MTCS had yet another busy day at the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) fair and the Dewars Conference Centre in Perth.  The resettlement fairs are held up and down the country throughout the year and are open to members of HM forces seeking guidance and advice on pursuing new careers after leaving the forces.

Building upon the success of our attendance at the European CTP fair in Herford, Germany; MTCS were on hand to advise and help individuals interested in the world class training and Competence Management schemes that Maritime Training & Competence Solutions provide.

MTCS Ltd have now held the preferred suppliers badge for well over a year.  Ian Durrell, Director of Services said, “Being awarded the ‘preferred supplier’ status means we are recognised for our industry renowned high standards”. Delegates who may be interested in the course can see the independent ratings given by past MTCS graduates from the forces, on the ELC website. At the time of publishing MTCS’s rating from past service personnel was 96%.

Training many ex-military personnel has provided the market with a wealth of MTCS competent ROV Pilot Technicians who have the necessary work ethics and transferable skill sets to embark on a rewarding and successful career.

Director of Services, Ian, having previously served more than twenty years in the forces stated “Many of the transferable skills our delegates possess from the military are openly sought after within the industry. Employers like to see individuals who are very hard working, conscientious, highly trained and reliable.”

The key differential that sets Maritime Training & Competence Solutions training in a class of its own is that we are the only training provider in the world to offer competency schemes to develop professional qualifications and certification long after our delegate’s initial course. It is fair to say that no other training provider is able to give such rounded and continuous training so far after the delegate’s initial course.

The MTCS Competence Scheme allows our graduates to work through the various competencies to achieve certification as; Pilot Tech 1, Submersible Engineer, Supervisor through to Offshore Supervisor. This is completed when offshore and is deployed to our graduates on either a flash drive or CD-Rom.

16^th March 2010

Ian Durrell (right)

MTCS Ltd had a successful day at the CTP careers and training fair in north Germany. We met numerous men and women who are looking into training for careers within the offshore industry, many of whom had been recommended by their peers to look into MTCS’s courses. MTCS director of services and senior trainer Mr Ian Durrell was on hand to advise on careers within the offshore industry and our ELC funded courses, such as our ROV Pilot Technician course and our Maritime Security Officer Course. Those entitles to ELC funding can save up to 80% on our courses.

9^th/10^th/11^th March 2010

The London Excel venue was again packed for this year’s biennial Oceanology event.  Over the three days the event was held, almost 7000 visitors passed through the doors from a range of 75 countries. Total attendance figures saw a growth of 4% on the previous events record. 

24^th/25^th February 2010

MTCS Ltd enjoyed an interesting and informative series of seminars and discussions at this year’s safety conference, held at the Marriott Hotel, Singapore. The theme for this years event was ‘Safety is our Common Language’.  The various topics raised lots of varying views and ideas in particular with reference to Competence Management within the offshore industry. A key consensus coming through was that self regulation is quite simply not enough; companies need to be establishing formal and regulated competence management schemes.

10^th/11^th February 2010

Doug Greenhough (left) instructing Lord Hunt (centre)

The Subsea UK exhibition and conference kicked off on the 10^th and 11^th of February at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. Subsea UK is the largest subsea oil and gas exhibition of its kind in Europe. Over 2,000 delegates and 200 exhibitors attended Subsea 2010 which focused on international opportunities for UK businesses in the sector following the theme of ‘Riding the next Wave’.

The conference program welcomed many of the industry leaders, contractors and suppliers to give their views on the major issues currently affecting the subsea industry. Conference delegates also welcomed key note speaker Lord Hunt (Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change) along with Jim Murphy (Secretary of State) and a range of further speakers from the UK, Murmansk region and Brazil.

MTCS Ltd helped to provide training for the simulator on the ISS stand and we’re on hand to discuss various training and competency needs with delegates and exhibitors alike. Our IT & simulator coordinator Doug Greenhough, had the opportunity of guiding Lord Hunt on how to fly an ROV on the simulator.

MTCS Ltd have been working with Integrated Subsea Services LTD (ISS) who are leading the way in companywide competence management. ISS Management believe that investing in the development of their people is the key to achieving business objectives, retaining valued personnel and providing an assured service to their client base.

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Windermere based Maritime Training and Competence Solutions Ltd (MTCS) has announced it has won a major contract to set up a maritime training centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in partnership with PAL Maritime with funding provided by the Malaysian government.

Richard Warburton, Managing Director, said “We are delighted to have secured this contract which comes on the back of our strong track record in the sector in the far East and particularly our work with PAL Maritime – an ROV operation based Kuala Lumpur.  The oil and gas industry in the far East is thriving but training facilities there remain limited.  We will be organizing a major training schedule for PAL staff at our facilities in Windermere to build their expertise and knowledge,with our trainers overseeing quality and content our long term aim is for local staff to be able deliver MTCS training in country”.

Sales & Marketing: Laura Postlethwaite (left) Judith Moore (right)

MTCS Ltd exhibited at this year’s very successful BWEA31 event and careers fair in Liverpool on 20th-22nd October 2009.

Over 3,450 delegates attended the event and 400 visitors passed through the doors of the careers fair. We experienced a huge wealth of interest in our courses; in particular our ROV open courses targeted towards the renewable industry and have since taken additional bookings for our 2010 courses.

As we expected there is a growing interest towards jobs within the renewables industry and the topic of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV’s) has been no exception. The ROV industry appears to have proved very popular to those looking for a career change or new challenge. ROV’s are an essential part of the offshore industry due to their adaptability to operate in environments that are considered too deep and sometimes dangerous for divers.

Our managing director Richard Warburton met with many business friends old and new and received a number of very interesting leads and opportunities from the event. It was great to see so many young people at the careers fair looking for new opportunities within the renewable energy industry and in particular those wishing to expand their skill set into the ROV sector.

Thank you to all those who visited us and came over for a chat and to those who we spoke to regarding careers within the industry; we look forward to attending the next BWEA32 in Glasgow next year, hope to see you there!