Ports and Shipping Facilities

Vessels

Bluefin
Bluefin, AMC's 34.5m fisheries training vessel, is powered by a Caterpillar D398 main engine. Fitted with a controllable pitch propeller and bow thruster, it is capable of cruising all Australian waters. It normally accommodates up to 20 students and a crew of five on training voyages varying in length from two days to two weeks.

Reviresco
Reviresco is a 14m steel hull, ex-Queensland prawn trawler. It is used for training students in prawn trawling techniques and for research and development, particularly in the field of gear technology.

Stephen Brown
Stephen Brown, a former collier, is moored permanently at Beauty Point, where it has been renovated for use as a stationary training ship. She is connected to shore power and water to enable the propulsion plant to be operated for training purposes. Holds 1 and 2 have been installed with various fully-operational machinery for training purposes.

Marine Simulation Facilities

There are two main simulators: the Integrated Marine Simulator (IMS) and the Machinery Space Simulator, both located at the Launceston campus.

The Integrated Marine Simulator (IMS) encompasses:

• the Shiphandling Simulator with full-scale ship's bridge and 202.5º visuals; and
• the Ship Operations Simulator with 6 cubicles with 120º visuals, each simulating the bridge of an individual ship.

Ports and exercise areas are modelled with full day/night visual scenery and can incorporate tidal movements. Most Australian and New Zealand ports have been modelled on the simulator, and Malaysian, Indonesian and European ports are also on the database.

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Engineering Workshops

Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) accredited practical training is conducted using fully-equipped AMC and TAFE workshop and local ship-repair facilities. AMC workshops are equipped with a wide range of modern, operational, shipboard plant and equipment, whilst the TAFE workshops offer up-to-date machining, fitting and welding facilities.

The Emergency Response Centre includes the Survival Centre, Marine Firefighting Centre, Damage Control Centre Unit and Fast Rescue Boat. It has been created in order to provide a focus for the major elements of emergency response training, namely:

• Marine Firefighting
• Fast Rescue Boat Training
• Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue Boats
• Personal Survival
• First Aid Training
• Shipmaster’s Medical Training
• Damage Control Training
• Crisis Management and Human Behaviour in Emergencies

Survival Centre

Situated on the Newnham campus, the Survival Centre consists of an indoor heated pool and a mock ship’s superstructure, complete with life raft launching facilities and other life saving appliances. A classroom equipped with the life rafts and life saving appliances typical of those currently in use at sea, is situated within the Centre. The Centre is used for the conduct of training exercises, to test new life saving appliances and for some research activities.

Marine Firefighting Training Centre

This facility is located on a 2.4 hectare site at Bell Bay, 45km from AMC and is operated in co-operation with the port and local industry. The Centre is equipped with a full range of modern marine fire-fighting equipment and specialises in practical training, including the control of liquid and gas fires and the use of self-contained breathing apparatus to fight fires in a mock ship structure. All practical training is conducted by experienced training officers.

Personnel from the shipping industry, offshore industry and from ports and terminals in Australia and overseas access courses at this Centre.

Damage Control (Flood) Training

A Damage Control Unit, comprising three floodable compartments, is located on the training vessel Stephen Brown and is used to provide damage control training for civil and Department of Defence Pacific Patrol Boat personnel.

Fast Rescue Boat Training

An R5 fast rescue boat and davit is located on board the training vessel Stephen Brown. Fast Rescue Boat courses are conducted for the offshore and shipping industries for the crews of vessels that carry a fast rescue boat.

Bluefin

Riveresco

Stephen Brown

Shiphandling Simulator

Marine Firefighting Training Centre
Bell Bay