Projects completed

Internationally competitive Maritime Education for Modern Seagoing and High Quality Port Services

                                       CB714 CoMET

                                       Project period 01.03.2018 -28.02.2021

The partners

• Kotkan-Haminan seudun koulutuskuntayhtymä / Joint Educational Authority of Kotka - Hamina Region (Ekami)  / Lead Partner
• Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu / South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk)
• Tallinna Tehnikaülikool / Tallinn University of Technology (EMERA)
• Ida-Virumaa Kutsehariduskeskus / Ida-Virumaa Vocational Education Centre (IVKHK)
• Ab Yrkeshögskolan vid Åbo Akademi / Novia University of Applied Sciences (Aboa Mare)

General objectives of the project and IVKHK participation:

• to connect marine simulation centers throughout the Baltic Sea;
• create opportunities for students to train their skills in virtual learning environments and simulators;
• to develop the Baltic Sea network of simulators used in maritime education by enhancing co-operation between educational institutions;
• to develop cargo-handling curriculum, study materials for launching workplace-based learning at IVKHK in cooperation with local companies (SilSteve, Sillamäe seaport).

Within the project the partners will:

• harmonize the level of project partners' simulators and connect them to a single network;
• develop or update necessary syllabi for joint student simulation exercises;
• harmonize in-service training programs for seaport workers at international level (cargo-handler, talman);
• acquire modules required for the dynamic positioning of ships and develop the corresponding curricula.

Project website: 

Karén Sukiasyan

• karen.sukiasyan@ivkhk.ee

• +372 5270 400

• Project coordinator