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its site in Teesside. Te company’s new centre of excellence includes 23.7m tall wind turbine tower and an external boat transfer simulator for a range of realistic offshore wind training courses, alongside a 72m square rigging and workshop area to deliver Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation (OPITO)-accredited and Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) courses (Fig. 1). According to the company, these additions to the existing centre will mean that it is one of the most comprehensive offshore wind health and safety training bases in the UK, for both pool-based survival training and outdoor practical training. Teesside centre manager Bill Whyman said of
the developments: “Our new facility will allow us to deliver a wider range of specialised industrial courses. It houses a purpose-built workshop area, complete with split level rigging frames and rigging loft. In addition the main hall provides ample space for practical industrial training courses in basic forklift, mobile elevated work platforms, scaffolding, confined space and working at heights. To be able to deliver a whole suite of industry accredited courses and bespoke courses either at our centre or at client premises is highly beneficial to a number of our existing and prospective new clients.” Business development manager for renewable energy at Falck Nutec, Lisa Dodds, added that: “I am very pleased with how the launch of our new
renewables and industrial training facility went. We had a good turnout of attendees from across the region and further afield, representing both the wind industry and general industry as a whole. Te demonstrations we ran to showcase our training tower and boat transfer simulator were particularly well received.”
Meanwhile the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI), a public-private partnership between the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), the Irish Naval Service (INS) and Focus Education, has launched five new offshore courses.
Fig. 1. A range of brand new facilities meet the demands for offshore training.
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