tonnes. In addition, Dublin Port is a major passenger hub with two million passengers passing through each year on both ferries and cruise ships. By international standards, Dublin is a very busy port with over 15,000 ship movements annually.
Dublin Port Company has responsibility for a harbour area extending over Dublin Bay and additional responsibility for a still wider pilotage district including Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
The Company provides port infrastructure operated by private sector companies operating in competitive markets. The Port has a ten kilometre entrance channel, more than seven kilometers of berths (quay walls and jetties), a fleet of port craft (including pilot boats and tugs), eight ramps for Ro-Ro operations and a land area of 260 hectares.
The Port is situated at the heart of Dublin Bay and is immediately adjacent to protected environmental sites of national and international importance. It is also bounded by residential and commercial areas.
The Company’s business is growing rapidly and the Port is being developed on the basis of the Masterplan 2012 to 2040. The first major Masterplan project, the Alexandra Basin Redevelopment (ABR) Project, is currently being constructed. As part of this project, the Port’s ruling depth will be increased to -10.0m CD and more than three kilometres of berths will be constructed or reconstructed to provide capacity for longer and deeper ships.
The Position
The position of Harbour Master is key in the safe and efficient management of the Port. The Harbour Master is a member of the Executive Management Team, reporting to the Chief Executive. The Harbour Master’s primary operational responsibilities are to ensure the Port’s marine activities operate safely and efficiently.
The Harbour Master has direct managerial responsibility for operations in a number of key areas including pilotage, towage, berth allocation and VTS. Given the location of Dublin Port, the Harbour Master also has a wider responsibility for leisure and other craft in Dublin Bay and in the River Liffey.
The role requires an in-depth understanding of ship operations in all modes including Ro-Ro passenger and freight ferries; container ships; bulk carriers of all types; oil tankers; and cruise ships.
The Harbour Master is responsible for all aspects of the operations of the Port’s Harbour Function including the management of a skilled staff of 60 and the management of a large financial budget.
The Person
To qualify for consideration, candidates must have a valid STCW II/2 Certificate of Competency as Master, (unlimited) valid for service in the Irish Mercantile Marine. Candidates should have at least three years seagoing experience as Master or Chief Officer of a merchant vessel and/or three years experience as a Harbour Master, Deputy Harbour Master or Assistant Harbour Master in a comparable port.
The successful candidate will have to demonstrate the required high level of expertise in the operational dimensions of the role; the ability to motivate and manage a skilled workforce operating around the clock on every day in the year; financial and commercial acumen in respect of both the Company’s business and that of our customers; the ability to develop and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders both nationally and internationally and the ability to communicate clearly and authoritatively both verbally and in writing.
To apply please send full personal, career and current remuneration details to:
Mr. Pat Ward
Head of Corporate Services,
Dublin Port Company,
Port Centre,
Alexandra Road,
Dublin 1.
D01 H4C6
Closing date 8th July 2016
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