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The implications of outsourcing seafarer employees globally: The possible impact of authentic assessment
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 10:25 authored by Samrat GhoshSamrat Ghosh, Ruggunan, SThe Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code was introduced by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to globally regulate the standards for competence assessment and certification of seafarers. However, flexibility and vagueness in the Code has led to a lack of uniformity in the adopted assessment methods and the resulting competence standards of the graduating students worldwide. Variability and inconsistencies in employee competence on board ships may have profound ramifications on seafarer employers that intend to outsource employees from the global labour market as a benefit of globalisation. Such employers are increasingly demanding evidence of achievement of the STCW standards or more from maritime education and training (MET) institutes. Due to impracticality, the solution may not lie in increasing global regulation of training but exploring innovative assessment practices that may be implemented nationally to improve the certification and resulting evidence of competence of seafarers. This paper provides theoretical justification to support authentic assessment as a possible alternative to current assessment practices. Based on a review of literature in the area of authentic assessment, the paper argues that student performances in a real-world context captured through rubrics provide contextual evidence of competence to perform on-board tasks. Such contextual evidence can then be used to gauge the standards of training and improve on them by stakeholders such as educators, employers, and national regulators.
History
Publication title
Proceedings of the 16th Annual General Assembly of the International Association of Maritime universitiesEditors
B PritchardPagination
85-91ISBN
978-953-165-116-5Department/School
Australian Maritime CollegePublisher
International Association of Maritime UniversitiesPlace of publication
CroatiaEvent title
16th Annual General Assembly of the International Association of Maritime UniversitiesEvent Venue
Opatija, CroatiaDate of Event (Start Date)
2015-10-07Date of Event (End Date)
2015-10-10Rights statement
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