Training
The reason the Association exists.
PMAC's stated objective is to improve the proficiency of member ports and the quality of service they give users — specifically through the facilitation of appropriate training.
How it works
Training that travels between ports.
A skill learned in one harbour should not stay there. PMAC's role is to make training available across the membership so that a small port with twenty staff can reach the same standards as a regional hub.
Associate Members are encouraged to facilitate training for member ports within their particular area of expertise, and to support the Association's general training objectives. That turns the supplier relationship into something more useful than a sales channel: the companies that build the cranes, write the terminal software and survey the channels also teach the people who use them.
Training is coordinated by the Training Administrator, with a Development and Training Advisor supporting the programme. Both sit on the Executive Committee.
Where courses come from
Three sources, one programme.
Member ports
Ports that have solved a problem teach the others how they did it. Experience shared directly is the Association's founding method.
Associate members
Suppliers and consultants deliver training in their own field of expertise, from lifting gear to cargo systems to environmental practice.
Strategic partners
Institutions PMAC holds memoranda of understanding with, including maritime universities and regional bodies.
The annual meeting
Open sessions at PMAC meetings put port officials and suppliers in the same room, which is where a good deal of the transfer actually happens.
Bring your port into the network.
Port and Associate membership both open the same doors: shared training, regional advocacy, and direct access to the people running Caribbean ports. The Secretariat will walk you through the application.