From entrusted to right: Gilles Gagnon, VP and also General Manager, Atlantic Towing; Reg Gladstone, AMTEP Officer and also Job Coach, Coast Salish Employment & & Training Society; Michelle Traore, Director Continuing Education and also Contract Training, Camosun College; Sherri Bell, President, Camosun College; Tim Brownlow, Director Industry Relations, Atlantic Towing; Geoff Wilmshurst, VP Partnerships, Camosun College
Camosun College, a neighborhood university in Victoria, British Columbia, is to obtain a brand-new modern aquatic simulator, with the assistance of C$ 700,000 in financing from J.D. Irving business Atlantic Towing Limited (ATL).
ATL has actually scheduled the financing to be given over a three-year duration by one more Irving business, Irving Shipbuilding,Inc (ISI) as component of a dedication made under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy.
The simulator will certainly enable Camosun to supply a broader variety of training courses and also create a Cadet/Bridgewatch program, expanding the variety of aquatic specialists going into an important sector.
“We have been working with multiple Indigenous communities and Camosun College to develop Bridgewatch and Culinary programs for nearly two years,” stated Gilles Gagnon, Vice President and also General Manager of ATL. “The simulator upgrade is a fantastic step forward in the Bridgewatch program.”
“Our programs are focused on giving students the skills they need for a range of in-demand careers,” stated Sherri Bell, President ofCamosun College “The generous support from Atlantic Towing and Irving Shipbuilding for a new marine simulator will allow more students to train closer to home.”
A SOLID VISIBILITY ON CANADA’S WEST SHORE
Saint John, New Brunswick, headquartered ATL has actually been functioning to develop a solid visibility on Canada’sWest Coast In August 2018, adhering to a strenuous and also clear proposal procedure, the Canadian Coast Guard granted a three-year agreement to ATL for the stipulation of 2 emergency situation offshore lugging vessels that run in B.C/ seaside waters. These vessels– the Eagle and also the Raven– can lugging huge business ships in distress, assisting to avoid possible aquatic contamination occurrences, aid with search and also rescue procedures, and also adding to Canada’sOceans Protection Plan
In April, 2019, ATL introduced that discussions with Coastal First Nation Communities had actually caused 3 brand-new connections: a Joint Venture Agreement in between Songhees Events and also Catering and also ESS-Compass Group Canada; an agreement with Salish Sea Industrial Services; and also, a strategy to execute Bridgewatch and also Culinary training programs for neighborhood pupils by means ofCamosun College
PROCEEDED ASSISTANCE OF COASTAL FIRST COUNTRY COMMUNITIES
Camosun College runs 2 schools on the Traditional Territories of the Lekwungen and also W̱SÁNEĆ individuals on Vancouver Island, and also its Camosun Coastal Center is housed onSonghees Nation Territory The facility of a Bridgewatch program will certainly enable possible cadets (Indigenous and also non-Indigenous) to remain on Vancouver Island to finish their training. Currently, pupils thinking about seafaring or aquatic solutions have to leave the island to obtain essential training.
“In supporting the nautical simulator upgrade and development of the Bridgewatch program, I believe we can help grow the number of marine professionals entering the industry,” stated Gilles Gagnon, Vice President and also General Manager of ATL. “This will help reduce the barriers of entry by making marine education more affordable to all and accessible to students in Western Canada. We look forward to hiring cadets local to British Columbia.”
NAVI-TRAINER SIMULATOR
A brand-new Navi-Trainer Professional 5000 simulator will certainly be provided by Transas, currently a component ofWartsila Its training capacities consist of:
- Ship handling
- ARPA
- ECDIS
- AIS
- Bridge Team Management
- Tug and also barge handling procedures
- Offshore procedures and also DP system use
- Anchor handling
- Ice navigating
- Search and also rescue procedures
- Pilot training
- High rate craft
- Fishing procedures
- Naval applications
- Vessel web traffic administration for accreditation and also training of VTS workers Research jobs for ship modeling, harbor and also fairway style
