Development of modern and harmonized training of seafarers

• Tanja Brcko ^[1] ; Marko Perkovic ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Ljubljana

     University of Ljubljana

     Eslovenia

     
• Localización: Maritime Transport'16 / coord. por Francisco Javier Martínez de Osés, Marcella Castells Sanabra, 2016, ISBN 978-84-9880-591-8, págs. 185-195
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Modernization and harmonization of the maritime education and training (MET) curriculums with the STCW Convention and Manila amendments 2010 is a challenge for maritime educational institutes around the globe. One of the working packages of the EU project Tempus MArED (Modernizing and Harmonizing Maritime Education in Montenegro and Albania) is the development of new curricula and syllabuses for IMO Model Courses in Montenegro and Albania, together with EU partners from MET institutes in Slovenia, Spain, Croatia and Romania. A particularly important part of the educational process is the role of the bridge simulator, which achieves its purpose only with a certified trainer able to prepare adequate tasks and apply the simulator to training. This paper highlights STCW requirements which must be achieved by trainers on ship simulators, analyses which courses are most common among EU partners and why, what the market requirements are for training seafarers and how reformed institutions compete with other training centers in the Adriatic Sea area, all with the addition of an introductory that includes a bit of a cautionary note for today’s educators.