
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Unique Group’s training center for Dynamic Positioning (DP) systems has obtained an accreditation from Nautical Institute. The training center, located in Port Harcourt, Nigeria is a JV between Unique Group and Nigeria based Charkin Maritime & Offshore Safety Center.
The training center will offer the DP Basic Operator and DP Simulator Courses which are now certified by the Nautical Institute. The DP Basic Operator course will mainly focus on defining the principles of DP and the components of a DP system. It will also impart knowledge about the relationship between vessel movement, position reference systems, sensors, computers, propulsion units and feedback. The DP Simulator course will help trainees to further enhance their DP knowledge and skills through hands on experience of simulation tasks. The other courses offered are the DP Introduction and DP Technical Courses.
The accredited courses are scheduled to run on a monthly basis.