VideoRay Announces 215 people received In-Depth ROV Training in 2005
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St. Mary's USCG MSST unit trains with their highly portable VideoRay Pro III for conducting ship hull inspections. Click for high res version.
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Phoenixville, PA - VideoRay announced today results from its 2005 In-Depth ROV training programs in which 215 people received multi-day, hands-on, professional development training. Training topics were tailored to customers‘ requirements and included ROV operations, SONAR. positioning systems, ship hull inspections, ROV maintenance, maritime and port security, tank Inspections, body recovery, and others.
“I am very proud of our training” commented Scott Bentley, President, VideoRay LLC “We designed the training to efficiently show our customers how to achieve the best possible results when using our underwater tools”.
Training participants included, 7 US Coast Guard units with 3 additional to follow in the first quarter of 2006, US Army Corp of Engineers, City of Long Beach, Quincy Police Department, U.S. Navy, NASA, US Naval Academy, Canadian Department of Fisheries & Oceans, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Park Service, and many private individuals and companies.
“In order to use new technology like this to its potential, we need training, and we need to share what works and what doesn’t” commented CWO Mike Spute of MSST 91108 in St. Mary’s, Georgia.
“Training classes have already begun to fill up for the first quarter of 2006” commented Tom Glebas, Director of Training, VideoRay LLC. “Based our current schedule and requests we expect to train more than 500 people this year”.
VideoRay now has far more Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) in service around the world than any manufacturer, and is delivering additional ROVs at an increasing rate. Weighing just 8 pounds and starting at $5995 USD, VideoRays can be equipped with sonar, positioning systems or other accessories, and are used for underwater surveys, offshore inspections, search and recovery, homeland defense, science, fish farming and a range of applications in underwater environments. In August, the General Services Administration (GSA) awarded VideoRay a contract to supply vehicles to the US government, making it easier and faster for many agencies to acquire one. See http://www.videoray.com/GSA for more information.
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For further information:
Chris Gibson chris.gibson@videoray.com
Director, Marketing
VideoRay LLC
Phone: 610.458.3000 x204
www.videoray.com
For further information on training:
Tom Glebas tom.glebas@videoray.com
Director, Training
VideoRay LLC
Phone: 610.458.3000 x207
www.videoray.com
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