People’s Daily Tianjin, June 24 (Reporter Tang Xinyi) In recent years, China’s maritime industry has been accelerating its transition from “scale expansion” to “quality leap.” Where lies the pain point of industry transformation? The key is whether the “scale” of the talent evaluation system is precise.
The reporter recently learned from the Tianjin Maritime Safety Administration that the crew assessment center of the administration has officially been put into operation. As the first national-level crew assessment center in northern China’s sea area, the launch of this center provides a concrete entry point for observing the reform of the crew evaluation mechanism.
For some time, the crew competency assessment has faced the problem of “disconnection between examination and application.” How was it conducted in the past? It mainly focused on “individual operations.” Subjects were fragmented, scenarios were simplified, and examinees might obtain certificates through rote memorization but struggled to cope with complex coordination and sudden crises in real operations.
Where is the breakthrough? Shifting from “testing knowledge” to “testing scenarios.”
A relevant official from the Tianjin Maritime Safety Administration introduced that the center has pioneered a “real-time linkage” system between the bridge and the engine room: as soon as the captain issues an order, the deck department and the engine department must respond synchronously to complete integrated ship-engine-communication operations. Modern ship operations have long moved beyond working alone; cross-system coordination is the core of safety. This approach of “testing what is actually used” is forcing crew training to return from exam-oriented preparation to practical application.
At the same time, technological empowerment makes “precise profiling” possible.
The aforementioned official stated that the physical simulation engine room is preset with over a thousand fault points. The assessment is no longer about choosing A, B, C, or D, but about dynamically troubleshooting faults, directly targeting practical pain points. The 360° panoramic simulator breaks the boundaries of the examination room, realistically recreating over 150 ports worldwide, more than 200 ship types, and extreme weather conditions. Talent reserves for special scenarios such as polar navigation and deep-water port operations now have evaluation support. “In the next step, we will focus on enhancing the service level of high-end shipping, empowering the construction of Tianjin’s northern international shipping core area to achieve quality improvement and leapfrog development, and cultivating and reserving high-quality, versatile crew talents for new types of ships.”
