PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF ENGINE SIMULATORS IN COLLEGE OF MARITIME EDUCATION

This study aimed to determine the perception on the use of the engine simulator and modern facilities in College of Maritime Education. The gathering of data was conducted in the College of Maritime Education at the Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation, Lucena City through descriptive research. A total of 100 student respondents who were familiar with the simulator and modern facilities to answered the survey questionnaire Results revealed that the simulator makes lessons easy, and has reliability in terms of information, and provides quick and accurate results in simulation that was essential to the real world system. This implied that the simulator was very effective and reliable in terms of information, accuracy, and retrieval of data. Meanwhile the problems encountered using the simulator was the maintenance because of its expensive cost. It also sometimes became unreliable if it is outdated. Since the College of Maritime Education (CME) is concerned with this matter, it is recommended that they should fully develop the simulators which can provide more knowledge and information to students. Moreover they should conduct an evaluation to the engine simulators to identify what should be enhanced to make it more effective.