The requirements of the leisure and commercial maritime industries are growing significantly and with that growth, there are genuine needs for quality training. Our group of businesses offer that βQuality in Trainingβ through our experienced trainers and instructors, who are from and still work in operational backgrounds. With our well-equipped facilities that are available to us, we can offer our training to the highest standard. We have the only fully equipped custom made marine fire training facility in Cornwall and can offer all ranges of fire safety training for either land or water based companies or individuals.
We are a long-established friendly family run group of businesses with years of experience in all areas we train in, offering high quality leisure and professional services in sailing, powerboating/motorboating, offshore safety, workplace health & safety training as well as boat chartering. Being situated within the historical maritime town of Falmouth, one of the largest and most beautiful natural working harbours in the world, the local waters of the Fal Estuary provide one of the most versatile and picturesque locations for watersports in Europe.
Falmouth Training Solutions (FTS), Falmouth Powerboat School (FPS), Falmouth School of Sailing (FSOS), Safety Training Units (STU) and Falmouth Boat Charters (FBC) all run alongside each other as sister companies. FSOS and FPS are well established companies with a vast and respected reputation throughout the maritime industry in Falmouth. FPS is a much-respected deliverer of powerboating and motorboat courses, running RYA training through the entire syllabus right up to commercial levels. Falmouth School of Sailing is also a recognised training centre with the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) offering all of the sail cruising, theory and specialist short training courses from start yachting to yachtmaster level.
FTS is at the forefront of training in the Southwest and is the only provider in Cornwall who can offer all the MCA STCW elements required for the complete Basic and Advanced STCW courses all delivered at our purpose built fire training facility or in the local waters of Falmouth. We are the training centre of choice for a lot of companies for a large range of other MCA courses.
The STCW qualification is the minimum employment requirement for any seafarer working within a commercial role and this course has five elements. We also offer the advanced fire training, the relevant update training courses and other high level MCA courses required for training officers.