Job Opportunity; Marine Engineering Training Instructor

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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Princess Cruises Job Vacancies

Princess Cruises: The Consummate Host TM. Our core values are part of everything we do and have helped to make us one of the most successful cruise lines in the world. With a fleet of over 21 luxury ships professionals are currently sought for the following roles.

Senior Watch Keeping Engineer Officers

Engineer Officers holding 2nd Engineer unlimited 111/2 Certificate of Competency as a minimum. Although not essential, suitable candidates will ideally have previous cruise and/or passenger ship experience. Experience working with Diesel Electric Engines will also have advantageous.

Electrical and Electronics Officers

Applicants holding a HND in Electrical/Electronics Engineering are preferred, although consideration will be given to those having served a recognised apprenticeship, ideally in a Maritime related industry. Existing seagoing ETOs with deep sea or ferry experience without a HND will also be considered.

Hotel Services Engineer

Applicants are sought for the role of Hotel Services Engineer, a 3 stripe Officer position, reporting directly to the Staff Engineer on board. This position is responsible for all aspects of hotel maintenance to the highest standard, utilising technical ratings within your sub department and co-operation with the electrical and ventilation department resources, as necessary.

Applicants who do no have a UK Certificate of Competency must be eligible to apply for a UK Certificate of Equivalency.

To apply, please forward your CV/Resume quoting the reference CRK14 to:

MT@princesscruises.co.uk

www.princess.com

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Topical Issue Debate -Maritime Training

Acting Chairman (Deputy Maria Bailey): 

Deputies Martin Kenny, Martin Ferris, Micheál Martin (Leader of Opposition) and Thomas Pringle have three minutes each.

Deputy Martin Kenny:  

“More than 400 people who have been trained by the National Maritime College of Ireland over the past year or so now find that they are not being certified. If this situation is not resolved, all of these people will be out of work from 1 January 2017. They will be unable to take up positions in Ireland or anywhere else in the world. It is intolerable that these people cannot be employed on any vessel anywhere until they get this certification in place. There seems to be some kind of stand-off between the Marine Survey Office, which is part of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, and the National Maritime College of Ireland. We need to get this resolved as quickly as possible. Many of these people cannot go anywhere else in the world to get these courses. They took these courses in good faith and expected that everything would be all right. It is intolerable that they have been left out in the cold in this manner. I implore the Minister to sort out this problem as a matter of urgency. It needs to be done immediately in order that people can be reassured. No one is aware of any reason this situation has not been resolved up to now”

Deputy Martin Ferris : 

“Up to 400 seafarers and 20 lecturers are poised to lose their jobs on 1 January 2017. Their jobs will be at risk unless we resolve a dispute between the National Maritime College of Ireland and the Marine Survey Office. In February 2015, the National Maritime College of Ireland made a submission to the Marine Survey Office seeking approval of a refresher course, but it has not yet received such approval. Following the Marine Survey Office’s failure to respond, the National Maritime College of Ireland approached the UK Marine and Coastguard Agency through a dedicated maritime offshore joint venture training company. The UK agency is highly regarded globally and has approved courses undertaken in a number of EU member states, including France, Spain, the Netherlands and Croatia. Every member state recognises the appropriate certificates issued by other member states. The seafaring upgrade that was carried out by the UK Marine and Coastguard Agency in conjunction with the National Maritime College of Ireland relates to on-board safety and basic seafaring safety skills. The Minister can resolve the stand-off that has developed as a consequence of all this. He needs to convince the Marine Survey Office of the legitimacy of the refresher courses that were provided by the UK Marine and Coastguard Agency. The agency, which is recognised globally, came here to provide these courses, and 400 seafarers took part in them.

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GTSS win Excellence in the Provision of Professional Services to the Marine Industry award.

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 30^th, 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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A Message From The Head of College, Conor Mowlds

A Chara,

The Marine Industry Awards 2016, in association with SeaFest, take place in the Radisson Blu Galway, on Thursday 30^th June. The event promises to bring together all sub-sectors of the industry in Ireland, and highlight their important contribution to the Irish economy. The National Maritime College of Ireland are the proud patron of the event, and I encourage every one of you to enter and showcase your role.

Entering the awards is free and brings with it some fantastic PR opportunities.

1. Benefits of entering include

1. All finalists will be featured in the Sunday Business Post, while winners will have their photos published in a special post-awards report. There is also coverage on social media and local press.

1. All finalists receive a special logo to use on promotional material.

1. By winning you position yourself as a leader of the industry in Ireland.

1. By entering you will get to work in front of key industry influencers that make up the judging panel.

1. The awards night offers the opportunity to network with professionals from across the industry.

1. Give your employees the recognition they deserve, and attract top recruits.

Entering is free and very easy, just visit http://www.marineawards.ie/enter-online.php, just visit or call Tommy on 01 524 2383 and he’ll be happy to help you. Don’t miss out on this amazing PR opportunity.

As an NMCI client you are also entitled to a special extended entries deadline of Friday 29^th April at 17:00.

Best of luck, and I hope to see many of you there on the night.

Kind regards,

Conor Mowlds

Head of the National Maritime College of Ireland

Check out The Maritime Industry Awards 2015

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