Intermediate Marina Management Course

The Intermediate Marina Management School (IMM), is offered by the  MIAA (Marina Industries Association Australia) in partnership with the IMI (International Marina Institute, USA).
This popular program focuses on marina operations, policies and procedures and exposes students to innovative ways of dealing with the issues and challenges common throughout the industry.  Marina management professionals offer their expert thinking about business issues, policies, practices and challenges throughout the industry.

Topics include:

• Marine-law contracts
• Risk and liabilities
• Fire and emergency-response planning
• Environmental management
• Health and safety compliance, and
• Personal self-improvement skills.

Students engage in a variety of individual and group projects as they learn about policies, practices and new solutions to traditional management challenges that have been successful in other regions of the country as well as other nations.

Through discussion, debate and the sharing of ideas and information, those who take this course broaden their knowledge and improve practices to return to their marinas with new perspectives and fresh approaches to management.  And not to be under-rated is the establishment of a long-lasting network of contacts in the industry.

The IMM program is the first step toward becoming a Certified Marina Manager (CMM) and is a prerequisite for admission to the Advanced Marina Management course.  Sending a fast track manager to this course acts as an excellent incentive and reward. 


Admission Requirements:
This course requires the applicant to have experience of at least one full year working either as a marina manager or in a marina leadership position, performing day-to-day onsite work in a marina of 50 or more berths.  Limit: 20 students.


HIGHLIGHTS

• Increased marina efficiency and profits
• Fire and emergency-response planning skills
• Environmental-management policies and methods
• Understanding marina risks and liabilities
• Effective staff management
• OH&S Health and safety regulatory compliance
• Customer Service
• Marketing your marina
• Effective leadership & personal management
  

A WEEK OF LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• Over 40 contact hours
• Formal lectures by leading experts
• Informal roundtable discussions
• Field trip to inspect and critique nearby marinas
• Marina/boatyard-industry networking
• Networking with peers & colleagues
• Introduction to the CMM Program
  

FACULTY

Marine Industry professionals and Industry qualified trainers and Certified Marina Managers (CMM’s)

FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS

"Great course! Excellent company! New friends! A heap of work to catch up on as well as all ththings I need to implement from the course."

"A thoroughly worthwhile time away from the marina.  We are all extremely fortunate to have access to forums such as this where we can share ideas with like-minded peers in an industry openly committed to cooperation and self-regulation."

"Thanks for running a great course.  It has given me a lot of ideas to improve our systems here."

FEES INCLUDE

Fees include :  accommodation, breakfasts, morning teas, lunch, afternoon tea, welcome cocktail party, one course dinner, all tuition and course notes.

This is a residential course, there is no non-residential option