Mercmarine Training commissions modern engine room simulator

Mercmarine Training, a maritime training institute, commissioned a state-of-the-art engine room simulator at its training centre in Colombo 10 on Wednesday.

With the training centre in place, Mercmarine has a full-fledged training facility which offers the full spectrum of marine engineering education for students.

The simulator, the latest version of Transas model 5000 TechSim and one of the most advanced engine room simulators in Sri Lanka, will replicate the operations of an engine room, so that students could receive on the job training without any damage to equipment and the environment.

It is designed to train and assess the competence of engine department personnel, including officers-in-charge of an engineering watch, fourth engineer, third engineer, second and chief (operational level and management level).

The simulator provides an exact copy of vessel systems and simulates machinery and engine room components. The ERS 5000 TechSim has been specifically developed for engineering staff and provides hands-on experience in watch-keeping, troubleshooting and resource management.

The software features of the simulator include the ship's diesel propulsion plant, ship's electric power plant, auxiliary systems and machinery, local control from the engine room, machinery sound imitation, alarm systems with sound and visual alarm unit and 3D visualisation.

The training arm has also obtained the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System Certifications from DNV and also operates as a City & Guilds (UK) approved training centre for its catering and housekeeping related training programs.