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whether he is computer savvy and able to develop training material. Not forgetting the power of communication: language skills, articulation, body language to helphim better communicate with the stu-dents.? Finding & Retaining Good Trainers Retaining experienced and expert train- ers is critical for training institutes strug-gling to achieve a brand image. An Institute is only as good as its teachers.The salaries offered are indeed incompa- rable with the salaries offered in other in- dustry specific shore jobs. For effective motivation this difference needs to be evened out with better working condi- tions, opportunities for professional de-velopment etc. At the recent Global Maritime Educa-tion & Training (GlobalMET) conference many participants candidly spoke about the problem faced by them in selecting good teachers. It is a fact that a good mas- ter on board need not be a good teacher. In general it was felt that a good teacher should have a predisposition to teach. Since it took many years to be a good master it will also take time to be a good teacher. ?It is a challenge is to have good faculty,? contends Capt Y Sharma, Head of the Training center of International Maritime Training Center. ?It is impor- tant when selecting these trainers to iden-tify people who have a passion to teach, and see the opportunity and time to grow in the teaching field. Of course we need to put them in the class and for a goodteacher it would take about a year to achieve a level of quality in a particular subject.? November 2012www.marinelink.com 85Visit us at Workboat Â12 Booth 458LEFTAutomation trainer: An equip-ment used for Advanced Instrumen-tation & Process Control course. This program is specially designed to train the ship staff in proper un- derstanding of marine automationsystems and instrumentation. MR#11 (82-89):MR Template 11/6/2012 8:46 AM Page 85