Maritime Simulator in Every Pre-Baccalaureate Maritime Students in Anselmo A. Sandoval Memorial National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Maritime simulators are one of the most widely used maritime tools which every maritime school must have. In order for you to be job ready, you must know how to use it. There is a very big difference between the normal lives your living and the life you will encounter on board. There are so many unpredictable situations that can happen on board and in order for you to overcome such situations, the best training equipment that will fit is the Maritime Simulator Room.

METHODS

This research is quantitative in nature. This study also uses non-probability sampling specifically purposive sampling which focuses only on Pre-Baccalaureate Maritime students. To obtain data information, survey questionnaires are used with 30 respondents coming from Grade 12 students of Anselmo A. Sandoval Memorial National High School who experienced the beauty of the Maritime Simulator.

RESULTS

The results show that the 30 respondents are moderately aware when it comes to the awareness of what is Maritime Simulator. It also shows that the 30 respondents strongly agree about the importance of the maritime simulator to the students, as well as to the entire maritime industry. Furthermore, this study also determines the relationship of the level of agreement of the importance of the marine simulator to the students, as well as the level of awareness of maritime simulator. It found out that it yields a p-value = 0.009 < 0.05. This implies that there is a relationship between the respondent's level of awareness of maritime simulator and the respondents’ level of agreement of the importance of the maritime simulator. The computed correlation coefficient is r = 0.5 which further implies that the two variables are moderately correlated with each other. Hence, as the respondents give a high rate in the level of awareness about maritime simulator the respondents also will give a high rate in the level of agreement about its importance to the students as well as to the entire maritime industry.

DISCUSSIONS

The results demonstrate that every PBM students who are aware of the purpose of maritime simulator room comes very connected to the way they approach its importance. On the other hand, the school that offers Pre-Baccalaureate Maritime Strand maybe uses maritime simulator to enhance the academic performance of the students and will very aware on handling situations at sea.