Seafarers psychometric test launched
A new, online psychometric test has been launched to help improve safety in the shipping industry.
Computer-based training specialist Seagull AS is launching an online version of APRO, the psychometric ability test tool aimed specifically at seafarers,
The past decade has seen significant progress in developing a safety culture in shipping with the introduction of more sophisticated technology and improved procedures designed to prevent accidents at sea.
However, the company believes that too little emphasis has been placed on the ability of people onboard to handle these new safety systems and procedures.
Seagull training content director, Captain Bjarke Jakobsen, is reported as saying that shipping companies need to know if their onboard staffs are capable of absorbing information and following procedures in a way that has the desired safety outcome, he said.
APRO was initially developed as a psychometric ability test in the mid-1980s in a project led by the Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute and supported by the University of Oslo, DNV and the Norwegian Shipping Association.
Working with Professor Roald Bjorklund, of The University of Oslo's Department of Psychology, who was part of the original research and development team, Seagull has upgraded the APRO test tool and modified it so that it can be undertaken online.
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