Yacht Engineering Training Enhancement through Digital Twin Model Simulations
▶Summary
The Yacht Engine Room Simulator Integration Project modernizes yacht engineering training by integrating simulation-based learning into vocational education. It enhances practical skills, workforc...
▶Objectives
The Yacht Engine Room Simulator Integration Project modernizes yacht engineering training by integrating simulation-based learning into vocational education. It enhances practical skills, workforce readiness, and digital transformation, aligning with IMO STCW standards. The project improves training accessibility, competency-based assessments, and industry collaboration, ensuring a skilled, adaptable workforce and sustainable innovation in maritime education.
▶Activities
The Yacht Engine Room Simulator project modernizes yacht engineering training, by integrating simulation based learning. Led by Foxtrium Limited and GDS Engineering R&D, it develops Yacht Engine Room Simulator to enhance hands-on-training, workforce readiness, and IMO STCW compliance. Activities include simulator development, curriculum integration, pilot training, evaluation, and dissemination, ensuring digital transformation in maritime education.
▶Impact
The project will deliver a high-fidelity Yacht Engine Room Simulator, integrating scenario-based learning into vocational training. It will enhance technical skills, workforce readiness, and IMO STCW compliance. Pilot sessions will refine teaching methodologies, while dissemination through Erasmus+ platforms, industry events, and maritime networks will ensure long-term adoption and sustainability of simulator-based training.