EFFECTIVENESS OF LABORATORY SIMULATIONS IN DEVELOPING TECHNICAL SKILLS IN ASSESSING, MAINTAINING, AND OPERATING DIFFERENT MACHINERIES ONBOARD FOR THE MARITIME STUDENTS IN DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES OFFERING MARITIME COURSES IN SOUTHERN TAGALOG

Technical Skill is one of the necessary skills a seafarer must have. A person can develop and nurture it through undergoing different training and performing laboratory assessments that simulate operations, and maintenance of every machinery onboard. The researchers aim to find out the level of effectiveness of laboratory simulations in developing necessary skills needed by seafarers in performing their daily routines onboard. The researchers use surveys as the method of research, where the researchers’ collect information from the chosen respondents that is kept confidential. This study used quantitative research, specifically the descriptive research method. The research process includes developing questions and methods, data collection in the participant's environment, data analysis inductively building from particulars to general themes, and the researcher generating interpretations of the data's significance. The respondents are students who are taking laboratory courses in the field of maritime, the respondents were chosen as they have met the researcher's criteria. The study mainly focused on the aspects of laboratory simulators that contribute to the development of a student’s technical skills. The study sought to analyze the perceptions of maritime students about the methods they’ve been using in performing assessments in laboratories, the needs of every maritime student regarding the simulations, and elaborate on the effects of laboratory simulators on their respective professions. This study was envisioned to provide baseline data that might help formulate instructional materials for the use of laboratory simulators which complies with Regulation l/12, Use of Simulators of STCW Code.