Building an Agile Ocean Technician Workforce for Today and Tomorrow

Globally, the needs and requirements of marine technicians from decades past are significantly different from the skills and competencies of today's workforce. In the past, the typical “technician” for the industry came from trade focused skills including electronics and hydraulics or a technical trade focused two-year associates degrees from community colleges. Supporting today's technical marine based workforce requires agile approaches and a shift from traditional knowledge transfer to a competency-based approach that needs to adapt to diverse learner profiles and backgrounds.