[Special feature] Human resources development and utilization: Integrated HR training and development system supports safety and reliability

“More Than Shipping 2013” refers to the idea of going beyond the conventional framework of a shipping company to contribute to our stakeholders. Doing this requires safer ship operations and more advanced marine transportation technology than common in the past. In Special feature 2, we examine integrated systems for seafarer education and ship management, and initiatives in the Philippines to create mechanisms to improve skills while contributing to local communities.

Human resources development

NTMA raises the positions of Filipino employees

Practical education

Our merchant marine academy, NTMA,^* opened its doors in June 2007 to train highly skilled seafarers in the Philippines, the home of many of the NYK Group's crews. The academy offers a four-year program consisting of three years of classroom education and one year of practical experience on ship. Graduates achieve high levels of basic academic skill and master advanced technologies. The school became the first in Japan to be recognized as a seafarer education institution under a new certication program for graduates of overseas maritime academies^** launched by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in September 2011, a testament to the reputation that it has achieved for maritime education. In January 2012, the first class of 116 students graduated from the navigation course and engineering course and were appointed to positions in the NYK Group.

Continuing development with an integrated education system

Conceptual diagram of NYK Maritime College, NYK's unique education system

The NYK Group improves seafarers' skills with onboard OJT^* programs and classes available at training centers around the world. Filipino seafarers are one of the largest groups in the NYK fleet, and in 2013 we will be relocating our seafarer education facilities from Manila to land adjacent to the NTMA to provide seafarers with better training. The large campus outside Manila provides opportunities to install new training equipment and build new trainee housing. It will also make it possible to provide students at the academy and certified seafarers with integrated, consistent education and more effective training.

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