The training contract will focus on resource management and teamwork
The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) has entered into a five-year contract with FORCE Technology for simulator based training of 350 pilots and VTS operators.
The training contract will focus on resource management and teamwork between pilots and VTS operators.
“We chose FORCE Technology because of their high competence level and their experience gained through many years of conducting training with a strong focus on human factors and pedagogical methods within simulator based training,” explained Jon Leon Ervik, head of centre for pilotage and VTS in Norway.
During the five year period, FORCE will conduct training of about 350 Norwegian pilots and VTS operators at its simulator training centre in Lyngby, Denmark.
In addition, FORCE is to set up a state-of-the-art simulation facility at the Integrated Simulation Centre (ISC) at Singapore Polytechnic (SP).
Down the years, FORCE said that it had established very good business relations with Singapore and holds a considerable customer base in the region.
However, until recently, all contracts have been handled from Denmark, but the local market development and the new contract led FORCE to open a permanent business base in Singapore.
The company will be working in close co-operation with Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA) at SP and the Maritime Port Authority (MPA) to further develop its knowledge, advanced training, certification, research and innovation in the maritime field.
One of the means of achieving this is to develop the ISC into a maritime simulator centre with a wide range of capabilities to support the local maritime industry and to meet the needs of the international maritime industry, the company said.
Source: Tanker Operator