maritime courses
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I just did the Marsec International Course. 3 Weeks and you get everything all in one. It was a pretty hoofing course. Maritime Security | Vessel Security | Ship Security | Maritime Security Companies
soldier4sale
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Try either EOS or Fleetwwod Nautical College's Vessel Protection Officers Course for a look at what they offer.
Try SVS Maritime: maritime security - anti-piracy - security risk management - vessel protection - Vessels Layared Defence System (VLDS) sterling all inclusive course at Fleetwood Maritime Training Academy. Also EOS Risk: EOS Risk Management - Training With EOS - Our Courses. Both are excellent.
Many courses send their guys to Academy Training for their fire fighting at Camel's Head Fire Station in Plymouth. This is a fantastic course and little known to most, they do the whole package very cheaply. I can't find the website as their IT department is crap. The phone number is 01752 363150. Solace, PVI and Neptune guys have been there including serving Royal Marines due for discharge and all agreed that it was the best fire fighting course they had been on (the ones I spoke to anyway). Good luck
Many courses send their guys to Academy Training for their fire fighting at Camel's Head Fire Station in Plymouth. This is a fantastic course and little known to most, they do the whole package very cheaply. I can't find the website as their IT department is crap. The phone number is 01752 363150. Solace, PVI and Neptune guys have been there including serving Royal Marines due for discharge and all agreed that it was the best fire fighting course they had been on (the ones I spoke to anyway). Good luck
cheers guys thanks, just been looking at the marsec international website and thats only up the road from me and sounds really good as well, also ive been in touch with euro tactical maritime firearms course, is it worth my while doing that or is it going to be a useless piece of paper??
The major players are demanding their guys have this qual. I don't really understand what the debate was about firearms training. Do they want to be employed or not? The two main names coming up are ET and Shooting Training Solutions in Poole. Julie at ET is very helpful and friendly. Enjoy all your training and use of credit card!
Just my tuppence but having shelled out all that money with Ronin are you actually expecting any of it to benefit you in Maritime Security? Honestly if you have paid that much for a course like that would you not have been better putting the training to good use on the CP side of life, skill fade is a bitch and experience speaks volumes, dangling that piece of paper after doing the course and then not having used it will be worthless later on, particularly if you think going into Maritime Security is going to bolster up your CV in regards to security.
Seriously, if you have paid for the Ronin course then at least try and get some experience and money back from it first because if you are looking for a CP environment straight off in Maritime security you are going to get bored pretty quickly as it amounts to stagging on for the most part
My advice, is try and get experience first rather than trying to fire in with all the courses, half of the ones that people are doing at the moment for maritime are not needed at all, STCW95 at the moment is the one that will get you in the door, a weapons course if that is what the companies are asking for (and i know of only a handfull that are asking for that so far, but mainly from new applicants anyway), what they are looking for is some form of experience be it operationally and also commercially because one of the biggest parts of this job is remembering that you arent there to brass people up, you are there to keep the client safe and happy and not by creating the impression that the company you are working for is some sort of pirate hunter force looking for trouble, because chances are you will see very little of anything other than a worried crew that shits themselves everytime they see a rifle getting moved from A to B
Seriously, if you have paid for the Ronin course then at least try and get some experience and money back from it first because if you are looking for a CP environment straight off in Maritime security you are going to get bored pretty quickly as it amounts to stagging on for the most part
My advice, is try and get experience first rather than trying to fire in with all the courses, half of the ones that people are doing at the moment for maritime are not needed at all, STCW95 at the moment is the one that will get you in the door, a weapons course if that is what the companies are asking for (and i know of only a handfull that are asking for that so far, but mainly from new applicants anyway), what they are looking for is some form of experience be it operationally and also commercially because one of the biggest parts of this job is remembering that you arent there to brass people up, you are there to keep the client safe and happy and not by creating the impression that the company you are working for is some sort of pirate hunter force looking for trouble, because chances are you will see very little of anything other than a worried crew that shits themselves everytime they see a rifle getting moved from A to B
Davidd, we are an operational MARSEC company trading since 2003 and have over 160 operators out working at sea. Our advice is to look at the requirements from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) which is the UN body that really overseas this industry. They issued a Maritime Security Circular 1405 which details the selection process for shipping companies to chose a maritime security provider. In this it details what is required of operatives. This is basically the overriding set of criteria (regardless of anything on a forum) and we as a Company abide by that otherwise we cant trade, simple! We designed our Vessel Protection Officer course around this. There are a handful of other similar courses available and you can do most of the modules seperately if you wish, at different training centres. Take a look at the circular referred to, this is the best advice anyone can really give you
Leontopodium
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And the correct answer is:
I've done the Ronin cp, mate and I've pretty much been offered maritime workoff the back of the med quals alone...You have a fire arms competency cert fromRonin right? Write that down on the CV, and all the individual modules that areprinted on the cert.
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But I would say that couldn’t be further from the truth.In fact I'd say none of them require it! The biggest companies certainly don't, I work for one and know NO ONE who has done one.
Don't waste your money on more courses (except STCW 95 ) If your CV isn't strong enough to get you work, a few days putting up razor wire, or doing a vhf module won't help.
Thanks Davidd thats good to hear. Regardless of anything we say about our courses the Governing body worldwide is the IMO and their requirements are what everyone has to meet. If I were looking to enter the sector as an operative this advice to meet the requirements of circular 1405 and 1406 is the best advice because it shows you exactly where to spend your money so you dont do inappropriate courses (HUET for example if you arent going to work offshore oil and gas) or a powerboat skippers license when all you are essentialy going to do is stag on on a ship (taking the typical maritime team members role to its most basic). We as an employer screen against this, and any other Company with half an ounce of professionalism will do the same.