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World Maritime University, New Wave Media, and Marine training quality that will be of interest to every organization

Learning Systems in partnership together. This year, like last, focusing on continuous improvement in training outcomes. In we have created three separate surveys: one to be completed that report are ideas for training quality improvement and data by seafarers, one by vessel operators, and one by maritime that can be used by any organization to benchmark their train- training institutions. The more responses we have, the more ing quality efforts. accurate and useful the data in the report. And the early trend Whether you work as a training executive for a vessel opera- is excellent – the 2019 survey received twice the responses of tor, as a faculty member or administrator at a maritime train- 2018. The 2020 survey roughly doubled again. Please help us ing institute, or as a seafarer, we need your survey responses. double the responses once more for the 2021 survey. Please visit www.MarTID.org to ? ll out the survey and then

When visiting www.MarTID.org on your way to complete watch for the release of the 2021 report. the survey, take the opportunity to review some of the revela- Until next time, thank you and sail safely! tions contained in the 2020 training practices report. There you will ? nd some fascinating data. For example, the report

The Author details the top training drivers, how training budgets are

Goldberg changing, and where some of the money is going. Addition-

Murray Goldberg is CEO of Marine ally, the survey contains useful information on the major new

Learning Systems which provides maritime training initiatives underway and being planned by software and services to optimize operators and training institutions across the globe. If you are knowledge, skills and behavior in involved in training, this list may provide some outstanding maritime operators. ideas to consider at your organization.

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The 2020 report also focuses on practices and approaches to

Read 2020 MarTID survey results: https://www.marinelink.com/news/martid-maritime-training-budgets-continue-481079 www.marinelink.com 13

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