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1 The Nautical Institute – Cyprus Command Seminar 03rd November 2017


• Definitions – History – Experience

• Training – Mentoring – Leadership - Interactions

• Mentor – Mentee – Stages – Relations – Skills – Interactions

• Regulations, Integration of Mentoring in Company’ Training policy

• Training and Mentoring in changing context

Onboard Training & Mentoring the future generation for Command!

• Training and Mentoring on board – Master, Cadet and Company perspective



Training :

-> Process of learning the skills that are needed

for a particular job or activity.

Mentoring:

-> Personal development relationship with a

more experienced professional, ongoing

process focusing on a continued exchange of

guidance and input.

Leadership:

-> The activity of leading a group of people or

an organization or ability to do this.



Older collegue Captain:

-> Nautical college,

-> Neither tutoring nor mentoring,

-> Wish to have elder, experienced colleague,

-> Compensation by experience at sea.

Personal experience :

-> Tall ship – ‘Bosun the Mother’,

-> Cargo vessels - Cadetship

‘You future Captain have to start learning from

the basics’

-> Cargo vessels – Third Mate.

- AB the Mentor,

- ‘Green’ Third Mate vs Experienced Master

- Master the real MENTOR and TRAINER,

- Interactions, mutual understanding, passing

knowledge.



Reality on board:

-> Work activities,

-> Shower,

-> Dinner,

-> Cabin ‘life’ and laptop.

Master role, Human element:

-> Old ‘Smarthphone’,

-> ‘New and old Software’,

-> Importance of people,

-> Mental contact with youngsters,

-> Human NOT technology,

-> Sea is NOT Paradise,

-> Steel people on steel ships?


• Training – Mentoring – Leadership – Interactions

Training

-> How and which way skills are gained?

This is continuous task until level of

confidence is reached, needs to be repeated.

Mentoring

-> Task specific, usually lasts for limited

period of time, it is performamce driven.

Leadership

-> How can a good Mentor initiate less

experienced seafarers to leadership skills.

-> Share and refine experience/skills in all

marine aspects,

-> ‘The wise man learns from the mistakes of

others’.


• Mentor <-> Mentee - Stages - Relations - Skills - Interactions

Mentoring :

-> Initiation,

-> Cultivation,

-> Separation,

-> Redefinition,

->Mentoring is a natural process grounded in

the believe of human potential,

->Renaissance of one of the oldest natural

support relationships,

-> Guide, support, coach, mental an physical

attendance.


• Mentor <-> Mentee - Stages - Relations - Skills - Interactions

Skills, principles, GIVE AND TAKE

-> Increased ability to solve problems,

-> Make responsible decision,

-> Values, choices, consequences,

-> Benefits,

-> Self-confidence,

-> Impact on performance,

-> Guide, support, advice giving,

-> Built skills, competences and talent,

-> Reflective feedback,

-> Set the goals,

-> Critiquing in positive way action taken,

-> Time pressure on Mentor,

-> Company Guidelines.


• Regulations, Integration of Mentoring in Company’s Training policy

-> STCW (Reg. A-I/6),

-> MLC 2006 (Reg. 1.3),

-> Company discretion,

-> Selection of Mentor,

-> Nominating another Mentor,

-> Motivation of Mentor and Mentee,

-> Time given to Mentor,

-> Clear expectation,

-> Should not be part of Regulations, unless

outcome can be verified,

-> Resistance of traditional shipping companies

as Shipping is very conservative.


• Training and Mentoring onboard - Master, Cadet and Company perspective

Steps of learing/training/getting experience

-> Cadetship, apprentice Officer,

-> Junior Officer,

-> Chief Officer,

-> Master

‘Becoming Master is like climbing on the ladder,

step by step’

-> Training/Mentoring – Master perspective,

-> Training/Mentoring – Cadet perspective,

-> Training/Mentoring – Company perspective.


• Mentoring and Training in Changing Context

Seamanship in Danger?

-> Autonomous ships,

-> Smart Ships,

-> Big Data,

-> Blockchain technology in Maritime & Shipping,

-> Changes in Training needs,

-> Changes in legislation,

-> Artificial Intelligence,

-> Maritime robotics,

-> AI Captain!

-> Evolution or Revolution?

-> Will human/seafarers be needed????

-> Final decision : Human Captain or AI Captain?


• Mentoring and Training in changing context

Designers:

‘ At level 10 [Sheridan scale] Machine executes

autonomously ignoring human’

Port Technology 2015:

‘ Machine learning and artificial intelligence will radically

change the way Owners and Operators will manage

ships in the future. Expects intelligence technology will

help CREW make better decision on board to improve

operational efficiency, prevent maritime incidents and

enhance safety’

Port Technology 2016:

‘AI Captains, Artificial Intelligence based navigation

software can drive ships without staff in the future’

‘ One of the Robotics Research Center sees that robot

will plough the seas already in 2020’

‘ Rather then being fully autonomous, robot ship fleet

will be monitored via land based control centers with

crew of 7 to 14 people’

SCARING??? YES AND NO.


• Mentoring and Training in Changing Context

Illusions or Reality? Closing Remarks

->All officers to be intellectually curious,

->Learning from past experience and mistakes,

->Pass all experience and knowledge to new generation

->Open your mind to all digital developments,

->Pass all experience and knowledge to new

generation,

->Company should take driving sit in Training new

Generation for Command,

->Mentoring can encourage and intensify this process,

->Mentoring does not require to be regulated (it is

natural process),

->Motivation of Mentor and Mentee,

->Company to provide guidance to both Mentor and

Mentee,

->Maintenance works (Condition Based Maintenance or

holistic approach Risk Based Maintenance),

->Mentoring by AI Captain (no mistakes policy?),

->AI Captain vs developing personalities/competences,

->Legal responsibilities,

->Real Captain shall always remain in Command and

make final decision.


“CONCLUSION.”New digital revolution will change completely Shipping and whole Maritime industry in the future and this is

an on going process that can not be stopped. But all Human must be Smart enough and remain

Autonomous, not just to follow all changes w/out any reflection, rather then intensify natural process of

evolution and use it in the best possible way to support Human decision and consequently avoid mistakes,

increase safety and security for own benefit. Exactly same applies for Future Generation of Command. All

past experience, knowledge shall be cultivated as a very precious gift. New technologies shall be used to

support Master decision, Mentoring (being a natural process) and Training (being a task specific) shall be

intensified in new Context of digitalisation with great support/guidance of not only Companies, but whole

Shipping Industry, as I am doubtful that AI Captain can really help in developing competent personalities.


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