Overview

This highly practical resource (Developing Soft Skills in Mariners) for soft skills training facilitators strengthens safety culture, supports seafarer wellbeing and complements IMO model courses 1.39, 1.40 and 6.09. Straightforward language, clear diagrams, engaging ideas and helpful checklists combine to make this handbook essential reading for all facilitators of soft skills training and courses.

Soft skills training has become a universal feature of maritime life, whether for young cadets embarking on their career or experienced seafarers needing to brush up on leadership and management skills. The challenge is to ensure that teaching and learning approaches engage participants in a way that positively impacts on their working practices. Carole Davis, Professor Emeritus at Warsash Maritime School, Solent University, presents this practical handbook for facilitators of soft skills training. Key definitions and theory sit alongside replicable resources and activity ideas in this engaging guide to teaching soft skills to seafarers in today’s multi-disciplinary maritime sector.

The handbook includes: 

• Soft skills definition and discussion
• Tips for creating effective learning environments
• Experiential learning and handling sensitive issues
• Facilitator assessment and evaluation methods

Content

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Preface

List of abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1 What are hard and soft skills?

Chapter 2 Creating and maintaining an effective learning environment

Chapter 3 Peer learning and action planning

Chapter 4 Experiential learning

Chapter 5 Assessment

Chapter 6 Sensitive issues and reflection

Chapter 7 Evaluating your own practice

Chapter 8 Stakeholders

References

Glossary

About the author