Full Mission Bridge Simulation: Basis for Skills and Competency Enhancement for BSMT Students

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the competency and skills of students in Iloilo State College of Fisheries in term of maneuvering the ship through Simulation on Full Mission Bridge Simulator. This study is using the descriptive analysis to determine the level of competency and skills of the BSMT students using the Full Mission Bridge Simulator through enhancement by familiarization and monitoring. This study was conducted at the Iloilo State College of Fisheries, Tiwi, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo. The respondents of this study consisted of 260 BSMT 3 students. Purposive sampling was used in this study. The data were gathered from January to February through the pre-assessment and post-assessment questionnaires from IMO MC 6.10- Training Program for Instructor and Assessor Conducting Simulator Based Training and Assessment. In analyzing research data, the mean, meridian, and mode averages were employed. The results of the study in the pre-assessment in ship’s familiarization the overall mean is 3.664 which is more knowledgeable while in the post-assessment in monitoring the overall mean is 3.91 which is more achieved. There is no significant difference between the level of competency and skills of the students before using the Full Mission Bridge Simulator during enhancement through familiarization and the level of competency and skills before using the Full Mission Bridge Simulator during enhancement through monitoring.