TÜV AUSTRIA HELLAS recently completed successfully
the certification of the Seafarers Training Directorate in accordance with the
requirements of standard ISO 9001.
In particular, totally 15 schools that
correspond to the Merchant Marine Academy, the Centre of Further Education for
Seafarers and the School of Life Saving and Fire Fighting Means were certified.
In this context, a special event was organised at headquarters of Seafarers
Training Directorate, during which the Certificate ISO 9001 was awarded by the
Head of Management Systems & Products Certification Division of TÜV AUSTRIA
HELLAS, Mr.event was attended by
the Deputy Minister of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism Mr.
Theodoros Dritsas, Deputy Secretary General of Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure,
Marine and Tourism Mr. Yiannis Theotokas, the Chief of the Hellenic Coast Guard
Vice Admiral Athanasios Athanasopoulos and senior executives of Seafarers
Training Directorate.Haralambos Aggeloudis and Deputy Head of Management Systems &
Products Certification Division, Mrs. Maria Agapitou.
The certification gains special value due to
the fact that the Seafarers Training Directorate deals with a huge part of
citizens, educating the future seafarers of Greece. Additionally, it is worth
mentioning the strong will of both the Administration of Seafarers Training
Directorate and the political leadership of the Ministry for the implementation
and application of the quality system.
The General Manager of TÜV AUSTRIA HELLAS, Mr.
Yiannis Kallias quoted: “The importance of the certification of Public Bodies
operating in crucial sectors such as the training of our seafarers,
emphatically demonstrates the confidence which TÜV AUSTRIA HELLAS enjoys from large
organisations. The Seafarers Training Directorate and the total of its academies
for many years activate with a sense of responsibility towards its citizens,
but also the candidate members of the merchant marine.”
