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The Chittagong Port Authority Training Institute (CPATI) is located in serene natural environment and lies at a distance of 5 (five) kilometers from the center of the city and adjacent of to Port Administrative Building (PAB) and CPA Hospital. It has an aesthetic beauty with verdant surrounding, creates the perfect ambience for study, discussion, reflection and introspection.
CPATI has a tradition of more then twenty five years in the field of training. In every financial year CPA undertakes needs based training programs for the development of its personnel. It realizes the potentials of experienced port officials for the development of curricula and conducting sessions. The CPATI conducts a number of core courses, need-based short courses, refresher & orientation courses for the Port officials and Port users every year.
The common goal of the courses conducted by the CPATI is to produce efficient, dynamic, result-oriented and accountable port officials for the development of its curricula & conducting sessions.
In the year 2004-2005, 1038 officials participated successfully in 62 courses and during 2004-2005, 1546 officials are scheduled to be imparted training in 97 courses.
As various trade groups and organizations associate with the operation of Chittagong Port Authority, so that CPATI offers a wide range of courses for the officials of the Mongla Port Authority (MPA), Dock Workers' Management Board Chittagong, Dock Workers' Management Board Mongla, BSC, BIWTA, BIWTC and the Port Users. For the Port users, CPATI has undertaken 4 Nos. training courses in 2005-2006 for the owners and representatives of Chittagong Customs C & F Agents Association to enhance their professional skills in various activities of Chittagong Port including cargo & container handling. In order to develop the skill of the Merchant Labour "Sling Labour Course" were conducted in CPATI. Apart from this, CPATI has been providing facilities to the students of different Universities for internship program and industrial attachment to the various Vocational and Technical Institutes.
To develop corporate executives in the field of Port & Shipping management who would be able to undertake future responsibilities and face new challenges of globalization, Chittagong Port Authority in joint collaboration with University of Science and Technology Chittagong, has started Master of Business Administration (Major in Port & Shipping Management) Program in CPATI.
To build up internal resource personnel of CPA, CPATI in joint collaboration with The Engineering Staff College, Bangladesh conducting various training programs for employees of CPA.
CPATI also impart training against Disaster Management Plan to the army, navy, police and ansar personnel.
In compliance with the IMO convention to implement the International Ship & Port Facility Security (ISPS) code with effect from 1 July, 2004; Chittagong Port Authority in joint collaboration with Mercantile Marine Department have started training courses on ISPS code for its officials from 17 May 2004 in Chittagong Port Authority Training Institute.
The Computer Training program has been given to most importance in CPA. CPATI has a modern computer lab which is equipped with ten computers. The computer lab is so designed and provided with modern appliances and fixtures as to provide conducive learning environment to the participants of computer related courses. Its computer lab comprises of multimedia & internet facilities. The CPATI has embarked upon a program of imparting Basic Computer Training for all the officials of CPA.
Training sessions usually split between two locations. The class room training is imparted at the CPATI while skill transfer process of on-the-job-training is demonstrated in different CPA and outside workshops.
The CPATI provides accommodation for the participants of other organizations. A library is also available in the CPATI with varieties of books, periodicals, journals and magazines for spreading knowledge and also for spending leisure of the participants and officials.
In addition to in house training the institute often sends its professionals to undergo management and trade training in different training institutes of the country. Besides, it also sends officials to undergo training in foreign countries as and when such training is allocated to CPA by the Government.
The rapid technological changes in the global ports and shipping industries necessitate the CPATI to train its people at work to keep pace with the same. The CPATI concerns this Job by maintaining quality policy to design, develop, organize and impart training to meet expectations and needs of both CPA officials and Port users.
In general the Port covers certain water areas and land areas with necessary facilities to ensure easy entry and departure of ships as well as their safe anchoring having the function of linking sea and land transport together as the entrance and exit of passengers and cargoes at the waterfront area.
The basic factor of the Port, as the connecting knot between sea and land transport, is a terminal function to make safe and facilitate sea transport and to smooth the communications with land transport.
As the terminal of the Port, it is required to improve the equipment and facilities at the Port and maintain good arrangement for cargo collection & handling and procedure so as to minimize the terminal cost, furthering improvement of ship's operation cycle by quick dispatch of ship.
With the recent revolution and changes in transport caused by introduction of special cargo ship and container ship etc, transport system has made remarkable progress, which also affects land transport centering around the Port.
In order to cope with such revolution of sea and land transport technology, it is indispensable to improve the terminal services at the Port by safety and efficient operation of the terminal.
As the concrete countermeasures to achieve such terminal services, firstly it is efficiency improvement of SOFTWARE in the field of cargo handling & berth control management as the core of logistics as well as cargo handling information including safety management. To that end it is strongly required to foster and train the officers who are the promoters of such efficiency improvement. |
