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Thome Group News

Thome’s first Regional

Cadet Training

Program, Gurgaon,

India – January 2014
Thome annual conference

Thome strategic push as part of its

By Carol Cristobal, Training Assistant (ROHQ)
global cadet program has resulted in the
selection of cadets from different nations

being groomed and trained on board
our vessels.
Last year over 700 delegates (Officers, conferences. These two day conferences will

Shore staff, Principal representatives and be used to appraise the staff on Thome’s This ensures that while continuing to
Industry experts) from around the world future direction and development, new embrace diversity we progressively also

participated in seven Thome Annual company initiatives, best practice from 2013, strengthen our potential junior officer
Conferences in the Philippines, India, new regulations coming into force, ship base as the company grows.

In the past the selected cadets used to Croatia, Thailand, China, Indonesia and owners perspective and, last but not the least,
complete their company specific in-house Estonia. Our conferences provide a platform the Thome Human Element with a difference.
training locally in their country of where like-minded people congregate and It is anticipated that the conference

residence. However, in January 2014, discuss topics of common interest. These workshops and breakout sessions will provide
freshly selected cadets from Sri-Lanka, conferences are designed to give everyone a platform for the sea-based staff to interact

Myanmar and India were brought together lots of information on a variety of relevant with their colleagues, the shore staff and the
for the first combined regional cadet topics.
Principals thereby creating strong

In 2014 we will be taking a more regional training program at AMTI – Thome camaraderie and foster collaborations.
approach where we will have a mix of The dates and location for the annual Shipping India’s dedicated training

nationalities of the officers attending the
conferences for 2014 are as below.
facility in Gurgaon, India.
The 22 cadets drawn from the

Dates Venue
Participating Nationalities
engineering, nautical and electrical
branches resulted in a very cosmopolitan

and diverse mix of 10 Sri-Lankan, 6 04-06 May
Manila
Philippines / China / Korea
Myanmar and 6 Indian cadets. They

participated in HSSEQ familiarization and 03-04 Jun
Istanbul
Turkey / Romanian / Ukrainian
Thome Human Element training courses
19-20 Aug
Beijing
China / Korea / Philippines
over a five day period.
For most of the cadets it was the first
23-24 Sep
Zagreb
Croatia / Montenegro / Baltic / Russia
time out of their place of residence and a
11-12 Nov
India
India / Srilanka / Myanmar
sustained interaction with other
nationalities. The rich interactions during

the training program promoted better
Here are the top 3 reasons why YOU should participate this year
cross-cultural understanding & interaction

while show-casing the company’s cultural
diversity and synergy of working together

1. Learn new information and acquire knowledge from all the presenters and other in keeping with the principles of ‘Thome
industry partners which can be put to use in your everyday work
Human Element’.

2. Meet new people, share your experiences, brainstorm ideas and get immediate feedback Many a cadet left with a desire to come
3. Enjoy and have fun while learning
back for more training.

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