{"id":19199,"date":"2018-03-12T20:09:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T19:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/?p=19199"},"modified":"2018-03-12T20:09:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T19:09:52","slug":"city-of-glasgow-college-merchant-navy-open-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/city-of-glasgow-college-merchant-navy-open-day\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Glasgow College \u2013 Merchant Navy Open Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/2018\/03\/12\/city-of-glasgow-college-merchant-navy-open-day\/slide1-93\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19200\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19200\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/files\/2018\/03\/Slide1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size: 11pt\">Saturday 21 April 09.30 to 15.45<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size: 11pt\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size: 11pt\">The City of Glasgow College will be hosting an Open Day for the Merchant Navy at their Riverside Campus in Thistle Street G5 9XB. The aim is to give young people \u00a0an insight into what a career in the maritime industry has to offer and the training programmes necessary to qualify as a ship&#8217;s navigation or engineer officer in the merchant navy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size: 11pt\">Many of the major British shipping companies and recruitment &amp; training representatives who recruit cadets and crew will be there to give information about the career opportunities they offer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size: 11pt\">You&#8217;ll be able to talk to officer cadets, who&#8217;ll be happy to share their first-hand experience of the training and life as a cadet, both at the City of Glasgow College and on board ship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size: 11pt\">A number of the college training facilities are open and students are welcome to tour the campus and nearby accommodation. The college\u2019s <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">working engine room<\/span><\/em> will be running all day, giving you a first-hand experience of a working engine room. There are also bridge simulators &#8211; giving you the chance to <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">experience piloting your own ship<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size: 11pt\">The website and poster give more information regarding the event, and college staff are looking forward to seeing you on the day. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size: 11pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk\/news-events\/events\/merchant-navy-open-day-0\">https:\/\/www.cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk\/news-events\/events\/merchant-navy-open-day-0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 21 April 09.30 to 15.45 \u00a0The City of Glasgow College will be hosting an Open Day for the Merchant Navy at their Riverside Campus in Thistle Street G5 9XB. 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