Task Performance of Deck and Engine Cadets of the Maritime Education Upgrading Program

Strong dynamics in international maritime education and training has provided stakeholders the challenge to level-up in order to remain globally competitive. Responsive to this challenge, the effort towards sustainable-continual improvement with regards to product realization among students of the Maritime Education Upgrading Program conceived under the international cooperation of the Palompon Institute of Technology (PIT) and the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KVNR), shipboard performances of deck and engine cadets onboard Dutch ships, aligned with the competencies required in Table A-II/1, 2, & 3 of the Standards, Training, Certification and Watchkeeping ‘78 (STCW ’78), as amended, revealed results in the Task Performance in Navigation manifested that the deck cadets performed the required tasks to high level of performances consistent with the theoretical knowledge gained in school and to the acquired skills, competences, and actual work performance requirements onboard ships. On the other hand, results of the Task Performance in Marine Engineering attributed to the engine cadets indicated that these cadets have likewise performed the task aligned with the competencies required in the STCW ‘78 to an average level. The study was a descriptive-survey utilizing a standardized instrument of the College of Maritime Education’s Quality Management System Manual. The instruments were sent to shipboard trainer officers’ onboard Dutch ships. Filled up survey instrument was then authenticated by ship Masters and stamped with the ships’ seal before these were sent back to the school either through email via the cadets’ respective manning agencies or by the cadets themselves upon their disembarkation.