Blended Learning for Life Critical Training in the Maritime Industry

SMT的愿景是创造一个新的学习环境，为全球航运业服务。这将利用技术和船舶上的实际训练相结合，为生命关键的培训创造最有效的学习体验。目前的课程要求在相关授标机构(MCA和MNTB)认可和认证的培训中心进行理论和实践培训。目前，进行这项培训的代表及其雇主面临许多后勤和成本挑战：围绕轮换和轮班模式安排培训；组织旅行和住宿；确保代表拥有必要的先决条件知识，并规划进修培训，以确保继续合规。由于新冠肺炎疫情，这些挑战变得更加极端，导致主要海运雇主停止了员工的旅行和培训。社会距离准则也严重影响了可在培训机构接受培训的代表人数。为了应对这一重大挑战，SMT计划创建一种基于技术的解决方案，使代表能够在对他们安全和有效的时间和地点进行培训，同时实现在强制性安全科目中进行更低成本、更有效的培训。数码内容将为每个所需的学科领域使用最有效的多媒体组合，并在网上获得的知识随后通过实际演习在船上得到增强。这项服务将在全球范围内向海事公司提供，使它们能够将其国际业务的学习内容和评估标准化。目前还没有办法在不承担前往培训设施的费用和风险的情况下获得海上工作所需的强制性认证。开发这一解决方案将：提高学员对培训大纲的参与度，改善学习体验；降低个人和企业客户的培训成本；并为SMT产品打开全球市场。“按需”学习将使代表能够将他们的学习安排在对其日常角色和责任影响最小的可管理的部分中。雇佣公司的培训管理员还将能够在线查看其所有员工的当前进度和获得的认证，使他们能够确定其运营中的合规性和能力差距。这将导致安全性能的提高。最终目标将是进一步开发AR和VR解决方案，以便进一步减少并最终取消对船上演习的要求。取消旅行培训和酒店住宿的要求将对全球层面的去碳化产生巨大影响。大约有1000万水手需要接受五年一次的强制性培训。目前的总培训费用主要包括旅费和后勤费用，而不是课程的实际零售费。除去这些元素，数以百万计的飞机、出租车和火车旅行中由酒店洗衣和供暖造成的碳排放将减少。这将大大减少培训费用，这将极大地有利于所有雇用公司和个人代表，特别是那些经济能力最低的公司和代表。

SMT's vision is to create a new learning environment to service the global maritime industry. This will utilise a blend of technology and practical drills on vessels to create the most effective learning experience for life-critical training. Current offerings require theoretical and practical training to be performed in training centres that are accredited and certified by the relevant Awarding Bodies (MCA and MNTB).Delegates undertaking this training and their employers face a number of logistical and cost challenges currently: scheduling training around rotas and shift patterns; organising travel and accommodation; ensuring delegates have the required pre-requisite knowledge, and planning refresher training to ensure continued compliance. These challenges have become more extreme as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to major maritime employers ceasing travel and training for their staff. Social distancing guidelines have also severely impacted the numbers of delegates that can be trained in a training facility.To address this major challenge, SMT plans to create a technology-based solution to enable delegates to train at a time and location that is safe and effective for them whilst achieving lower-cost, more effective training in mandatory safety subjects. The digital content will use the most effective multi-media mix for each required subject area, with the knowledge gained online subsequently enhanced on the vessel with practical drills.This offering will be available globally to maritime companies, enabling them to standardise their learning content and assessment across their international operations. There is no current method to achieve the mandatory certification required to work at sea without having to bear the cost and risk of traveling to a training facility. Developing this solution will: increase learner engagement in the training syllabus and improve the learning experience; drive down training costs for individuals and corporate customers; and will open up a global market for SMT's offering. Having learning "on-demand" will enable delegates to schedule their learning into manageable segments that have a minimal impact on their day-to-day roles and responsibilities. Training Administrators from employing companies will also be able to view the current progress and certification achieved for all of their employees online, enabling them to identify compliance and competency gaps across their operations. This will lead to improved safety performance. The end goal will be to further develop AR and VR solutions such that the requirement for the on-vessel drills can be further reduced and eventually removed.The removal of the requirement to travel for training and for hotel accommodation will have a massive impact on de-carbonisation at a global level. There are approximately 10 million mariners that require mandatory training on a five-year cycle. Current total training costs are largely comprised of travel and logistical costs rather than the actual retail cost of the course. Removing these elements removes millions of plane, taxi and train journeys carbon emissions caused by hotel laundry and heating. This will greatly reduce training costs, which will be massively beneficial to all employing companies and individual delegates, in particular those with the least financial means.