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Training Tips for Ships

Tip #21

MarTID 2021

A Call to Action he 2021 Maritime Training Insights Database (Mar- seafarers, the impacts have been similarly varied and dif? cult.

TID) survey is about to be launched. This is a unique These challenges have brought the need for adaptation and in- and pivotal time in maritime training. The pandemic novation. Many of the forced changes, no doubt, are inferior

Thas forced us to adapt our training and has accel- but necessary initiatives to keep training going in less-than- erated training innovations. This year’s survey is uniquely optimal circumstances. Others are positive, accelerated inno- important for its ability to help us learn from these unprec- vations which are bene? cial and will persist post-pandemic. edented changes to training practices. If we do not survey and We need to understand and document these new initiatives.

document the changes resulting from the pandemic, we lose It is with the above in mind that this year’s special topic for a unique opportunity to learn. Therefore, the industry needs the annual Maritime Training Insights survey focuses on the you to take 20 minutes to complete the survey at www.Mar- impacts on training resulting from the pandemic. We need you

TID.org. Your contribution will enable the creation of 2021’s to tell your 2020/2021 training story. Most importantly we are comprehensive, freely distributed, global maritime training surveying how seafarers, operators and maritime training in- practices report that you, the members of our industry rely on stitutions have adapted in reaction to the pandemic, both tem- more heavily each year. porarily and inde? nitely. In addition to this year’s focus on the

This year has been, and continues to be, both a dif? cult and effects of the pandemic, the survey covers a consistent, core transitional year for maritime training. The world-wide pan- set of data to track important and long-term trends in maritime demic has created training challenges throughout the indus- training practices. try. The impacts have ranged from dif? cult to existential for The maritime training practices survey and its resulting an- maritime operators and education & training institutes. For nual report are non-commercial initiatives supported by the

With COVID-19 & the fate of seafarers globally in 2020, it is critical to under- stand seafarer training & education.

Take the 2021 survey @ www.MarTID.org

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