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The Author centers? How are they vetting course

Goldberg quality? How many have staff dedicat-

Murray Goldberg is CEO of Marine Learning Systems ed to training quality? The new surveys which provides software and services to optimize knowl- cover these and many more important edge, skills and behavior in maritime operators. Contact questions on ensuring training and as-

Murray @ [email protected] sessment quality.

So – once again, please visit www.

MarTID.org to ? ll out the survey and then watch for the release of the 2020 report. Until then, sail safely!

tems, and when he was done John and I looked at each other and said ‘This is exactly what we’re looking for,’” resulting in a new blending training platform for new deckhands and mates.

Staten Island Ferries owns and operates its own simulator, with an- other due to enter service soon, that is geared toward Bridge Resource

Management (BRM) and ECDIS training. It seeks to maximize its training return by, for example, out- ? tting the new simulator with the ac- tual equipment that will be featured on the newbuilds.

It also sends crew to SUNY Mari- time for training as needed, with MI-

TAGS carrying the heavier workload for Staten Island captain and assis- tant captain training courses in and out of the simulator.

“MITAGS has the Navigation Skills

Assessment Program (NSAP), with all of our operating of? cers partici- pating,” said DeSimone. In today’s world, before anyone gets moved up to an assistant captain or captain, they must complete the NSAP pro- gram in addition to evaluations from other captains and administration. “When it comes to promoting a captain and assessing their skills, human evaluation is subjective and some of that’s ok,” said DeSimone. “But we were looking for a solution that would be as objective as pos- sible.” NSAP, combined with human evaluation, provided the solution.

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