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UK SHIP WELFARE VISITOR COURSE (SWVC)
This is a two-day course aimed at all employees and volunteers of Constituent Member nautical charities involved with visiting seafarers on board ships and in a port environment. This is as equally valuable to port chaplains as it is to a volunteer driving the minibus. The course includes basic health & safety, understanding ship board/port management and organisation, ship routines and protocol, potential seafarers’ issues and seafarers’ backgrounds. This course is mandatory for all those working for one of the recognised seafarer’s welfare organisations. The ID card, which is issued on completion of the course, is valid for 5 years.
SWVCs for 2008
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20th & 21st June
Aberdeen Harbour Board, 16 Regent Quay, Aberdeen, AB11 5SS.
Tel: 01224 597000 October (Dates and venue to be confirmed)
North East-
December (Dates and venue to be confirmed)
London
SWVCs for 2007
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17th/18th March
Gibraltar – Europa Retreat -
19th/20th May
Immingham – Seafarers Centre (North East)
Lockside Road, Immingham Docks, South Humberside, DN40 2NN
Tel: 01469 574195 -
18th/19th August
North Shields – RNMDSF (N.East & Scotland)
Union Quay, North Shields, Tyne & Wear
Tel: 0191 257 1316 -
20th/21st October
Plymouth, Mountbatten Centre (Plymouth & S. West)
70 Lawrence Road, Plymstock, Plymouth PL9 9SJ
Tel: 01752 404 567 -
8th/9th December
London – QVSR (London & S. East)
The Seamen's Mission of the Methodist Church
121-131 East India Dock Road, London, E14 6DF
Tel: 020 7987 5466