SERT News

Please be advised that effective January 31, 2011 the Marine Institute has implemented a new enrollment policy for students registering in short courses at the Offshore Safety and Survival Centre (OSSC) and the Safety & Emergency Response Training (SERT) Centre. This policy states that all students, prior to being assigned a seat in any course, must:

1. Pay full amount of fees associated with the course (courses) in which they are registering.

2. Provide written approval of funding support for all fees from a funding agency. If not 100% sponsored by the funding agency, the student must pay any portion of the fees not funded prior to being assigned a seat in the training course.

Refund Policy

Students are eligible for a partial refund of tuition paid under the following circumstances:

1. With 7 days written notice (prior the start day of the course in which the student is registered) the student is eligible for a refund of all fees paid, less the $150 confirmation fee.

2. In the absence of this notice all fees paid are forfeited upon cancellation.

BACKGROUNDER: Safety and Emergency Response Training Centre (SERT Centre)

STEPHENVILLE — Providing a world-class safety and emergency response training centre in western Newfoundland became a reality today for the Marine Institute and the Stephenville Airport Corporation with the announcement of funding for the initiative from ACOA. Read the full story.......

Beyond the Sea: MI Trains ERT Personnel for Voisey’s Bay

The Joint Voisey’s Bay Employment and Training Authority (JETA) tapped the Marine Institute to provide Emergency Response Team (ERT) training for 24

of its aboriginal clients in March.. Participants in this training program were provided with the skills necessary to become candidates for the Emergency Response Team at the Voisey’s Bay mine site. Read the full story.....

Marine Institute completes its first class of firefighters in Stephenville
	Note to Editors The first firefighting class to train at the Marine Institute’s Safety and Emergency Response Training (SERT) Centre in Stephenville will hold their First Run ceremony on Thursday, April 21. Read full story...
Marine Institute’s SERT Centre Expanding to Deliver Firefighting Training Program
The Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University announced today that it will expand the Safety and Emergency Response Training Centre (SERT Centre) in Stephenville to offer its Firefighting and Recruitment certificate program beginning in January 2005. The 26-week program prepares graduates, through classroom and practical training and certification, to work with municipal and industrial fire departments. The expansion will allow the institute to move the program from its Offshore Safety and Survival Centre to accommodate increased demand for marine and offshore petroleum related safety training at that facility. Read full story...
Safety and Emergency Response Training Centre Launched
STEPHENVILLE — Providing a world-class safety and emergency response training centre in western Newfoundland became a reality today for the Marine Institute and the Stephenville Airport Corporation with the announcement of funding for the initiative from ACOA. Today’s announcement by Mr. Bill Matthews, M.P., Burin – St. Georges, will allow the partners to move forward with establishing the Safety and Emergency Response Training Centre (SERT Centre) to meet the growing demand for such specialized training in the fish harvesting, aviation, marine, industrial and oil and gas sectors within Newfoundland and Labrador as well as Atlantic Canada. The $1,040,921 provided by ACOA will be used to develop personnel, product and physical infrastructure related to startup of the Centre, which is expected to begin operating by the fall of 2003. A limited number of training courses may be offered as early as this June. Read full story...

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