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This article is an interview with Rodney Short, the chief executive of the Australian Maritime College. He outlines the current approach to training at the College, including the introduction of competency-based training, and compares it to the previous relatively simple training on the job which took place in the past.

The new technology requires equally advanced training methods and flexible delivery is an important issue. Maritime education and training is likely to develop the following structure:

pre-sea induction training at a shore-based institution;

at-sea education and competency-based training utilising distance education;

advanced and specialist education and training, both onboard and in shore-based institutions using simulation. Show less