{"id":16221,"date":"2023-11-20T13:13:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T13:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=16221"},"modified":"2023-11-25T04:02:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T04:02:53","slug":"merchant-marine-training-school-mmts-commences-the-boatmaster-grade-i-and-stcw-basic-safety-courses-at-nma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=16221","title":{"rendered":"Merchant Marine Training School (MMTS) Commences the Boatmaster Grade I and STCW Basic Safety Courses \u00a0at NMA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16221\" class=\"elementor elementor-16221\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d16e304 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d16e304\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db3966a\" data-id=\"db3966a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0df2d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0df2d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Stepping into another phase, the Merchant Marine Training School commenced the Boatmaster Grade I \u2013 02 (2023) course and \u00a0STCW\u00a0 Basic Safety course no.08-2023 (S) on 20 Nov 23. The Commandant, Naval and Maritime Academy, Commodore Buddhika Liyanagamage graced the event as the Chief Guest. Opening remark was delivered by the Officer in Charge of MMTS LCdr (N) Dimuthu Kodikara. The\u00a0 Boatmaster Grade I \u2013 02 (2023) comprises of 19 officers whereas \u00a0STCW\u00a0 Basic Safety course no.08 &#8211; 2023(S) consists of 20 sailors. Both courses will be spanned for 5 weeks of time and are scheduled to be terminated on 21<sup>st\u00a0 <\/sup>Dec 23.<\/p><p>The objective of Boatmaster Grade I course is to provide theoretical and practical knowledge to obtain Boatmaster Grade I license. STCW\u00a0 Basic Safety course leads to obtain the Continuous Discharging Certificate (CDC). The courses enhance the competencies of the participants to carry out the duties onboard small commercial vessels and merchant ships in a very successful and effective manner. The courses are conducted in accordance with the directives of the Director General of Merchant Shipping and the International Maritime Organization\u2019s Constitution.<\/p><p>Merchant Marine Training School conducts classes seeking to impart quality training for the course participants with the vision of producing suitable, skilled seafarers for the field of merchant shipping.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>This course will steer the future aspirations of officers who seek second career opportunities onboard small commercial vessels and sailors who wish to retire from the Sri Lanka Navy in near future after serving 22 or minimum 12 years and turning their careers into a new dimension<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64f2d0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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The Commandant, Naval and Maritime Academy, Commodore Buddhika Liyanagamage graced the event as the Chief Guest. Opening remark was delivered by the Officer in Charge of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=16221\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Merchant Marine Training School (MMTS) Commences the Boatmaster Grade I and STCW Basic Safety Courses \u00a0at NMA<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes"},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16221"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16300,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16221\/revisions\/16300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}