Dredge Training

Tailor-made for the Industry

The dredging industry is complex. The stakeholders, port authorities, government, contractors, consultants, ship builders, crewing agents etc. all depend on their knowledge, skills and experience in their daily work. Crewmember, government official or surveyor, all must maintain their competence at the right level. And where a high level of technical skill and knowledge are demanded, training is essential. The Training Institute for Dredging describes the need for training within a diverse, multi-organisational international dredging industry. Competence can be defined as a standard requirement for an individual to properly perform a specific job. Competence management is the identification, assessment, development and... (read more)

2007-01-12 12:00:00

Partnership for EIVA Training

The international recruitment company Atlas Services Group, The Netherlands, and EIVA, Denmark, have joined forces by entering into a collaboration agreement that will include training courses on the EIVA software suite in Atlas Services Group’s training curriculum offered globally. To EIVA, making Atlas Services Group an EIVA software training partner is a welcome opportunity to ensure that no wish to attend training courses will go unanswered. Atlas Services Group sees a large and increasing demand for EIVA training courses coming from its clients: survey contractors and freelance personnel. Including the EIVA software suite in the curriculum was therefore an obvious... (read more)

2012-11-23 12:00:00

NOAA’s ENC Training Programme

The key objective of NOAA’s ENC Training Programme is to educate Hydrographic Offices (HOs) on ENC workflow in the Office of Coast Survey’s Marine Chart Division (MCD). The workflow includes: acceptance of new sources, data compilation, validation and quality control, distribution and contracting. A nine-day training session was held in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, from 1-9 March 2016. The attendees were cartographers from the Hydrographic Department at the Survey of Israel (SOI). By Dr Shachak Pe’eri, JHC/UNH and Sean Legeer, Office of Coast Survey, NOAA, USA The training began with a meeting between Limor Gur Arie, the head of the... (read more)

2016-03-29 08:52:08

Training and Education

Interview with Stephen Cross, Director Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz (MIWB)

Since the start of contract offshore surveying private companies have to have an interest in a regular supply of junior hydrographic surveyors. As a consequence training and education is no longer the sole responsibility of government hydrographic services. Is it attractive for universities and the like to have hydrographic education in their package and what is the ideal environment to base a hydrographic school? Hydro international interviewed the Director of the Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz, Terschelling (The Netherlands) on the recent decision to add Hydrography to their disciplines. Can you give our readers a summary of your maritime career, your... (read more)

2008-01-01 01:00:00

Naval Navigation Training

Naval Reserve Officer Training Candidate (NROTC) students at college campuses in San Diego (CA, USA) have become the first to use a navigation training package supplied by Northrop Grumman Corporation's Sperry Marine business unit. The computerised learning DVDs contain 16 interactive courseware (ICW) training lessons on the use and operation of Sperry Marine's Voyage Management System (VMS) ship navigation software. They are being used in the navigation training curriculum for NROTC students at the University of San Diego and other greater San Diego college campuses. Jeff Holloway, director of U.S. defense business development and marketing/sales for Northrop... (read more)

2009-05-19 03:06:03

Brazilian Navy Training Vessel

Transas has installed the Navi-Sailor 3000 ECS onboard the Brazilian Navy’s 3,168 ton training vessel U-27 BRASIL. The Navi-Sailor 3000 ECS, a Transas Marine electronic chart navigational system, will be used to support navigational activities and also comprises World Folio ZR00, worldwide chart coverage, providing the vessel with access to more than 10,000 vector charts with ports indicated worldwide. Another solution installed is Navtex Manager, which is capable of automatically reading and processing Navtex messages, extracting co-ordinates, areas, transmitting station and other parameters, saving messages onto the hard disk and displaying the message mark on the electronic chart. The Transas... (read more)

2004-10-05 12:00:00

ECDIS Computer-based Training

Transas Marine has launched its ECDIS Computer-based Training course certified by Germanischer Lloyd. With ECDIS becoming a significant part of maritime navigation, it is vital that crew has appropriate knowledge in the use of navigational equipment and charts. Transas ECDIS CBT is based on IMO Model Course 1.27 considering the requirements for ECDIS training in accordance with the Manila Amendments of STCW. The course provides knowledge and skills necessary to utilise all-important ECDIS features. Completing the course gives an understanding of both the benefits and limitations of ECDIS, together with an understanding of how it can be used for navigation,... (read more)

2010-12-01 10:32:22

Echoview Training in Europe

Dr Toby Jarvis from the Echoview team will be running a three-day Echoview training course in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic from 3 to 5 September 2014. Registration of interest can be submitted online by Wednesday 6 August. Alternatively, from 8 to 11 September 2014, Toby will be available in that location there to discuss all things acoustic and Echoview which is based in Australia. If that doesn’t work out, there’s an option to arrange a visit to an institute while Echoview is ‘in the area’. (read more)

2014-07-25 09:40:04

Data Management Training Courses

OceanWise, UK, has entered into a collaboration with The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST, UK) to develop and deliver Marine Data Awareness Training Courses in London and overseas. This collaboration combines OceanWise’s expertise as a provider of technical and management training to the International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) through its capacity-building programme with IMarEST. The new courses, provided by OceanWise, will contribute to the continuing professional development (CPD) scheme for IMarEST members. The first course, supported by The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT), is entitled “Providing an overview of Marine Data Management throughout its Life Cycle” and will... (read more)

2015-02-24 11:11:52

Metocean Awareness Training Course

In an effort to ensure greater awareness of metocean (meteorology and oceanography) conditions worldwide amongst staff working in the offshore industry, the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) is launching its first three-day Metocean Awareness Course, which will be held from 14 to 16 October 2008 at IMarEST headquarters. Metocean can have major impact on the offshore industry. From a business perspective, it is imperative that users of metocean information are fully aware of the implications that the weather, waves, currents and water levels can have on their operations or design work. Experience has shown that if... (read more)

2008-05-20 01:22:01