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The 4 Annual 2021 Maritime Training Insights Database and Survey (MarTID) s trainers in the maritime e M M MarTID continues to survey the same industry, we bene? t from m m c c c consistent set of annual baseline the sharing of informa- t t training metrics that it has gathered

Ation. Understanding s s since the inception of the report. what training trends are emerging, T The consistency of these metrics how training budgets are growing and the survey questions designed o of of o o vessel operators reported an increase i in n n n (or shrinking), what training mod- to collect them ensures that trends i in n in i te t rnet-based and e-learning usag ge e. e. . .

els are on the rise or decline, and are revealed and tracked, unpollut- how the world pandemic has affected ed by variances in the survey instru- training operations is all of great impor- ment. There are some notable datapoints tant to us. Having a global understanding of in the 2021 report on budgets, training meth- these questions and more allows us to improve based ods, and other topics.

on best practice, and to prepare for the future in a way we Past surveys have revealed a consistent trend of growth in could not possibly achieve in isolation. training budgets for vessel operators. Roughly 30% saw a de-

It is our belief in this basic truth that incentivized the World crease in this year’s training budget when compared to last

Maritime University, New Wave Media, and Marine Learning year’s, and an additional 50% saw no increase in their bud-

Systems to launch the Maritime Training Insights Database gets. Many of the respondents cited COVID-19 as the cause and survey in 2018. Now, in 2021, we are very pleased to be of the reduction or lack of growth.

on the cusp of publishing our freely available fourth annual re- Despite the dif? culty in maintaining in-person training due port for the bene? t of the maritime training community. Once to the pandemic, face-to-face classroom training was still cit- published, you will ? nd the report at www.MarTID.org. ed as the most commonly used training method, with 85% of

The past 20 months have brought unprecedented challenges operators using it to a high or medium degree. Even with its and changes to maritime training. There are few human en- continued high utilization, face-to-face training experienced deavours untouched by the global COVID-19 pandemic, and the largest decrease in usage, with 60% of respondents report- maritime training has arguably been affected more than most. ing a decrease from the previous year. A further 25% expect to

With respect to the pandemic, this year’s MarTID survey was utilize it less in the coming year. designed to not only uncover the challenges that have e ve The second most used training method, e-learning arisen and the industry’s response to those e u u using internet-based sources, was reported to challenges, but more importantly has b b be in high and medium usage by 76% of attempted to understand how those r respondents. A full 80% of operators challenges and responses will per- s saw an increase in internet-based e- manently shape the future of mari- l learning usage. Three quarters of time training. This is the focus t the respondents anticipate a fur- of the special topic for the 2021 t ther increase of internet-based e-

MarTID training practices report. learning in the coming year.

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