Education bursaries up for grabs

Growth and development in

Mozambique ports – along

with improved cargo volumes

– has sharpened the focus on

staff training in the region

with the Institute of Chartered

Shipbrokers recording an increase

in the number of registered

students in Mozambique over the

past few years.

“With this in mind, Maputo

has been registered as an

examination centre and the

Institute is committed to

ensuring that all students in

any region who are writing

examinations will have access

to an examination centre,” says

FICS Education Trust Fund

Trustee Natasha Vaughan.

The Institute has awarded

close to R200 000 in bursaries to

deserving students, she says.

More than 40 have been for

the ‘Understanding Shipping’

Certificate over the last four

years, mostly to students or

candidates not yet employed in

the industry. In addition to these,

bursaries have been awarded

for Foundation and Advanced

Diplomas to candidates who

have since become permanently

employed with local shipping

companies, adds Vaughan.

An exam prep session has

been hosted in Maputo to assist

students ahead of bi-annual

examinations.

The Institute of Chartered

Shipbrokers is an internationally

recognised network of shipping

professionals who have

knowledge, competence and

understanding of the broad

spectrum of shipping business

and who continuously work to

improve professional and ethical

standards in the industry, she

adds.

The ICS SA Education Trust

Fund sponsors candidates

already working within the

industry who show outstanding

commitment and face financial

challenges, or those who would

like to pursue a career within

the maritime field by offering

bursaries for the Understanding

Shipping course or the

Foundation Diploma.

Bursary applications and

additional information are

available from icssa@ics.za.org