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Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST) is a dedicated marine and offshore safety training facility associated with South Tyneside College and South Shields Marine School.

The Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST) is located a few minutes walk from our bed and breakfast accommodation on Wapping Street in South Shields on the south bank of the River Tyne.

The Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST) is one of South Tyneside College’s primary sites for delivering short safety courses and practical offshore training to seafarers, offshore personnel and students on maritime programmes.

The Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST) is locatated on Wapping Street, South Shields, NE33 1LQ and sits on the riverside close to other South Shields Marine School facilities.

The Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST) is located separate from the main South Tyneside College (now Tyne Coast College St George’s Avenue South Shields NE34 6ET) campus on St George’s Avenue and from the South Shields Marine School buildings on Grosvenor Road.

Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST)’s primary purpose is the delivery of practical safety and emergency preparedness training tailored to the maritime and offshore sectors.

Typical learners at Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST) include merchant navy cadets, ratings, offshore wind and energy personnel, contractors who work offshore and any maritime or offshore workforce members who require industry-standard safety qualifications and refresher training.

The Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST) in South Shields supports both initial induction and refresher courses that are commonly required by employers in shipping, offshore energy, and related industries.

Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST) has purpose-built practical training facilities including a survival training pool used for sea-survival exercises and Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) drills. There is also a firefighting training rig for live and simulated fire response practice.

Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST) is used to deliver a mix of industry-standard short courses and certificated safety programmes.

Popular courses at the Wapping Street training centre include Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET) and refresher variants, further offshore emergency training, combined survival and firefighting courses, advanced firefighting, and other OPITO-aligned and maritime safety modules tailored to the offshore and renewables sectors. These short programmes are intended to meet the training requirements set by employers and by sector accreditation bodies, enabling delegates to work offshore or to maintain statutory/contractual safety certifications.

Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST) functions as part of the broader maritime teaching and training ecosystem run by South Tyneside College (now Tyne Coast College St George’s Avenue South Shields NE34 6ET) and South Shields Marine School.

The Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST) provides the practical safety and emergency training components that support maritime apprenticeships, officer training streams, and short-course provision for industry.

Many of the South Tyneside College (now Tyne Coast College St George’s Avenue South Shields NE34 6ET’s higher-level maritime and engineering programmes therefore rely on the Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST) (and South Shields Marine School’s other specialist facilities) to deliver compulsory practical elements of professional training.

Because the Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST) delivers OPITO-style and other industry-recognised safety programmes, it attracts international delegates from merchant shipping, offshore oil & gas, offshore renewables including wind farm technicians, and commercial vessel operations.

Local and regional industry partners use the facility for employee training and refresher courses.

The centre’s riverside location and proximity to the college’s marine workshops and simulators make it practical for multi-disciplinary course delivery. For example, combining sea-survival training, firefighting practice and simulator-based emergency drills.

Our bed and breakfast accommodation has welcomed 1,000’s of Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST) single-day and multi-day course attendees and visitors over the years.

We even have an exclusive online booking accommodation rate available for those attending courses or visiting Marine and Offshore Safety Training Centre (MOST)…

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