Gordon Marsden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Marsden on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what minimum qualifications staff at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre in Fareham will need in order to discharge the technical duties of that centre when it is fully operational; and what range of qualifications staff currently employed at that centre have.

Stephen Hammond

Existing Coastguard officers who are successful in getting a role at the National Maritime Operations Centre (NMOC) will need to have successfully passed the following training programmes dependent on the role they are undertaking:

· Maritime Search and Rescue – Foundation

· Maritime Search and Rescue – Intermediate

· Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator

New Coastguard Officers recruited into roles at the NMOC will need to have successfully passed the following training programmes dependent on the role they are undertaking:

· HM Coastguard Foundation Programme

· Maritime Operations Officer Programme

· Senior Maritime Operations Officer Programme

Currently the Maritime Operations Officers externally recruited are undertaking the Maritime Operations Officer Programme and will be qualified prior to the NMOC taking on operational duties in September 2014. All existing Coastguard Officers who are currently employed at the NMOC have the requisite qualifications for the posts they hold.