Training provider becomes a limited company
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