Launch My Career - Marine Engineering
If you are seeking a career at sea as a marine engineer, launch your training in the best facility NZ has to offer. Our first rate qualifications in nautical science or marine engineering and our worldwide reputation for producing the best trained cadets and graduates will take you anywhere in the world.
Why Train with us?
Our engineering graduates attain sought after job placement and cadetships because our students are trained in a full mission engine room simulator and graduate with hands on experience using real equipment. Your classroom window is the Ports of Auckland and when you graduate you will have been studying and working in and around the port, worked with mentors in the industry and met many prospective employers....
Our Engine Officer Cadet programmes are designed to
prepare students to become marine engineers on foreign going ships, ferries and other seagoing vessels. The graduate of the Diploma in Marine Engineering could be found on cruise or cargo ships and other specialised vessels such as tankers, chemical and gas carriers.
The New Zealand Maritime School is proud to be associated with the Institute of Maritime Education and Training Australasia (IMETA) in providing training for deck and engineering officers with programmes operating in United Arab Emirates, Thailand and India. Students undertake training in schools overseas and on board training vessels before completing their training with an intensive course at the New Zealand Maritime School in Auckland.
Marine Engineering Programmes
Certificated Engineroom Rating
Our Engineroom Watch Rating Certificate is currently under development and will be offered in 2013.
Diploma in Marine Engineering
The Diploma in Marine Engineering is an internationally recognised qualification that can lead to well-paid positions in a foreign-going career with international shipping companies.
Basic Fire Fighting
Topics include shipboard fire-fighting, fire hazards, search and rescue in enclosed and smoke-filled spaces, use of portable fire extinguishers and fire blankets, fire-fighting team procedures and practice, and emergency damage control procedures.
Advanced Fire Fighting
Topics include leading emergency parties, analysing risk and developing tactical emergency strategies, and taking overall charge during emergency operations.
Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats
Topics include survival craft operation including launch,recovery, and management of craft and survivors after abandoning ship.