Training – Page 6
-
News
BVI launches ‘Back to the Sea’ marine industry training program
Cash injection to “re-engage” various community colleges and other training providers with broad spectrum of marine industry jobs
-
News
ABYC inaugural educator training conference next week
The American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) will host its inaugural Marine Service Technology Educator Training Conference from July 23-25 at the Hornor Maritime Center in Annapolis, Maryland.
-
News
Florida yacht service apprenticeship program becomes reality
Young people looking for a future in the yachting industry have a new path to such a career with Florida’s first registered Yacht Service Technician Apprenticeship, which will provide attendees a basic set of shipyard skills upon completion of the two-year program.
-
News
UK marine college signs MoU with Korean utilities firm
The UK-based South Devon Marine Academy (SDMA) is continuing to build connections around the world by recently signing a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ with WaterwayPlus Corp, the national utility company providing water services for South Korea.
-
News
Correct Craft partners with local college on ‘amphibious vehicle’
Correct Craft, in partnership with Cleveland State Community College (CSCC), has provided resources and facilities for a mechatronics class designing and building an amphibious vehicle that will operate on land and water. The class of third and fourth-year high school students taking the advanced college class started with a 14ft ...
-
News
R&C MD issues ‘plea for help’ to address skills shortage in SA
Catamaran producer Robertson & Caine says a critical skills shortage in the South African boatbuilding sector is threatening the future viability of its massive Cape Town facility.
-
News
Report into Dutch boating sector warns of skills shortage
An industry report into the training of boatyard workers in the Netherlands says weaknesses in schooling combined with a lack of forward-looking management make the Dutch sector insufficiently future-proof.
-
News
Workforce development to be addressed in IBEX Super Session
‘Challenges and Solutions for Workforce Development’ will be the subject of a Super Session at the 2019 International Boatbuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) on 30 September, in advance of the show’s official opening in Tampa, Florida.
-
News
Cowes Enterprise takes on new maritime course curriculum
Initiative to overcome skills gap and help young people win jobs
-
News
Sanlorenzo Academy launches new training course
Italian superyacht yard Sanlorenzo has added a new post-diploma course to the Sanlorenzo Academy for training installers and system maintenance technicians.
-
News
EBI: EU must end smorgasbord of boating sector training norms
European Boating Industry (EBI), the Brussels-based lobby of the European leisure marine industry, is urging the EU to end the lack across of common rules across Europe on acquiring boating sector skills and vocational training.
-
News
Correct Craft employees go back to school
Correct Craft and its sister boat company subsidiaries and sending employees back to school with the creation of Correct Craft University (CCU) to improve the skills of employees at all levels of the organisation.
-
News
Boating BC awards training scholarships
A Canadian marine trade association has awarded scholarships to three students studying to become marine service technicians. Boating BC, representing the recreational boating industry in the Pacific coast province of British Columbia, announced the recipients of its 2019 Glenn Spartz Scholarships this week.
-
News
Rhode Island show features student boats from marine trade program
The North Providence, Rhode Island school district’s marine trades program was the centrepiece of the recent Providence Boat Show; not only displaying and selling student-built boats but touting the program’s academic and work-placement success.
-
News
Training programme launched to tackle superyacht skills shortage in Australia
First of its kind programme aims to address looming welding skills shortage in the marine sector
-
News
Centurion, Supreme partner with MRAA on dealer certification
The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas (MRAA) and the Centurion and Supreme boat brands have partnered to make it easier for the boatbuilders’ dealers to achieve Marine Industry Certified Dealership status.
-
News
New Zealand Industry Association welcomes 72 new marine apprentice graduates
The New Zealand Marine and Composites Industry Training Organisation (NZMACITO) celebrated the graduation of 72 new apprentice trainees last week during a gala celebration at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland.
-
News
MRAA, Nautique expand dealer certification
A partnership between the Marine Retailers Association of America (MRAA) and Nautique Boats has seen more than half of the boatbuilder’s dealers achieve Marine Industry Certified Dealership status.
-
News
Sanlorenzo launches Captains Academy
Italian boatbuilder Sanlorenzo has announced the launch of the Captains Acadamy – a week-long training course held at the yard’s premises from November 26-30.
-
News
Massachusetts Marine Trade Association receives US$100,000 toward workforce development
The Massachusetts Marine Trades Association (MMTA) has been awarded $100,000 from the State of Massachusetts to support workforce development and career technical education in the marine trades.