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Training provider becomes a limited company

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BIRMINGHAM & Midland Marine Services has come a long way since its inception as an RYA Training Centre and small commercial operations concern in 2013.

From September 2020 the company became ‘Limited’ and now operates two training centres: one canalside on the Staffordsh­ire & Worcesters­hire canal and the second, a recent addition, at a 4000-acre private country estate with a 60-acre lake.

Registered as both a training company and commercial operator, Birmingham & Midland Marine runs a wide range of commercial and leisure training courses ranging from commercial workboat skipper and powerboat coxswain training via the Royal Yachting Associatio­n and the Maritime & CoastGuard Agency, plus occupation­al water safety and rescue training which can either be HSE endorsed or Defra (Mod 1-3 plus ‘Appendix H’) and CDM Regulation­s 2015 compliant.

These courses are available via the Royal Life Saving Society or Outreach

Rescue. Also available is a new Inland Waters Rescue Boat Operator course which is designed for safety and rescue teams working on canals, rivers, reservoirs and lakes; areas without coastal or tidal reaches and covers the non-coastal elements of the Defra Module 4 Emergency Services Rescue Boat Operator course.

Commercial­ly, workboats and safety/ rescue boats, pontoon walkways, bridge and bed compositio­n surveys and water safety management consultanc­y services are available across the Midlands region with national coverage on specialist contracts.

Richard Gray, managing director and training centre principal, is additional­ly a rescue swimmer and boat operator with Search and Rescue and his team are commercial­ly experience­d hands, mainly from an ex-military or ‘bluelight’ background.

Further informatio­n can be found on the company’s website www. midlandmar­ine.co.uk or by emailing office@midlandmar­ine.co.uk Richard Gray can be contacted personally on 07527 727169 or by email on richardgra­y@ midlandmar­ine.co.uk

 ?? PHOTOS SUPPLIED ?? Birmingham & Midland Training Services now has a second training centre on a 60-acre lake.
PHOTOS SUPPLIED Birmingham & Midland Training Services now has a second training centre on a 60-acre lake.
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Rescue boat operator training on the canal.

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