Merchant Navy Training Board
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = The Merchant Navy Training Board
| abbreviation = MNTB
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| type = United Kingdom non-profit organization
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| founding_location = United Kingdom
| headquarters = London, United Kingdom
| area_served = United Kingdom
| field = Merchant Navy Training Standards
| homepage = https://mntb.org.uk/
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The Merchant Navy Training Board (abbreviated to MNTB) is a voluntary body responsible for maritime training in the United Kingdom and for the training of the British Merchant Navy.{{cite web |url=http://mntb.org.uk/about-us/our-vision-and-mission/|title=MNTB – Mission|accessdate=3 July 2016}} The MNTB are based at the UK Chamber of Shipping office in London and publications are provided by the Witherby Publishing Group.{{cite web|url=http://mntb.org.uk/about-us/how-to-find-us/|title=MNTB – Location|accessdate=3 July 2016|archive-date=16 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216043828/http://mntb.org.uk/about-us/how-to-find-us/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ukchamberofshipping.com/about-us/committees-and-panels/merchant-navy-training-board-mntb/|title=UK Chamber of Shipping and the MNTB|accessdate=3 July 2016}}
The Head of the MNTB is Secretary Kathryn Neilson who leads the MNTB board responsible for setting the policies and standards of the organisation.{{cite web|url=https://ukchamberofshipping.com/about-us/committees-and-panels/merchant-navy-training-board-mntb/ | title=Merchant Navy Training Board (MNTB) |publisher=UK Chamber of Shipping |access-date=30 July 2021}}
Training, Standards and Syllabuses
The MNTB promote seafarer training in the UK and are responsible for the official UK government training syllabuses for Merchant Navy Officers.{{cite web |url=
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/435699/MSN1865.pdf|title=UK Government – Seafarer Training|accessdate=3 July 2016}} Officers are issued with an MNTB training portfolio which must be completed.
Together with OPITO (the international skills organisation for the energy industry), the MNTB provide a training programme for transitioning between the oil and gas industry into shipping.{{cite web|url=https://www.oilreviewmiddleeast.com/technical-focus/opito-s-oil-and-gas-industry-standard-to-boost-skills-of-marine-personnel | title=OPITO's oil and gas industry standard to boost skills of marine personnel | date=3 September 2020 |publisher=Oil Review Middle East |access-date=30 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://shipinsight.com/articles/training-bodies-in-cross-sector-skills-transfer-collaboration/ | title=Training bodies in cross sector skills transfer collaboration |publisher=Ship Insight |access-date=30 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/opito-lays-groundwork-for-cross-sector-skills-transfer-in-collaboration-with-the-merchant-navy-training-board/ | title=OPITO lays groundwork for cross-sector skills transfer, in collaboration with the Merchant Navy Training Board |publisher=Hellenic Shipping News |access-date=30 July 2021}}
In 2020, the MNTB launched a Careers at Sea initiative to highlight maritime careers.{{cite web|url=https://www.nautilusint.org/en/news-insight/telegraph/mapping-a-merchant-navy-career-with-the-careers-at-sea-ambassadors/ | title=Mapping a Merchant Navy career with the Careers at Sea Ambassadors |publisher=Nautilus International |access-date=30 July 2021}} Additionally, in 2020, in partnership with the Merchant Navy Welfare Board and several maritime charities, the MNTB launched a Mental Health Awareness and Wellbeing Training Standard.{{cite web|url=https://www.mnwb.org/blog-page/2020-07-08/maritime-charities-launch-mental-health-awareness-wellbeing-training-standard | title=Maritime Charities Launch Mental Health Awareness & Wellbeing Training Standard |publisher=Merchant Navy Welfare Board |access-date=30 July 2021}}