THE RNLI has unveiled its newest Training Assessor for Llandudno Lifeboat Station. Mike Jones has recently passed out as a Training Assessor joining Robin Holden, Les Jones, Tim James, and John ‘Oggi’ Roberts who collectively provide training required at Llandudno. In the RNLI volunteer lifeboat crews train together every week, at sea and ashore. Weekly RNLI training exercises focus on teamwork, technical competence and safe operating procedures covering everything from boat-handling, search and rescue, and navigation, to radar training, radio communications and casualty care. Robin Holden, retired Station Coxswain, who coordinates the training at Llandudno, said: John and I arrange all of the individual training plans, while serving Coxswains Les and Tim and now Mike conduct the assessments to ensure the crew meet the required standards of operational competence.