The maritime industry on both sides of the border is increasingly confronted with a shortage of skilled workers as well as increased professional requirements. This poses great challenges for the area of human resources development. For example, operational and regulatory requirements can only be met through the targeted qualification of employees in maritime and inland navigation. In order to save resources and, in view of the current shortage of qualified employees, to be able to train and develop personnel efficiently and in a targeted manner, a personalisable and transparent qualification management is required. Due to the heterogeneous personnel structure, the different areas of responsibility and the multitude of requirements, this qualification management can best be mapped digitally. The new “MyCaDO platform” to be developed, which includes the entire process from the beginning of training to further professional qualification, is an intelligent “toolbox” for creating, providing and sharing effective, personalised, blended development plans for different maritime career paths (e.g. navigators, engineers, shore-based specialists), integrating the requirements of the employees, the company, the training providers and other framework conditions. These include:
1. industry, training, certification and watchkeeping standards
2. company, ship or customer-specific competency requirements
3. opportunities offered by modern learning and development technologies
The MyCaDO system provides shipping professionals with structure and guidance in deciding what steps and actions to take on their career path. This shapes the transition from a “push mentality” (HR specifies what to do and when) to a “pull mentality” (skilled worker decides which qualifications to upgrade and when).
