Offshore

Offshore

Fleetwood Offshore Survival Centre (FOSC) is a leading provider of safety, survival and fire training to both the merchant navy and the offshore oil and gas industries. Our team of teaching staff are highly qualified with first-hand experience of the offshore, maritime and safety industries.

FOSC offers a broad portfolio of accredited courses delivered by expert staff and supported by outstanding facilities.

Discover how Fleetwood Offshore Survival Centre can help you begin or advance your career in the offshore, maritime and safety industries.

Contact us on T 01253 504 800or E offshore@blackpool.ac.uk.

Our courses

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Offshore Courses
Birds eye view of ship
STCW
Offshore wind farm
GWO
Resuscitation dummy
Health and Safety and First Aid
Person working in a confined space
Confined Space Courses

Our packages

GWO Basic Safety Training Offshore Initial Package

Includes

GWO First Aid Initial

GWO Fire Awareness

GWO Manual Handling

GWO Survival

GWO Working at Height

 

£995
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GWO Basic Safety Training Offshore Refresher Package

Includes

GWO First Aid Refresher

GWO Fire Awareness

GWO Manual Handling

GWO Survival Refresher

GWO Working at Height (Refresher – 1 day)

£740
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City & Guilds
Working in Confined Spaces

Includes

High Risk

Rescue from Confined Spaces

 

£640
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STCW Basic Training for Seafarers
Package

Includes

STCW Personal Survival Techniques

STCW Elementary First Aid

STCW Fire Prevention Fire Fighting

STCW Personal Safety & Social Responsibility

 

£755
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What our customers and staff say

"First class facilities and instructors - I will recommend to my colleagues."
Adam Armstrong, Coxswains Training
"Humbled and overwhelmed by the care and understanding of all the staff."
Martin Jones, HUET with EBS
"Outstanding course and the expertise of staff was evident; really approachable for additional questions."
Jennifer Higham, BOSIET
"Interesting and useful courses while fulfilling the requirements of the MCA."
John Birch, STCW
"I thoroughly enjoyed the course – the whole class has commented on the fantastic tuition and how well the course was delivered."
Alexander Rodgers, STCW PSC and RB

Why choose Fleetwood Offshore Survival Centre?

125+ Years

125+ years' experience

125+ years’ experience of delivering maritime industry education and training

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Cost effective accommodation

Plenty of comfortable, affordable accommodation close to the campus

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Training facilities

Cutting edge training facilities that simulate the industry environment

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Expert Tutors

Highly qualified tutors with lots of industry experience

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Professional development

Embedded professional development, including an exciting programme of adventure-based training

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Ofsted Grade 1

An Ofsted Grade 1 Outstanding College


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Facilities

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A Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) simulator.

A Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) simulator.

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A purpose-built fire training facility, with 4 hot fire galleries, an enclosed space trainer and 2 fire squares.

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A working at height training tower.

A working at height training tower.

Latest news

Nov 15
Virtual open event available now
Enjoy a virtual tour of Fleetwood Nautical Campus, meet our Merchant Navy Medal winner Neil Atkinson, check out our shipping organisation partners looking to sponsor the next generation of cadets - and learn why to study here, at our virtual open event that's now available whenever you are...
Nov 10
Royal award for campus chief
Captain Neil Atkinson, Head of Fleetwood Nautical Campus, has been honoured with the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service.
Jun 3
FNC partner in European research project steering maritime education innovation
Digitisation and modern technologies have been rapidly changing the maritime sector in recent years. That is why European maritime professionals, both at sea and ashore, need more digital and soft skills to stay ahead of the industry.

How to find us

Fleetwood Nautical Campus
Broadwater
Fleetwood
FY7 8JZ
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0)1253 504 800
E: offshore@blackpool.ac.uk
E: maritime@blackpool.ac.uk
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Proud to have such a long established reputation for being a leading provider of training to the maritime and offshore industry.

Neil Atkinson
Head of Fleetwood Nautical Campus

Neil Atkinson

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