Prototype Development of Onboard Training Monitoring System for Merchant Marine Polytechnic Students

Indonesia has many huge challenges in maritime sector as it rank second after Canada as a country that has the longest coastline in the world. The challenges are not only in terms of economic and socio-culture, development and implementation of related technology, or the development of human resources itself but also include all community aspect in country. Merchant Marine Polytechnic Malahayati Aceh is a an educational institution under the Ministry of Transportation of Indonesia which is tasked with educating and training of maritime affairs. Onboard Training is as an educational activity outside the campus by participating in national and international sailing. The role of educational institutions in monitoring the activities of cadets when practicing outside the campus environment is currently being neglected by many factors. This Research are intending to explore the problems appear during training process, from the preparation and registration section, onboard section and after training. The purpose of the research is providing collage the information of cadets during onboard training and reducing knowledge gap between collage and maritime industry with monitoring system application.