Education and training
TRAINING FOR
TOMORROW’S WORLD
The EU-funded SkillSea project is working to identify the digital, green and
soft management skills European maritime professionals will need in
the years to come – and make sure these are taught at college.
Andrew Linington reports.
A blueprint that seeks to provide maritime
professionals with ‘future-proofed’
training has been unveiled in a new
report from the European Union-funded SkillSea
project.
Written by experts at the Norwegian Univer-sity
of Science & Technology (NTNU) and
Liverpool John Moores University in the UK, the
report identifies ways in which maritime educa-tion
and training could be improved – including
G Crane
simulator in use
at Warsash
nautical school.
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greater use of simulation-based learning and new
training packages to smooth the path between
seagoing and shore-based employment.
The research team examined four key trends
which are having an increasing influence upon
the future skills and competence needs of those
working in the shipping industry: sustainable
development, collaboration among clusters,
digitalisation, and education.
The report draws from in-depth interviews