21 January, 2020 – The third annual global Maritime Training Insights (MarTID) Survey is officially open. There are three, targeted surveys for seafarers, vessel operators, and maritime education and training institutions.
Take the Survey:
- Vessel Operators (Owner/Senior Training Managers): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2020MarTIDOperator
- Maritime Education and Training Institutions: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2020MarTIDMETI
- Seafarers: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2020MarTIDSeafarer
There is broad agreement that roughly 80% of maritime accidents involve human factors causes. As such, operators and training centers are pouring significant resources into creating best practice and innovative training programs. MarTID is a non-commercial initiative founded to collect anonymized and secure data on industry training practices, foci, and outcomes. It will provide invaluable data on current and emerging training trends and techniques, staffing models, training focus areas, training tools, training resource allocation, assessment practices and so on. The MarTID database will grow in breadth and depth annually with your participation, shining a light on the training approaches and successes of global vessel operators and training centers. Insightful, hard-to-get information inside the report include global trends in training budgets, average training amount spent per seafarer and trends in training technologies and training models. To access the 2019 report, click here.
The 2020 survey is designed to further the mission of the previous two MarTID surveys in 2018 & 2019: to provide a global picture of maritime training that is not currently available. MarTID 2020 continues to collect key foundational data tracked annually – training budgets, training models, training staffing, the use of technology, major training initiatives, and seafarer demographics – to help reveal trends in core training issues. The special area of focus for the 2020 survey is a section dedicated to Quality in Training.
Your help can make the difference
As was the case in the past two surveys, the 2020 survey will be followed by a series of publicly-available reports, broadly published. These reports will provide both high-level and deep-dive information covering both broad trends as well as deep coverage of the 2020 special topic. Although MarTID was founded and run by the three partner organizations, it requires community involvement to succeed. Your participation, approximately 30 minutes of your time, helps to broaden the depth of information.
We believe that the annual collection and analyses of training data will help the maritime community gain insights that can lead to enhanced policy-setting, decision-making, benchmarking and operational optimization by industry operators and regulatory authorities at all levels. We hope that the survey data and its analyses will become an important and authoritative source of knowledge for the global maritime community. Therefore, we thank you in advance for contributing to this important body of knowledge.
Your insights are needed. Please take the MarTID Survey @ martid.org
Press Contact:
Jeannie Tse
Marine Learning Systems
jeannie@marinels.com
+1(885) 362-7463