Exploring strengths and weaknesses in professional marine pilot education

Marine pilotage is one of the foremost measures to increase maritime safety and decrease risk for hazards in areas that are challenging navigate in, such as out ports. Pilotage usually carried by marine pilots, who mariners with local expertise support consult a vessel’s master navigational matters. Their work enables an effective communication shore-based service, thus promoting safe passage. As pilots play crucial role ensuring protecting environment, training education particularly important role. This study presents findings from focused group interview was conducted five experienced also instructors within Swedish pilot education. The aim explore strengths weaknesses today’s education, well identify potential opportunities threats. Furthermore, focus intended highlight future directions improvements professional training. While SWOT-analysis originally developed tool strategic planning fields like marketing, recent years we starting notice applications, not at least Human Factors research. Thus, interest further usefulness conducting SWOT-analyses research projects related programs.The results show strengthened wide variety practical experiences gain actively working pilots. advantage being able use real-life experience design units increases relevance theoretical knowledge trainees likely impact on overall transferability between settings. However, experts there general lack organizational pedagogical training, which may affect training’s quality delivery. it stressed short- long-term evaluation, so remains unknown what parts successful where necessary. discussions among highlighted precondition become pilot, but need deeper understanding traits competences shape preconditions skilled mariner critical, naturally transfer into expertise. Finally, non-technical interpersonal skills were becoming might be too little how develop these comparison shiphandling other technical skills. specifically strengths, weaknesses, applicable programs. In particular, can useful start topics explorations new