{"id":16481,"date":"2024-02-12T15:26:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T15:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westway-park.com\/?p=16481"},"modified":"2024-03-01T14:44:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T14:44:01","slug":"clyde-training-solutions-announce-build-of-new-safety-training-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westway-park.com\/?p=16481","title":{"rendered":"Clyde Training Solutions announce build of new safety training centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Clyde Training Solutions (CTS), one of the largest providers of Marine, Offshore and Renewables safety training in the United Kingdom has opened a new training centre in Greater Glasgow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bespoke facilities based at Westway Park near Glasgow Airport utilise the White Cart Water, a River Clyde tributary to provide a range of industry approved on-water training to certify and prepare industry professionals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The site includes a dock and gangway, fast rescue crafts and lifeboats, industry-specific launch infrastructure and an onshore learning centre featuring two 16-person classrooms and a canteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The centre also includes drying, storage, maintenance and first aid rooms, along with communal areas, changing and shower facilities and car parking spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The site complements CTS\u2019s current training infrastructure in Clydebank which includes a deep-water pool, fire safety site, indoor learning centre and dedicated GWO Renewables industry training site.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kris McDonald, General Manager, Clyde Training Solutions, said:<\/strong> \u201cThe development of our new training centre is the next natural step in the growth of CTS and further expands our Training Portfolio for the shipping and energy sectors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis new site provides a cost efficient and centrally placed solution that offers high-end, effective training, ultimately delivering more skilled and competent workforces, in line with our ethos \u2018Competency Beyond Compliance\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIndustry professionals in the Central Belt do not require to attend initial or further training in the Northeast of Scotland for this on-water training, saving hundreds of pounds in travel and accommodation costs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maritime training courses have received certification from the Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency for courses including STCW PSCRB (Initial and Updated), and STCW Fast Rescue Boat (Initial and Updated).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon completion of current ongoing audits, the centre will also meet offshore accreditation criteria from industry body OPITO, offering a range of courses including OPITO Twin Fall Coxswain (Initial and Further), OPITO Fast Rescue Craft (Coxswain and Boatman) and OPITO ITSO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several new jobs have been created.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gregor King, Westway Asset Manager of Canmoor added:<\/strong> \u201cWe are thrilled to have Clyde Training Solutions as the latest high-profile occupier at the park. Access to the water was key and our dock facility provides the ideal base for this bespoke training facility.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn addition, Westway offers a convenient central belt location, with great communications, as well as a 24-hour secure site.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14539\" class=\"elementor elementor-14539\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77bdcc8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"77bdcc8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c04879c\" data-id=\"c04879c\" 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Sommerville \u2013 Survival and Marine Team Lead, Samuel Perkins \u2013 Marine Instructor, Kris McDonald \u2013 General Manager, Clyde Training Solutions and Jamie Clark \u2013 Senior Marine Instructor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d044852 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d044852\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1177\" src=\"https:\/\/westway-park.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Layer-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16483\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westway-park.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Layer-2.png 2048w, https:\/\/westway-park.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Layer-2-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/westway-park.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Layer-2-1024x589.png 1024w, 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Glasgow.&nbsp; The bespoke facilities based at Westway Park near Glasgow Airport utilise the White Cart Water, a River Clyde tributary to provide a range of industry approved on-water training to certify and prepare industry professionals.&nbsp; The site includes a dock and gangway, fast rescue crafts and lifeboats, industry-specific launch infrastructure and an onshore learning centre featuring two 16-person classrooms and a canteen. The centre also includes drying, storage, maintenance and first aid rooms, along with communal areas, changing and shower facilities and car parking spaces. The site complements CTS\u2019s current training infrastructure in Clydebank which includes a deep-water pool, fire safety site, indoor learning centre and dedicated GWO Renewables industry training site.&nbsp; Kris McDonald, General Manager, Clyde Training Solutions, said: \u201cThe development of our new training centre is the next natural step in the growth of CTS and further expands our Training Portfolio for the shipping and energy sectors.&nbsp; \u201cThis new site provides a cost efficient and centrally placed solution that offers high-end, effective training, ultimately delivering more skilled and competent workforces, in line with our ethos \u2018Competency Beyond Compliance\u2019.&nbsp; \u201cIndustry professionals in the Central Belt do not require to attend initial or further training in the Northeast of Scotland for this on-water training, saving hundreds of pounds in travel and accommodation costs.\u201d Maritime training courses have received certification from the Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency for courses including STCW PSCRB (Initial and Updated), and STCW Fast Rescue Boat (Initial and Updated). Upon completion of current ongoing audits, the centre will also meet offshore accreditation criteria from industry body OPITO, offering a range of courses including OPITO Twin Fall Coxswain (Initial and Further), OPITO Fast Rescue Craft (Coxswain and Boatman) and OPITO ITSO. Several new jobs have been created.&nbsp; Gregor King, Westway Asset Manager of Canmoor added: \u201cWe are thrilled to have Clyde Training Solutions as the latest high-profile occupier at the park. Access to the water was key and our dock facility provides the ideal base for this bespoke training facility.&nbsp; \u201cIn addition, Westway offers a convenient central belt location, with great communications, as well as a 24-hour secure site.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westway-park.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westway-park.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westway-park.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westway-park.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westway-park.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westway-park.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16496,"href":"https:\/\/westway-park.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16481\/revisions\/16496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westway-park.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westway-park.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westway-park.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westway-park.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}