JRC/Alphatron Marine is launching an online learning management system at the Global Training Academy (GTA).
The Online Training Module, available from 30 September, enables access from around the world via the GTA portal.
Not all training courses will be the same. “For some simpler equipment, a participant will be able to obtain a certificate through an online course,” explained Monique Scholten, manager training at JRC/Alphatron Marine. “For more complicated equipment such as radars, MFDs and VDR, actual classroom training will still be needed. Things like regulations and software updates can be taught and practised online, but an actual installation needs to be practised on real equipment.”
“Our trainers are working hard to get more courses available in the near future and the next step will be the online training availability for other users such as ship’s crew,” she added.
The starting point in the development of the Online Training Module was to ensure that the quality of the new online courses matched the quality of the current classroom trainings. Various departments from both JRC and Alphatron Marine worked together, bringing in outside expertise to help translate the regular training methods into a digital version.
