BAE Systems Begins Building Shipbuilding Academy in Glasgow
BAE Systems announced construction has begun on a new Applied Shipbuilding Academy at its Scotstoun shipyard on the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow, as the company bolsters its efforts to develop future talent.Designed to support the development of the entire workforce, from apprentices to senior leaders, the Academy will comprise of a Modern Trade Hall and a Flexible Learning Hub. It will also serve to upskill the existing workforce while attracting new talent.A historic industrial building will be retrofitted to become the Modern Trade Hall, with areas dedicated to each shipbuilding trade
Mark Heward Named Director at MITAGS
TELIC (Iraqi Freedom) deployment providing force protection to Iraqi national oil infrastructure. In 2010, Heward was selected for Command, serving onboard the DASHER, where he was tasked to deliver Military Aid to Civil Powers (MACP) during force protection operations for High Value Units on the River Clyde. He worked alongside Strathclyde and MOD Police forces as well as 43 CDO Royal Marines, culminating in assuming Command of the Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron in 2012.Promoted in 2013, Heward completed his Principal Warfare Officer training and served on HM Ships WESTMINSTER and SOMERSET as Operations
Womersley Joins Stream Marine Training
Stream Marine Training has boosted its management team as Katy Womersley, former General Manager of Clyde Marine Training, moves over the River Clyde where she takes up the role of Operations Director at Stream Marine Careers.Womersley brings her extensive experience in the maritime industry where, as a former seafarer, she began her career as a deck cadet before qualifying and working in the offshore and short sea trade. Upon moving ashore Katy Womersley was initially responsible for the delivery, development and growth of short courses as an STCW & HSE instructor before being promoted and moving
Lifeline Offered to Ferguson Shipyard Apprentices
Apprentices at the last remaining shipyard on the River Clyde which has gone bust were thrown a lifeline. The five were among 70 workers who were told on Friday that Ferguson Shipbuilders they were being made redundant. The yard in Port Glasgow, which dates back to 1902, is the last commercial shipbuilder operating on the Clyde. Representatives from Greenock-based Garvel Clyde, which is owned by Dales Group, met the youngsters Monday and offered them jobs at its dry dock/ship repair facility. Michael Milne, general manager and director of Aberdeen-based Dales Marine Services, said Fergusons
