The Almirante Brás de Aguiar Instruction Center ( pt, Centro de Instrução Almirante Brás de Aguiar, CIABA) OMN is a military organization of the Brazilian Navy. The institution it is charged with training officers for the Brazilian Merchant Marine and Brazilian Navy Reserve Officer Corps. Located in the

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, it nonetheless attracts exchange students from all over the country and even from other

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and African countries. The students are

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in the Brazilian Navy during the three-year-long course. The Academy is certified by the

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and its graduates receive an STCW certificate.

History

The history of the institution begins when it is established the Machinist Course and Nautical Course, created by the then President of the Republic

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in 1892, on the demand of the

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. Its first headquarters was installed in a room of the old Navy Arsenal Inspectorate building, where the

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of São Boaventura dos Religiosos da Conceição do Beira de Minhos used to be, and where the Command of the 4th Naval District of the Brazilian Navy is located today. On April 20, 1893, by Decree No. 1362, it was turned into the Machinists and Pilots School ( pt, Escola de Machinistas e Pilotos do Estado do Pará). In 1907, new classes started to be taught, such as the Commissary and Radiotelegraphy Courses, which occasioned a new transformation. The Merchant Marine School of Pará ( pt, Escola de Marinha Mercante do Pará, EMMPA) was created, which left the small room at the Arsenal of the Navy to occupy its new two-story building, also built on land owned by the Command of the Fourth Naval District. EMMPA continued to train and adapt

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, machinists, radiotelegraph operators and commissioners until, due to technological progress, it was again transformed into the Almirante Brás de Aguiar Training Center by Decree No. 71,718 of January 16, 1973, at the suggestion of the Pará historian Augusto Meira Filho.

Merchant Marine Officer Training School

The Merchant Marine Officer Training School ( pt, Escola de Formação de Oficiais da Marinha Mercante, EFOMM) is designed to train

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and

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, with a

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in Nautical Science and as members of the Brazilian Navy's

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board with the rank of

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. The entire student body is referred to as the Regiment of Midshipmen and is subdivided into three battalions. The 1st and 2nd Companies form the 1st Battalion, the 3rd and Band Companies make up the 2nd Battalion, while the 4th and 5th Company make the 3rd Battalion. Company assignment is random.

Organization

The academy is administered by the Brazilian

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( pt, Diretoria de Portos e Costas), funded by the Merchant Marine Fund ( pt, Fundo da Marinha Mercante).

Academics

The ''Centro de Instrução Almirante Brás de Aguiar'' is dedicated to education and training of merchant marine officers (

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s, as well as the training of other professionals for the maritime industry, ports, transportation and logistics).

Undergraduated education programmes

CIABA-EFOMM offers the following degree programmes oriented for the training of future merchant marine officers: *

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(Deck officers' programme) * B.Sc. in Marine machines engineering (Engineering officers' programme) The bachelor degrees (three years of study) in Marine studies and Marine machines engineering give access, respectively, to the careers of deck officers and engineer officers of the merchant marine.

Professional technical courses

In addition, professional technical (PREPOM) courses include: *

Able seaman An able seaman (AB) is a seaman and member of the deck department of a merchant ship with more than two years' experience at sea and considered "well acquainted with his duty". An AB may work as a watchstander, a day worker, or a combination ...

( pt, Marinheiro Fluvial de Convés, MFC) * Motorman ( pt, Marinheiro Fluvial de Máquinas, MFM) *

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( pt, Moço de Convés, MOC) * Ordinary motorman ( pt, Moço de Máquinas, MOM) * Steward ( pt, Cozinheiro ou Taifeiro, CTS)

References

;Notes ;Bibliography * *

External links

Ciaba Official website

Brazilian Navy official website

Military Orders and Medals from Brazil
Brazilian Navy Maritime colleges Educational institutions established in 1892 1892 establishments in Brazil {{navy-stub