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MARITIME WING - CARGO SPECIALIST TRAINING SECTION Once again, the Cargo Training Section had a busy start to 2010 with the changing of the guard with SGT Player and SGT Moody leaving for greener pastures. CPL Farren and CPL Foxley are the new additions to the section and they hit the ground running. After completing their induction training it was then straight into the Instructor Orientation Course followed by the commencement of their Training and Assessment course. This training is required to be completed by all personnel wanting to become instructors within Army. The year has been even busier than the last with the standard two Basic Cargo Specialist Courses, an Advanced Cargo Specialist Course, a Supervisor Cargo Operations Course and Marine Terminal Officers Course. As well as instructing on these courses, the section has been kept busy updating and improving our TMP’s, with a new Basic and Supervisor TMP developed and sent to Development Group. The Supervisor Course was run under the new TMP and was a big success with only minor adjustments to be made. Alas the Basic Cargo TMP will not be released until next year but for the new termites coming through the trade they will gain more qualifications and be more employable for our customer units. These qualifications will include but will not be limited to the following: OH&S in a marine environment Tele-handler code on 8 t Manitou / 4 t JCB Dogging qualification Cargo Visibility System qualification
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Land-Ship training at MW Ships cranes familiarisation
that there is never a dull moment in the Cargo office.
Stevedoring competency The Section has also been looking at computer simulation and e-learning tools for a large part of the Basic Cargo Course as well as e-learning for the Mariner ships load program. This will allow access to all Army personnel who require the knowledge of how to use the ships loading program. The best bit is that they do not have to be at a training establishment to gain the knowledge. This type of training will hopefully take off in leaps and bounds in the New Year. Developing new ideas for training is not just a training establishment responsibility. Army as a whole is responsible so keep that in mind if you have an idea on how to improve your trade. As you can see from a section of six soldiers we have our work cut out which means
WO2 Giampino briefing students at MW
THE YEAR HAS BEEN EVEN BUSIER THAN THE LAST WITH THE STANDARD TWO BASIC CARGO SPECIALIST COURSES, AN ADVANCED CARGO SPECIALIST COURSE, A SUPERVISOR CARGO OPERATIONS COURSE AND MARINE TERMINAL OFFICERS COURSE.