NMP Director Joel Maglungsod during NMPs Year-End Conference. PHOTO COURTESY OF NMP
NMP is the sole government maritime training and research center in the country.
Its 2020 Year-End Performance Assessment revealed that NMP trained a total of 5,405 maritime professionals composed of aspiring and active seafarers, maritime educators, assessors, supervisors, and other allied personnel in the maritime industry.
The said number represents a 13.55 percent increase from its reformulated annual target of 4,500 trainees, a notable rise even as it temporarily stopped operations for three months due to the Covid-19 induced lockdowns and public safety measures.
According to NMP Executive Director Joel Maglungsod, the training that was mostly taken by maritime professionals include Professional Development Courses, Ratings Forming Part of a Navigational Watch (RFPNW), Medical First Aid (MEFA), Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue Boats (SCRB), Refresher Course on Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue Boats (RSCRB), Global Maritime Distress and Safety System Radio Operators (GMDSS RO), Ratings Forming Part of a Watch in a Manned Engine-room/designated to perform duties in a Periodically Unmanned Engine Room (RFPEW), Basic Training (BT), Refresher Course on Basic Training (RBT), Advanced Fire Fighting (AFF), and Refresher Course on Advanced Fire Fighting (RAFF).