Understanding attrition in UK maritime education and training

Gekara, Victor

doi:10.1080/14767720902908190

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“…In his study of seafarer training under the UK tonnage tax, Gekara (2009) also notes that beyond providing training subsidies (mostly channelled through employers) the State has little involvement in the actual development and organisation of training, leaving these critical roles to shipping companies, their appointed training and 'manning' agencies and employer-dominated consultative training agencies to dictate structures, processes and outcomes.…”

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Meeting skills needs in a market-based training system: a study of employer perceptions and responses to training challenges in the Australian transport and logistics industry

Gekara

Snell

Chhetri

et al. 2014

Journal of Vocational Education & Training

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Many countries are adopting market-based training systems to address industry skills needs. This paper examines the marketisation of Australia's training system and the implications for training provision and outcomes in the Transport and Logistics industry. Drawing on qualitative interviews from industry employers and training providers, we examine the social structuring of the training market with reference to employer perceptions, behaviour and implications for the training system and outcomes. We conclude that the training market is not neutral but one shaped by major employers. Employers becoming enterprise training providers and training to their specific needs are identified as entrenching employer control over the training system with the unintended consequences of potentially restricting broader worker employability, marginalising the interests of smaller employers and contributing to unfavourable labour market outcomes. Enhanced social partnership is presented as a way to address these concerns and mitigate the negative consequences of training marketisation.

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Meeting skills needs in a market-based training system: a study of employer perceptions and responses to training challenges in the Australian transport and logistics industry

Gekara

Snell

Chhetri

et al. 2014

Journal of Vocational Education & Training

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“…Similarly, efforts are devoted to furthering the education and training of seafarers, as demonstrated by studies in the field (Borovnik 2006;Tang, Llangco and Zhao 2016). Countries and companies have been making an effort to educate and train a sufficient number of seafarers with adequate qualifications for the global market (Zhao and Amante 2005;Gekara 2009). Currently, multinational personnel have virtually replaced personnel working under their own national flag.…”

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An analysis and comparison of multinational officers of the watch in the global maritime labor market

Kartal

Uğurlu

Kaptan

et al. 2019

Maritime Policy & Management

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“…These adverse conditions shorten the occupational continuity of seafarers. Qualified seafarer concept will be possible by ensuring occupational continuity (Gekara, 2009).…”

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Occupational Issues and Expectations of Turkish Deck Cadets

Yıldız¹,

Uğurlu²,

Yüksekyildiz³

2016

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Seafaring is one of the worldʹs most difficult professions. Seafarers have to face with many negative factors while they are at sea. These negative factors, makes the seafaring profession difficult to be preferred. Fatigue, stress, heavy weather conditions and lack of communication are some of these factors that affect seafarer's occupational continuity and also make contribution to occurrence of marine accidents. Cadet is one of the seafarers who will be a navigation officer and captain in the near future. That's why cadets have a significant role in maritime industry. Theoretical and practical training of cadets is very important. Purpose of this study was to examine deck cadets' training conditions and difficulties they have to face with during their training period. In order to identify these difficulties, render their lives during trainings easier, and establish their expectations, questionnaire conducted with 618 deck cadets. Interviews were carried out with 3 trainers and 10 maritime companies that have substantial shares in Turkey's maritime trade. As a result of this study identified factors that increase fatigue mostly, reduction measures have been exposed and have tried to offer solutions. This study is an advisory to improve the occupational continuity of cadets in the profession.

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Understanding attrition in UK maritime education and training

Cited by 26 publications

References 43 publications

Meeting skills needs in a market-based training system: a study of employer perceptions and responses to training challenges in the Australian transport and logistics industry

Meeting skills needs in a market-based training system: a study of employer perceptions and responses to training challenges in the Australian transport and logistics industry

An analysis and comparison of multinational officers of the watch in the global maritime labor market

Occupational Issues and Expectations of Turkish Deck Cadets

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