A Comparative Study of Training Methods for Training and Education of Marine Engineering Students of IAMU Universities

Ismail Çicek, Cengiz Deniz, Ali Kuolu

Istanbul Technical University, Maritime Faculty, TURKEY

Takeshi Nakazawa

Kobe University of Mercantile Marine, JAPAN

I. Çicek

C. Deniz

A. Kuolu

T. Nakazawa

Abstract

The major role of the marine engineering department of IAMU member universities/ faculties is to provide their undergraduate students with effective and highly leveled education and training to be a highly competent marine engineer.

Standing at this point of view, the authors have considered the effective training method in compliance with STCW'95 convention and the Codes. Without doubt, the traditional methods, using ships in service and/or training ships, to provide practical experience have long been recognized as the effective training method by marine engineering institutions. On the other hand, engine room simulators have recently begun to attract notice as a new training method because of the several advantages over the traditional methods.

In the first part of this paper, a comparative study among the training methods utilizing a ship in service, a training ship and an engine room simulator is carried out, by taking account of the merits and demerits of each training method in view of reality, repeatability and types of training concepts. Consequently, the way to organize the most effective training method for IAMU member universities/faculties are proposed in the first part of the paper.

In addition to this, the authors also considered additional training programs which aims higher competencies for maritime institute graduates than the minimum requirement for the competences shown in the tables A-III/1 and A-III/2 in the Code of STCW'95. In the second part of the paper, the authors also discuss what an additional competence should be needed for the graduates from advanced maritime universities and propose a competence for managing the risk in machinery space on board ship as the additional competence for students of IAMU member institutions.