NMP graduates get
the job, research shows
Press Release
April 20, 2015
TACLOBAN CITY – From
a recent study conducted by the National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP), a
government maritime training and research agency located at Brgy.
Cabalawan, Tacloban City, it revealed that 82% of its
seafarer-trainees are easily absorbed into sea-based jobs after
completion of their training and 84% of them have jobs related to
skills acquired.
These employability-related
data of NMP graduates were taken from the research study completed in
2014 by the NMP Maritime Research Section entitled “Tracer Study of NMP Graduates, 2007-2011.”
The said study, aimed at
determining the impact of NMP training to the employability of its
graduates, also established and compared the profile of graduates from
2007-2011 ‘before’ and ‘after’ training at NMP.
It showed that most of the
seafarers undergoing training at NMP are males, pegged at 98%. About
63% of these graduates are single; only 35% are married. Most of them
come from the Visayas regions where 48% are from Region VIII and 28%
are from Region VII.
In the educational
attainment profile, 37% of them are Bachelor of Science in Marine
Transportation (BSMT) graduates. Only about 15% are Bachelor of
Science in Marine Engineering (BSMarE) graduates.
The study also revealed that
before undergoing training there was only about 14% of the
seafarer-trainees who have licenses and 48% of them are employed.
After training at NMP, 33% have already secured licenses and about 90%
are employed.
The said study is a
follow-up research undertaking conducted in 2007 which also
established the profile of NMP graduates during training from 2003 to
2006; determined the knowledge and skills acquired by NMP graduates
from every training course and the graduates’ employment, absorption
and skills utilization rates, employment mobility in terms of
progression in license and rank; and identified the benefits obtained
by graduates from training courses taken at NMP.
In comparison of the
findings of the tracer studies between 2007 and 2014, data revealed
that the latter tracer study shows improved employment-related
outcomes compared to the 2003-2006 graduates.
There is an increase in the
skills utilization rate at 8%. Skills utilization rate refers to the
percentage of employed graduates in a given period whose jobs are
related to skills acquired.
Absorption rate has also
increased at 6% from 76% to 82%, respectively. Absorption rate is
defined as the percentage of certificated trainees who get a sea-based
job after completion of training to the number of graduates who were
not employed prior to completion of training.
With the present study, the
NMP Maritime Research Section plans to embark on continued and more
comprehensive conduct of similar tracer studies to determine the
progression rate of employability-related data of NMP graduates and
the relevance and importance of the trainings offered by NMP to the
requirements of the industry.