The Careers at Sea website has been
refreshed, with the user journey now more streamlined. Information has been updated with a new section called ‘Life at Sea’ that includes the experiences of offi cer trainees and newly qualifi ed offi cers. This is an excellent tool to engage interested readers. It is also an opportunity for sponsoring companies, nautical colleges and universities to showcase themselves and increase their profi le. Month on month, the Careers at Sea website statistics indicate a high level of activity from new and returning visitors.
Initial research has been undertaken on the
feasibility of these proposed developments. They will be carefully costed and trialled to ensure suitability and usability, and will further highlight the MNTB as the shipping industry’s central body for promoting and developing seafarer education, training and skills.
Careers promotion A number of free and low-cost careers activities have been carried out by the MNTB careers co- ordinator, supported by the Marketing Committee. Social media has been utilised through the Careers at Sea Facebook page and the number of users continues to increase. Email marketing campaigns have targeted career advisers and teachers, while both the number and effectiveness of Careers at Sea Ambassadors have increased.
A proud history of seafarer training The Merchant Navy Training Board is the shipping industry’s
central body for promoting and developing seafarer education, training and skills. With a history stretching back to 1937, when it was
founded by the Chamber of Shipping and its predecessors, the MNTB is the authoritative centre of expertise and information on careers; qualifi cations; education and training; and skill needs and issues in the industry. The MNTB is a voluntary body and a part of the Chamber of Shipping. It is funded by the Chamber and by shipping
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Maritime Skills Alliance The work and role of the Maritime Skills Alliance (MSA) became increasingly important last year. The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) now only provides development funding to Sector Skills Councils, and the MSA is pleased to have been working on a temporary basis with Skills for Justice (SfJ) to achieve funding. SfJ has helped with further development of the Maritime Studies suite of qualifi cations, with the review of the Marine Suite of national occupational standards, and with apprenticeship framework developments. These temporary arrangements will be
replaced next year when the MSA partners with Skills for Logistics (SfL), for which purpose the MSA has become a company limited by guarantee. SfL has recently been successful in the current UKCES bidding round, and the MSA – of which the MNTB is a founding member – will shortly be developing a programme of work with SfL that will ensure maritime skills, qualifi cations, training frameworks and delivery are as effective as possible to meet industry needs into the future.
companies involved in new entrant training. The work of the MNTB is overseen by a board made up
of representatives of shipping companies, seafarer unions, maritime educational establishments and interests, and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). The Department for Transport and the Maritime Skills Alliance are also represented on the board.
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