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Mass Maritime first in nation to offer all five Global Wind Organization (GWO) training modules for working out on open water to build wind turbines.

Atlantic Cape awarded $3 million to establish wind industry training program Published by Offshore wind farm The New Jersey Economic Development Authority and the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education Monday announced that Atlantic Cape Community College has won the New Jersey Offshore Wind Safety Training Challenge, and will receive $3 million to establish an industry-recognized offshore wind safety training program and facility to prepare New Jersey workers for jobs in the state’s growing offshore wind industry. The Offshore Wind Safety Training Challenge is part of Gov...

© Wan Fahmy Redzuan Wan Muhammad / Adobe Stock The modern merchant mariner is required to be competent in a number of skills and knowledge areas, such as firefighting, CPR, vessel security and even how to work as a team. Absent from this list is the mariner’s role in fighting climate change. Maybe it’s time for that to change. The Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) is an internationally recognized set of rules that set minimum standards and competencies for mariners to perform their jobs effectively and safely. Before STCW was formed in 1978 it was left to indivi...

December 30, 2020, by Adrijana Buljan CWind Taiwan will sponsor up to 100 Taiwanese students and local fishermen who want to participate in a Global Wind Organisation (GWO) pilot project, which will provide a general introduction into the offshore wind industry and fundamentals of the GWO working-at-height and sea survival modules. The company is organising five sessions open to individuals from local universities, technical colleges, and the fishing association as part of the GWO pilot project which began earlier this month. Along with an opportunity to ga...