Posted: January 11, 2012
The Renewable UK Marine Safety Training (MST) course will commence at the NMCI in February 2012.
The MST is designed to meet the basic training and competence requirements for all personnel transiting and transferring to and from offshore renewable facilities.
The course has approval from Renewable UK (formerly known as BWEA) which is the voice of wind and marine energy and the UK’s leading trade association representing the interest of the renewable power sector. This training standard has been developed in consultation with key industry representatives covering OEM’s, developers, training providers, construction and supply chain partners and key industry stakeholders.
On successful completion of training the delegate will be deemed to have demonstrated basic knowledge and understanding of:
• General health and safety duties of employers to provide training and ensure competence of employees
• Personal responsibilities of employees and the self employed
• Overview of legislation relevant to offshore operations
• Offshore hazards
• Role of IMO MCA HSE & MAIB
• General standards of conduct for vessel operations
• PPE requirements for vessel transit & transfer
• Procedure for reporting incidents, accidents and near misses for offshore operations
• Housekeeping risks relevant to vessel operations
• Safe methods of personnel transfer to and from a vessel
• Safe methods of equipment transfer to and from a vessel
• Appreciate relevance of different turbine designs (size/layout) to transfer methods
• Appreciate relevance of different company/site specific H&S procedures and rules
• Recognition of the signs symptoms, and understanding of first responder actions to hypothermia and ingestion of water.
• Procedures for vessel emergencies
• Procedures for facility emergencies
• Procedures for rescue and recovery at sea
• SAR helicopter passenger safety and emergency actions
• Basic first aid actions and common equipment in the marine environment.
Please see the webpage for the relevant pre-requisites
We are currently taking bookings for the course, for further enquiries please contact services@nmci.ie/ + 353 214970609
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Posted: January 9, 2012
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)
E: grainne.lynch@nmci.ie
T: +353 21 433 5716
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Posted: January 6, 2012
Mr Stephan Wrage from SkySails will make a presentation on his company’s innovative product – SkySails in the NMCI Auditorium at 5pm on Wednesday 18th January.
This event will be preceded by an international workshop on STCW10 under the auspices of the Marleanet project.
SkySails GmbH is the market and technology leader in the field of automated towing kite systems. Some 80 employees representing a wide range of disciplines and specialties – from aerospace engineers, to software developers, shipbuilders, management professionals and CNC operators – all help to develop, manufacture and market the worldwide patented SkySails technology.
SkySails kites are the key technology for capturing the vast potential of high-altitude winds and SkySails is the first company in the world that has succeeded in developing towing-kite technology into an industrial application.
The company’s main business segment SkySails Marine offers wind propulsion systems for ships. The latest product generation SKS C 320 can replace up to 2 MW of the main engine’s propulsion power. The company’s second business segment SkySails Power develops and markets systems for generating power from high-altitude wind.
SkySails was established in 2001 by the graduate industrial engineer Stephan Wrage, and Thomas Meyer, who holds a degree in shipbuilding and offshore engineering. In addition to its headquarters in Hamburg, SkySails also operates a production and testing centre in the Hanseatic town of Wismar.
SkySails has a strong international network of investors and strategic partners. SkySails also promotes and maintains longstanding development partnerships with leading suppliers, such as with DSM Dyneema and Gleistein Ropes for producing the ropes, and North Sails NZ for manufacturing the towing kites.
Main investors are the ship financing company Oltmann Gruppe, the marine engine supplier Zeppelin Power Systems and the Dutch Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company Royal DSM N.V.. SkySails’ investors also include numerous renowned shipping companies and private individuals.
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Posted: December 21, 2011
GAC Training and Service Solutions (GTSS) Marketing Executive Joanne Kelleher was interviewed for the January 2012 edition of GAC World. In the interview Mrs Kelleher outlines the importance of training even in economically difficult times and talks about the ever growing presence of women in the maritime industry.
Click here to view interview.
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Posted: December 15, 2011
The final article for the Port Strategy was released recently. Read the full article below:
“Yes, you can do a Marine Risk Assessment, even quite a sophisticated one, which doesn’t go into sufficient detail or misses the point entirely says Captain Stephen Gyi of GAC Training and Service Solutions.
Unfortunately, this ‘missing the point’ can be less an oversight and more of a “commercially driven decision”, he adds.
Outlining a basic process, he explains that a group of experts identify the probable marine related hazards (HAZID) and resulting environmentally related hazards (ENVID), including emergencies such as vessels losing power, colliding or running aground. Obviously, “those risks with potential to endanger life or damage the environment are particularly important to capture”.
The levels of consequence and the likelihood of occurrence are filled out, often on a five-by-five risk matrix. From this the team returns to the beginning and assesses each hazard in turn, which provides a value of either high, medium or low risk, depending on the chosen values for that location, type of cargo and vessel involved, and the scenarios are re-run with projected mitigation measures in place. While there are almost always measures that can be adopted, they usually come with a cost attached, so the idea is get all associated risks down to what industry recognises as ‘as low as reasonably practical’ or ALARP. read more…
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