Why us?
IMS is known to produce the best trained junior Engineers. Feedback from the company’s management and the senior staff of the ships, where our engineers are employed, confirms our belief. The prime reason is the unique method of training.
What Makes Us Unique?
- It is a self-financing, non-profit making institute devoted solely to maritime training.
- It is born out of efforts of the Institute of Marine Engineers (India) and support of local industries without any selfish motive.
- Realizing that all facilities cannot be available at any one training centre, it has amalgamated the best facilities available in various centres.
- Trainees get hands on experience in operation and maintenance of marine machinery on transhippers which are duly registered and classed ships manned by certified officers.
- Trainees are rotated through all the centres (four workshops, 2 transhippers and the various ships which come to Mormugao Port), at regular intervals so that all of them receive the same level of all-round training.
- Full time training instructors are posted at each training centre for continuous guidance and monitoring. They interact with the coordinating officers who are employees of the respective training centres.
- Trainees are assessed periodically through written and oral examinations in addition to the terminal and final examinations.
- The faculty includes experienced marine engineers, and engineers qualified in other respective subjects. Guest lectures are also arranged on specialized subjects.
- A continuous mentoring system is in place, where Chief Engineers in Goa meet a group of students every 3 months to keep them posted about the latest developments on ships. The healthy interaction clears many doubts which the students have related to their work and attitude on ship.
- IMS is graded A1 by Lloyd’s Register Asia under the Comprehensive Inspection Programme Guidelines of the Director General of Shipping. IMS has been also audited by FOSMA & MASSA and is ISO 9001 – 2015 compliant institute.
For workshop training, in addition to our own well-equipped workshop, there are 5 other work centres. e.g.
– Goa Shipyard Ltd.
– Mormugao Port Trust
– Chowgule Shipyard
– Institute of Shipbuilding Technology’s workshop & laboratories.
– Marine Electrical Agencies
The trainees are rotated in each of the above centres for a period of 5 weeks.
The assignments for each centre have been distributed keeping in mind the best facilities available in each centre.
There are well qualified & experienced dedicated training Instructors accompanying the trainees for each centre. The trainees have been given fixed assignments to be completed and each instructor ensures that all the assignments are completed.
Similarly, for afloat training, the trainees in a group of 7 are rotated in each of the following centres.
a)M.V. Royal Sesa
b)M.V. Vishal Hira
c) Goa Shipyard Afloat
d) Jindal South West Port Ltd.
e) Adani Mormugao Port Terminal Ltd.
f) Mormugao Port Trust
First 2 vessels are transhippers, with fully manned Engine room, and all main & auxiliary machinery operating all the time. These vessels are used to tranship iron ore to Large bulk carriers. The trainees get an opportunity of operation, maintenance on these ships on main and aux: machinery, keep engine room watches, and trace all the pumping systems.
By the end of this practical training they are fully capable of carrying out the maintenance work on the engine room machinery, and also are conversant with watchkeeping routine.
In Goa Shipyard Ltd, the trainees get to see new constructions, Engine installation & alignment. On the ships in various stages of construction where they can see all the internals of the tanks and ship structure. They also visit the engine room of the ships and see the engine room and propeller and shafting.
A practical test is given to the trainees at the end of each rotation. Having gone through a thorough practical training in the Engine rooms of the different ships, having various makes of engines, the trainees gain a lot of practical knowledge and are competent and confident of handling routine maintenance jobs on the ships from day one of their joining as Jr. Engineer.
The trainees visit nearly 35 to 40 ships which come to the port during their afloat training. They follow all the safety rules and regulations when entering the engine room, bridge and the deck. They are well familiarised with all the machinery on the ship.