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Training Tips for Ships

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Tip #41

Maritime Skills

Who Trains? Who Assesses?

ssessment is a special interest of mine, and it sessor has a different job - that of ensuring that no candidate should be at or near the top of the list for anyone is assigned a job duty they are not prepared for. While these involved in maritime training. Why? Two reasons. roles are inherently designed to achieve a common purpose,

AFirst, because it is arguably more important than in some ways, they have (and should have) con? icting in- the training itself. And second, because in my experience most terests. The trainer is there to support, instruct, and provide training administrators pay 95% of their attention to training, resources. Therefore, the trainer should be a “safe” and sup- and only 5% to assessment. This means that assessment is of- portive learning resource for the candidate regardless of the ten done poorly. So let’s turn our attention to some essential candidate’s abilities. The candidate should not feel any judg- tips for assessment in maritime training. ment from the trainer when they ask questions or practice

This article presents one simple, but critical, assessment skills. In contrast, the role of the assessor is not to support the tip for improving the evaluation of skills in your of? cers trainee, but to evaluate the trainee. The assessor has a duty and crew: a trainee should be taught and assessed by differ- to determine if the trainee has the requisite knowledge and ent people. That is, we should never allow a trainee’s trainer skills to perform ef? ciently and safely - since lives and ? eet to be the same person as their assessor. Let’s discuss why performance depend on it.

this is important. It can be helpful to think of the trainer as a producer and the

It is the job of the trainer to ensure a candidate learns all assessor as a consumer. It is the job of the trainer to produce the required skills and knowledge for the job at hand. The as- quali? ed candidates. It is the job of the assessor to critically 16 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • November 2022

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