A Study on the Perception of Vessel Collision Risk of Trainees

According to the recent statistics of maritime accidents in Korea,collisions were the most common accidents related to maritime traffic.In IMO Model Course 7.03,which stipulated the training course to become an officer in charge of navigational watch,education on COLREGs72 takes up the most time.However,collision prevention education is insufficient in the training curriculum of Korea maritime educational institutions.Therefore,this study aims to suggest the need of collision prevention education for trainees by presenting the current status of Korea's on-board training and the trainees'perception of collision risk.To examine the trainees'perception of collision risk,a survey was executed on the trainees in training ships of the Korea Maritime and Ocean University at the 2nd semester of 2021.The valid responses of the survey were compared with the PARK(Potential Assessment Risk)Model,which is maritime traffic risk models of Korea.Analysis shows that as the boarding period has elapsed,the trainees felt a higher risk in encounters with other ships,and perception of collision risk among the trainees became similar.When comparing trainees and the PARK model,it was found that consigned trainees of 1st semester were most similar to the collision risk perception tendency of PARK model when they disembarked.This seems to be because,the consigned trainees spent a lot of time on the navigational watch on merchant ships during the 1st semester.However,the capacity of consignment training is restricted,so that the necessity for collision prevention education was magnified.Therefore,an AHP-based survey was conducted in order to derive the optimal collision prevention education method.As a result of the analysis,it was verified that simulation training is suitable for a collision prevention education.This study can be used as fundamental research for the development of collision prevention education using the simulator.