Tag: Safety Culture

Tag: Safety Culture

Operator Spotlight: FastCat (Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corp)

Nov 14, 2019 Marine Learning Systems 0 Blog , , , , , Photo above taken by Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corporation Operator Spotlight is an interview series that explores different maritime operators and their experience using eLearning technology in their training programmes. For today’s post, we had the wonderful pleasure of interviewing Mary Ann Pastrana, Executive Vice President of Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corporation (FastCat). [...] READ MORE

Conversations with BC Ferries – ROI of Blended Learning

May 15, 2019 Marine Learning Systems 0 Blog , , , , Photo above taken by Milad Alizadeh on Unsplash Introduction This is the fourth in a series that transcribes an interview our CEO, Murray, had with Jeff Joyce from BC Ferries. The following gives a summary of the monetary and intangible benefits that BC Ferries received as a result of investing into their [...] READ MORE

Dragon Boating, Safety Culture and Empowering Your Crew

Jun 7, 2018 Peter Frankel 0 Blog , Introduction There was a recent mass-fatality incident that you likely didn't hear about; 17 people perished in a dragon boat accident in China last month, when 2 boats capsized in fast-moving water. As a seasoned dragon boater, I have some perspective of how this may have happened - both from an environmental [...] READ MORE

Maritime Safety Culture and the Broken Windows Theory

Nov 23, 2017 Murray Goldberg 0 Blog , Introduction The human element as it relates to safety culture is both fascinating and important. Anyone involved in maritime safety needs to have a basic understanding of how human nature influences organizational safety attitudes and performance. This article looks at one important aspect which explains why it is difficult to [...] READ MORE

BC Ferries and their Move to Blended Learning

Mar 23, 2017 Marine Learning Systems 0 Blog , , , , In 2007, BC Ferries embarked on a major initiative called SailSafe to improve safety. A key program from this was the creation of an objective and standardized approach to familiarization training. Named SEA (Standardized Education and Assessment), the training program consists of an intensive blended learning approach. It replaces their [...] READ MORE

Improving Safety Culture and Training: Additional Lessons

Aug 24, 2016 Murray Goldberg 0 Blog , , Introduction In the first article of this series I began a discussion on what maritime organizations can do to improve training performance and organizational culture without having a large budget to devote to the task.  I used as an example an organization of 100 employees which felt as though their training program [...] READ MORE
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