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Essay On Safety Training Center

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Thank you for taking the time on being interested in this plan. The goal is to open a new Maritime Training Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and become an established Safety Training Center in the maritime industry to various commercial enterprises and most importantly Military Sealift Command, the largest operator of civilian manned logistic support vessels for the U.S. Navy. Before we get into want everyone wants to know, let me start off with a bit about my background and myself.

I'm Captain Edward Santillan, and a current employer with Military Sealift Command. I have been working with MSC for the last 20 years, started as an entry-level position in the Supply Department and worked by way up to Master Unlimited Tonnage. I'm and …show more content…

This is something Las Vegas can capitalize on as there is no training site available. There are a good percentage of sailors that live in the area, as most sailors desire to live in a tax-free state. I am one of them!

• There are 8 maritime academies that are pumping out 800 Third Officers and Third Assistant Engineers every year. These new junior officers that end up sailing will eventually require attending the courses we will be providing. Now, they are creating Junior Supply Officer(s), which I intend to create courses to support advancement in this rate.

• There are various Gun Ranges to support Small Arms Training, which is a high demand course requirement in Military Sealift Command, even with the Unions who are contracted by Military Sealift Command. This course alone would pay for the overhead cost at the training center. However, this business plan is not about one course; it's about two dozen courses we can start without having to invest in high price training aids like a simulator. However, once we get established the goal will become a full service Maritime Center with a Simulator.

• The proposed training center will be only 5 hours away from the Military Sealift Command CSU-W pool in San Diego, where CIVMARs are backlogged sometime waiting weeks for openings on their required training. We will provide transportation to and from the San Diego

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