ADVANCES IN MARITIME EDUCATION AND TRAINING: THE CASE OF NEW COMPETENCES OF ELECTRO-TECHNICAL OFFICERS COMPLYING WITH INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS

Abstract

A notable trend of maritime education and training development has been observed in recent years. One of the signs of this process was the introduction of new standards of competence for Electro-Technical Officers into the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, being one of the most important global and legal instruments within maritime education and training. This paper briefly presents a structure of the STCW Convention, taking into account the new competences, as well as the reasons and tools for their development and implementation. A key point of the article is statistical analysis of the impact of new legislation on the professional career development of Electro-Technical Officers based on the case study of Poland. Some concluding remarks concerning the employability, professional stabilization and new perspectives of ETOs are formulated.