Russian ex-navy officers to work for Shtokman
Reserve officers from Russia’s Northern Fleet can be retrained to work in the Shtokman gas project and the Murmansk transport hub, says Northern Fleet Commander Admiral Nikolay Maksimov.
Northern Fleet officers have for several years had the opportunity to be retraining for work in the civilian sector after being transferred to the reserve. The education has so far been directed towards future work within public administration, but now ex-officers can get specialization to work within the two of the largest projects in North-West Russia – development of the huge Shtokman gas field in the Barents Sea and development of Murmansk as a major transport hub.
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In the end of December the Russian bank Sberbank, the Northern Fleet and the North-West Academy of Public Administration signed an agreement on cooperation on retraining of reserve officers, Sberbank’s web site reads. The bank has acted as sponsor of the Northern Fleet for more than ten years.
After the signing Admiral Nikolay Maksimov said that the partners will discuss the possibilities for changing the curricula to include subjects that will prepare the officers for work on the Shtokman and Murmansk transport hub projects, Mbnews.ru reports:
- Maybe we’ll agree to involve private business, to educate for professions that are needed in the concrete region, for example Shtokman, Maksimov said and added that this will be a pilot project and will be followed carefully.
About 1000 officers are waiting to get their retraining for civilian professions, Maksimov said. 30 reserve officers are ready to begin their retraining at the Murmansk branch of the North-West Academy of Public Administration in the beginning of January 2011.
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