SECTION SPONSOR
TRAINING
BUILDING ON OVER 150 YEARS OF MARITIME TRAINING HISTORY IN THE NORTH EAST
South Tyneside has been a world leading centre for Marine Engineering for over 150 years and has built an unrivalled reputation for marine education and skills.
The college hosts the world’s most advanced bridge and engine room simulator together with substantial marine engineering workshops and classrooms. All key elements in providing an excellent learning experience and high quality training for technicians.
EXTENSIVE FACILITIES
The Safety Training Centre has extensive facilities which have been developed to provide the most realistic environments possible.
This includes an 18m tower with mock nacelle for a full range of working at height and rescue activities, fire training centre and hub rescue.
The Centre incorporates an 18 metre x 10 metre, 4 metre deep environmental pool which is used for survival training. It is equipped with a variable wave pattern generator, wind, rain, light and sound effects and an 8-seater helicopter escape module, capable of being used to simulate capsize situations and helicopter winching arrangements.
INDUSTRY DEMAND
The demand for skilled technicians led STL to look towards the military for potential recruits.
STL pioneered a 3 week training programme – Certificate in Safety in Offshore Wind Energy Level 3 which is approved for ELCAS funding for service leavers and ex service personnel and by the Career Transition Partnership and is also an RTN recommended programme.
This course for service leavers has been running very successfully for almost 2 years and includes GWO and RUK certification enabling them to move directly in to the industry.
Safety Technology and its partners in Denmark and Sweden have more than 15 years’ experience in the renewable energy sector and in particular in the development of training and safety equipment for offshore wind.
COLLABORATION
It seemed only natural that these two organisations should come together to be able to offer the renewables industry such a wealth of experience combined with the new capabilities driven by the demands of this growing sector.
ACCREDITATIONS
Safety Technology (STL) has been very active in the development and accreditation of training within RenewableUK and indeed in its former years as BWEA. This has subsequently involved the establishment of GWO (Global Wind Organisation) training programmes and accreditations which are now widely accepted throughout the industry.
MARINE TRAINING CENTRE Safety Technology and the Marine Training Centre have worked closely together to develop a world class training facility in South Shields for offshore wind turbine technicians including Europe’s first offshore transfer simulator.
CONTINUED INNOVATION AND PROGRESS
The company is continually enhancing the training provision by working closely with the customers and end users and was one of the first providers to offer specialised rescue in the UK for hubs and blades. The relationships in Denmark and Sweden ensure that there is a very close and regular dialogue with the world’s leading turbine developers and owners helping the company to continually innovate both training and products.
Bob Dickens Safety Technology
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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