{"id":78010,"date":"2017-01-16T17:04:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T17:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=a1b09c3c73f2207026f95958ac846b19"},"modified":"2017-01-16T17:04:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T17:04:03","slug":"news-story-mcas-survey-inspection-transformation-programme-gets-the-green-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=78010","title":{"rendered":"News story: MCA\u2019s Survey &amp; Inspection Transformation Programme gets the green light"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Following extensive engagement, the Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency\u2019s Survey and Inspection Transformation Programme was given the green light earlier today to implement the proposed changes to the grades and terms and conditions of Marine Surveyors.<\/p>\n<p>This is a significant moment for the Survey and Inspection business and presents the Directorate of Maritime Safety and Standards (DMSS) with the mandate from staff to move forward in a positive and constructive manner in support of the MCA.<\/p>\n<p>Katy Ware, Director of Maritime Safety and Standards said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has taken a huge amount of effort to get us to this position. The engagement process was lengthy and wide reaching in order to connect with all those this decision would affect.  As a result of this engagement, 91% of Prospect members voted in the ballot and 87% of those accepted our proposed changes.<\/p>\n<p>I feel strongly that together in collaboration with the TUS, we can now transform our business in order to deliver and enhance the valuable service we provide to our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Survey and Inspection Transformation Programme (S&amp;ITP) began its engagement with Trade Union representatives in March 2015. During April 2016, the MCA consulted both its internal workforce and external stakeholders on elements of the proposals for the S&amp;ITP, including the changes to the Marine Office locations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MCA\u2019s Survey and Inspection Transformation Programme has been given the green light to implement proposed changes to the grades and terms and conditions of Marine Surveyors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78010"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}