Issue 3
February 2009
Newsletter
The MNTB Team
Message from the Chairman
Nigel Palmer is the Executive
Chairman of the MNTB and provides
strategic input as and when the work
requires it.
As we enter the fi nal years of
the decade we are faced with
There is always a
Glenys Jackson is the Head of
a dramatic reversal in global
Education, Training and Careers,
economies which has, of
risk during periods
with responsibility for day-to-day
operational management of the
course, badly hit the shipping
industry. So what does this
of low freight rates
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mean for training?
Donna Stevens provides the
that training will be
administrative back-up to the Board
Although the downturn may one of the fi rst areas
and is the Secretary of the Merchant
provide some temporary relief
Navy Training Provider, which
administers the SMarT scheme for
from the acute Offi cer shortages
to face cutbacks
unemployed seafarers.
of the last couple of years,
the lack of recruitment in the
Beth Richmond is the Careers
80s and 90s means that the
Co-ordinator, looking after all careers
underlying dearth of quality
promotion activities, and working
closely with Bill Northrop, who runs
senior staff will not go away.
specifi c degree promotion projects. Inside this issue
As you will see from the reports
The Chamber of Shipping also
below, the work of the MNTB
New HNC and HND 2
provides technical expertise to the
over the past fi ve years has Programmes
MNTB. In particular Saurabh
Sachdeva, the Chamber’s Nautical
been to completely overhaul our needed, both onboard and
Maritime Studies Qualifi cations
Consultant, sits on the MNTB
training programmes to make ashore. It is the role of the
Programme Activity
Technical Committee and assists
them relevant to the modern MNTB to provide the training
with relevant technical aspects of the
shipping industry and attractive framework to meet these needs; Electro-Technical Offi cer 3
Board’s work.
to potential recruits. we believe the developments Programme
over the past few years have
Edmund Brookes, the Chamber of
Me rchant Navy Education
Shipping’s Deputy Director-General,
There is always a risk during helped to restore UK training and Training Programmes
is a Board member, and manages
periods of low freight rates to its global industry-leading
Annual Programme Review
the provision of Chamber of Shipping
that training will be one of the position.
Meeting
employees and services to the
fi rst areas to face cutbacks.
MNTB along with providing employer
However, the lesson of the 80s
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representation in our activities. and 90s is that this soon leads
Management
Alan Graveson, Senior National
to higher costs from competition
Shore-Based Ship Management
Secretary, Nautilus UK, chairs the
between companies for British Shipping Safety
Technical Committee, which is our
scarce resources and, Awareness Awards 2009
main forum for developing education
more importantly, increased
Maritime Skills Alliance
and training frameworks and operating and incident costs. Capt. Nigel Palmer OBE
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approving the training programmes Chairman
that are utilised within the UK
Sea Vision
The demands of the modern MNTB
Merchant Navy, along with a wide
shipping industry – both
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range of supporting and related
operational and, increasingly,
aspects. This committee – consisting
Careers Events
from society and regulators –
of employer, union, college and
The Merchant Navy TV Series
requires dedicated staff who
regulator members – ensures
can provide the technical skills,
that these courses meet not only
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legislative requirements but the
management and leadership
Ship Visits
needs of employers and
Careers at Sea Ambassadors
the individual.
Pilot Programme
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