Tuesday, 02 December 2008

NAFC ENGINEER CADET SECURES UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY

One of the NAFC Marine Centre’s recent engineer graduates has the unique opportunity to work on the British Antarctic Survey ship RRS Ernest Shackleton.  Bobby Slater from Tresta applied for the position immediately after obtaining his Engineering Officer of the Watch certificate.

During his last sea phase as a cadet he was placed with British Antarctic Surveys on board RRS Ernest Shackleton.  He enjoyed the experience so much that he decided to apply for a job when he completed his training and was successful in securing the role of junior engineer officer.

Commenting on the achievement, NAFC Marine Centre liaison officer Caroline Hepburn said: “Bobby is a very pleasant and capable young man who obtained his professional qualification by studying here at NAFC Marine Centre.  He completed an HND in Mechanical Engineering, SVQ Level III in Marine Engineering Operations, MNTB Workshop Skills certificate and passed the final MCA Oral examination.

“Throughout his cadet training, he was sponsored by SIC Ferries through Ship Safe Training Group Ltd and has gained worldwide seagoing experience.  At one time last year he was the most southerly cadet in the world.

“Now in the Antarctic until early spring, Bobby is one of the supervisors to another NAFC engineer cadet, James Irvine from Whalsay, who is completing his last sea phase before returning to NAFC in mid April to undertake final exams.”

Further information:

For further information, please contact: Caroline Hepburn, NAFC Marine Centre, tel 01595 772000, email caroline.hepburn@nafc.uhi.ac.uk or visit www.nafc.ac.uk

Or, Louise Rosie, Shaw Marketing and Design Ltd, tel 01595 2465 or email louise.rosie@shaw-online.com