MAY 2011 - Association of Marina Industries

Training & CertificationBy Kayce Cashill FlorioIMI Committee and Task Force UpdatesThe IMI Advisory Committee and its task forces met in Aprilto focus on the strategic plan of IMI. The task forces are focusingfirstly on flowcharting a career path for a marina professionaland identifying the training programs and certificationsavailable at each level. This is being done with the ultimategoal of IMI filling in the gaps of training to round out trainingopportunities at each level on the career path. This can eitherbe done directly through IMI programming or by IMI partneringwith organizations that are already delivering trainingsand making them readily available to the AMI membership.Once the career path flow chart and the training chart arecomplete, the IMI Marketing task force will focus its efforts onthe best way to market the training and certification programsto the industry both in message and avenues of delivery.Training ModulesIn the fall of 2011, IMI will begin delivering the IntermediateMarina Management (IMM) course in module form, in partnershipwith regional trade associations. These modules willbe delivered under the umbrella of their annual meetings andconferences as either breakout sessions, or pre or post conferenceworkshops. The modules will be exactly the same as thosedelivered in the week-ling format, but will now be broken outinto 4-hour modules. Currently plans are underway to deliverseveral modules at the annual meetings of the California Harbormasters,Marine Recreation Association, and the TexasMarine Trade Association. IMI and the marine associationsare partnering with the ultimate goal of bringing professionalmanagement training to those who are looking for continuededucation. With travel and training budgets being the first tobe cut back in many cases, this is a way to bring the trainingto the interested attendees in a very cost effective way. It isalso a great way to raise awareness of IMI and the high-qualityprograms and certifications it continues to deliver.IMI is working with Summit Training Source, in partnershipwith Wells Fargo, to deliver online training modules for continuingeducation on many diverse topics. The IMI committeehas reviewed the many training modules availablethrough Summit and has focused on an initial delivery of thefollowing modules: Hazardous Waste and Employee SafetyOrientation. These two training courses will be made availableto AMI members at NO COST under the “membersonly” section of the AMI website in the coming months.The next step in the online training process will be to selectan additional 20 or so online courses provided by Summitand make them available to the AMI membership. For thoseAMI members who purchase their insurance through WellsFargo the courses will be available at no cost. For those whodo not use Wells Fargo as their insurance carrier, the courseswill be made available at an AMI member discounted price.2012 Training CalendarIMI staff is finalizing the 2012 training calendar and the accompanyingbrochure which is expected to hit mailboxes inSeptember 2011. This brochure will highlight dates for theAdvanced Marina Management, Intermediate Marina Management,and Marina Operators Course, as well as dates andtopics for IMI’s Fall Conference. Be on the lookout!!ICOMIA World Conference, Singapore –May 2011Gary Groenewold, CMM, AMI Vice-Chair, and ICOMIAMarinas Group member, attended and presented at theICOMIA conference. Gary sat on a global panel that includedMick Bettesworth, CMM, MDL, and Andrew Chapman,CMM to discuss marina career path training. Topicscovered in this panel included new global initiatives, globaltraining needs, marina career path, and how the training inthe industry is structured.IMI sponsored a CMM breakfast at the ICOMIA conferencewhere again training was the focus. The group at thebreakfast discussed the CMM qualifications and the potentialimpact, or not, of decentralizing the certification process.One other major area discussed was the current needof creating training for delivery in Asia.NEW!!! Online Training25IMI is grateful to Gary for his time and welcomed the opportunityto work with ICOMIA and be involved in such arelevant conference.Updated Marina Operations Manual (MOM) Now Available!The long-awaited update and revision of the Marina OperationsManual is now available. The entire manual has been updatedand now has a new chapter dedicated entirely to training. ManyTraining Continued on Page 27