ABP Southampton:

Marine Apprenticeship Scheme / Port Developments

Lowestoft

Southampton

Hull

Immingham

Newport

Associated British Ports

Teignmouth

TroonAyr

Silloth

Barrow

Fleetwood

Garston

Ipswich

Plymouth

King’s Lynn

Goole

Grimsby

SwanseaPort Talbot

CardiffBarry

Leading provider of port facilities and services via 21 ports in the UK

Throughput – 118.6mt (2013)

ABP handles almost a quarter of UK seaborne trade

ABP owns approx 5,000 hectares of port land

Ports range from Grimsby & Immingham, the UK’s largest complex to smaller sized specialist ports such as Teignmouth

Managing operations within the port safely and efficiently

Develop and operate a Marine Safety Management System to ensure all risks are controlled

Compliance with the Port Marine Safety Code and the Guide to Good Practice on Port Marine Operations

Employ competent and qualified staff

A Harbour Authority’s Role and Responsibility

Day to day responsibility for the safe operation of navigation and other marine activities within the harbour and its approaches

Powers of direction

Co-ordination and regulation of all vessels within a harbour/dock and its approaches

Responsible for the provision and maintenance of aids to navigation

Harbour Master – Roles and Responsibilities

Recruitment and/or succession planning

Recruitment sources: Merchant Navy

Other ports - ABP or non ABP

Other departments

Numbers of suitably qualified staff available from Merchant Navy are decreasing, partly because: Low numbers of cadets entering the profession

Salary differential between sea and shore careers

Promotion of suitable internal candidates alone will not be enough to satisfy demand in coming years

The way forward

Creation of an ABP marine apprenticeship

Aim Prepare a source of quality trained staff to maintain high professional marine

standards and to service our customers’ needs

Objective By the end of their training the apprentice will be capable of performing a key role in

the operational marine team controlling shipping movements at supervisory level

Qualification 5 GCSEs or Scottish Standards, including Maths and English at grade A-C/Level 1-3 A valid manual driving licence

Location Scheme originally based on Humber, but now extended to Southampton May involve work periods at a number of ABP Ports – to give experience in all

operations areas Will include periods on board ships, launches and work boats

The way forward

People who are:

Looking for a career in Port Marine Operations With continuous professional development opportunities

Determined to succeed

Able to work within and, in time, lead a team

Self motivated

Self confident

Self reliant

Format of training periods

Year 1

Personnel inductions

Practical Training (Basic)

Training Courses (Basic)

Year 2

Practical Training (Supervisory)

Marine Department Attachments

Training Courses (Intermediate)

Year 3

South Tyneside College

Other Department Attachments

Secondments to Affiliate Companies and Customers

Year 4

Practical Training (Qualification and On job)

Training Courses (Management)

Are we guaranteeing a job?

NOBUT…….

• Having spent 4 years and £150,000 on training, and

• Anticipating the vacancies we will have going forward……….

Recruitment process

Scheme briefing days took place on: 3rd & 4th April in Ipswich 16th & 17th April in Southampton 24th & 25th April in Ayr & Troon

Applications were returned by 16th May

Interview candidates notified week commencing 9th June

Interviews are to be held in: Ipswich on 19th & 20th June Southampton on 26th & 27th June Ayr & Troon on 3rd & 4th July Immingham on 10th & 11th July

Assessment day will be held in Immingham on 31st July

The selected apprentices start at Immingham on Tuesday 2nd September

GRADUATE MANAGEMENT TRAINING SCHEME

OBJECTIVES OF THE GRADUATE SCHEME

To provide learning opportunities mapped against eight key competencies in order to develop graduates into senior managers of the future.

To work with the graduates in establishing the gaps between where they are now against the competency framework.

Help the graduates understand how they might plan and manage their own development and learning to achieve these competencies.

To provide four main categories of training in order to maximise their learning opportunities.

Graduates will acquire knowledge in ten key areas of the business.

SELECTION PROCESS

Key Dates Advertising campaign goes live in October and closes the following January. After initial telephone screening, interviews take place in February / March. A total of 12 candidates are invited to attend an Assessment Centre in late March

/ early April. Up to 3 successful candidates will be offered a position to commence at the end

of August.

Selection Process Approximately 50 candidates are interviewed around the ports by a Personnel

Manager and an Operations Manager. Competency based Interviews are carried out and the candidates are scored on

their responses. A final selection of 12 are then invited to attend the Assessment Centre.

Assessment Centre The Assessment Centre is held over two days. Various activities take place during the two days. A cross-selection of eight selectors are chosen from the business to monitor and

evaluate the candidates and to put forward the three to be offered a position.

GRADUATE PROGRAMME

The programme runs for 13 months.

The scheme is structured but has sufficient flexibility to take advantage of development opportunities.

First 2 days spent at Head Office being inducted.

Next 5 weeks spent at Ipswich having hands-on experience in practical cargo handling

Graduates then separated and sent to a major port for their first six-month placement.

At the end of the six-months the graduates are then rotated for a further six-month placement at another major port.

A business mentor and a buddy are assigned to each graduate on their six-month placements.

ABP Port of Southampton

• The UK’s second largest Container Port

• Northern Europe’s largest turnaround cruise port

• Leading car handling port

• Bulk handling terminals

• Sole importer for Canary Island Fruit

• Petrochemicals

ABP Port of Southampton – Cargoes Handled

Southampton Container Terminal

- Largest ships in the world

Responding to newest vessels:

400m LOA

55m wide

15.5m draught

Up to 15,000 containers (TEU)

4 deep-sea berths at container terminal

201/2 berth re-developed as SCT5

Has required re-facing of existing berth – lowering from -10.2m CD to -16m

ABP Port of Southampton – Container Terminal

Southampton Approach Channel Dredge

Access window will improve to 47% (from 22% for 14.5m vessels)

ABP Port of Southampton – Improved Access

…our largest ship!!!

…best not to see her from this angle!!!

Length overall - 396 metres

Beam - 53.6 metres

Draught - +15 metres

DWT (tonnes) - 187,625

Capacity - 15,000 TEU

= 4 football pitches long,

½ a football pitch wide

Any Questions?