• Marine Recruiting Agency trained 23% more people

    2022 February 3

    Marine Recruiting Agency trained 23% more people

    In 2021, Training Center of Marine Recruiting Agency LLC (MRA) trained 2,632 specialists for the stevedoring and road construction industries, 23% more than over the previous year.

    Under the programmes of basic professional education, MRA trained 1,928 people (+53%, year-on-year). 1,366 trainees of that number got their first trade certificates. The most popular programmes were those of “Dock Engineer”, “Slingsman” and “Tallyman”. Retraining and advanced professional education courses were completed by 562 people under the following programmes: “Fork Lift Operator, Category D”, “Crane Operator”, “Signalman-Connector”, “Operator of Telescopic Container Loader”.

    In 2021, Marine Recruiting Agency trained students of industry-focused educational institutions: Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping, College of Admiral Makarov SUMIS, Saint-Petersburg Sea Fishing College and D.N. Senyavin Marine Technical College. Almost 200 students passed training programmes of “Slingsman” and “Tallyman”. MRA Training Center had developed specially customized programmes for students taking into account their fundamental knowledge. The practical training was arranged at the facilities of Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg JSC.

    Additional training programmes were selected by 704 people (-21%, year-on-year) with “Labour Safety” and “Fire Safety Basics” being the most popular ones, as usual.

    In the reported period, Marine Recruiting Agency organized “Communicative Culture” and “Human Resources” courses to develop the competence of managers and specialists of the industry companies.

    In the navigation season, Marine Recruiting Agency offered a “Small Craft Navigation” course. It will be offered again in March of the current year.