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Serco has announced that three of its trainee tug masters have successfully completed their training at Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Portsmouth, with the assistance of the Royal Navy and Serco colleagues in the UK.
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Alicia Pollock, Ben Naismith and Blake Thompson spent five weeks with Serco’s maritime services team at HMNB Portsmouth and Devonport in the UK as part of their training, with Pollock and Naismith presented with their certificates by Second Sea Lord, Vice Admiral Nick Hine, CB.
"This is the culmination of work that the Serco team has been doing with their opposite numbers from Serco’s Australian Fleet Marine Services Contract (FMSC) to assist with their tug master training program," a release from Serco said.
"Serco’s UK team provides support services to the Royal Navy at naval bases across the UK and has a well-developed structured training and competency checking program, plus a pool of tug training masters. The Australian team provide very similar services to the Royal Australian Navy and requested assistance from the UK team to help deliver a tug training package at three of the RAN’s bases in Perth, Darwin and Sydney. The two Serco contracts are half a world away from each other, but both face the same operational challenges and need for high quality support from their naval customers."
The UK and Australian teams have worked together to devise a structure and framework to meet the requirement of the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA).
"The initial work we have done together with our Australian colleagues has been very successful," Serco maritime services contract director Rob Hales said.
"It has demonstrated the strength that Serco can bring through its international customer base and global reach. This has been a great opportunity to cross-pollinate ideas and training across the world, and these achievements have laid good foundations for future training and further co-operation between the two teams to share our skills and knowledge and enhance our support for our naval customers. The Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy are similarly strengthening their existing ties and it is important that the Serco team is also sharing our expertise across the globe.”
