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

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High Voltage

High Voltage (Management)

STCW’95 & non STCW’95

June 13th 2016

High Voltage (Management) is a 5 day course which gives seafarers the essential education and training in high voltage (HV) installations to meet the Knowledge, Understanding and Proficiency requirements as set out in STCW 2010 Tables A-III/2 and A-III/6 for electrical, electronic and control systems at the management level.

The course focuses on both classroom and practical training on The National Maritime College of Irelands state of the art campus, located in Ringaskiddy Co. Cork. Our top notch training facilities as well as our highly experienced instructors allows our delegates the opportunity to achieve the following training outcomes:

Management of HV operations on board a ship, including

Familiarization with HV Safety Rules.

Procedures and Legislation, Knowledge of Electrical Hazards.

Completion of Safety Records and Documentation.

Understanding the HV system and the maintenance of distribution capability, including

Operational and Safety Features.

Function of Protection Devices.

HV Switch Room Arrangements.

Analysing the Protection of Marine Distribution Systems.

Practical Maintenance.

Identification of faults within an HV system and reconfiguration of the system to maintain electrical supply, including

Identification of Fault Levels and Conditions,

Compiling and Implementing a Switching Plan to Isolate a High Voltage Distribution Fault.

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STCW Basic Suite

STCW Basic Suite

Here at the National Maritime College of Ireland we offer a range of courses which give delegates the opportunity to achieve the STCW Basic Suite of Safety Training certification.

All of our courses are carried out by our highly experienced instructors in our state of the art facility in Ringaskiddy Co.Cork.

We are running the below courses this coming May. These courses are designed to give all our delegates the skills needed to pursue a career at sea.

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Donal Burke Oxygen Depletion

National Maritime College of Ireland

The Lecture Theatre

Wednesday April 6th

1300hrs

The topic of discussion will be the findings from a series of oxygen depletion experiments to simulate the speed of oxygen depletion within the enclosed cargo spaces on board a vessel carrying a scrap metal cargo.

The objective of the lecture is to show how these findings can be translated to highlight dangers within ballast tanks, chain lockers, access ways and enclosed spaces in general.

We hope to see you on Wednesday the 6th.

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Combine BOSIET

COMBINED BOSIET

April 18th 2016  

National Maritime College of Ireland

This OPITO approved course is designed to introduce delegates to Specific safety issues and regimes relevant to offshore installations. Delegates also become equip with the basic emergency response knowledge and skills for travelling to and from offshore installations by helicopter, with the use of EBS and CA-EBS emergency equipment.  

The course is a mix of theoretical and practical sessions, during which delegates are required to demonstrate their level of knowledge and understanding of the training programme content.
By the end of this training programme, delegates:

• Have knowledge of the offshore industry including:Understand the processes involved in helicopter travel & be competent in their ability to escape from a ditched or ditching helicopter in an emergency situation.

Offshore hazards & Control Measures

Offshore Safety Management

How Offshore Safety is Regulated

Living & Working in the Offshore Environment

• Have knowledge of what to do in an evacuation situation: How to respond to alarms, the systems used to achieve successful evacuation and the actions to take in the event of a water entry situation.

• Understand what is meant by emergency First Aid and how to assist in a First Aid situation prior to arrival of the medic.

• Are competent in the use of portable fire extinguishers for basic firefighting and confident in self-rescue techniques used to successfully escape from smoke filled environments.

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