b'and reduce the blight of overtraining. And it helps makeThe driving force behind SkillGrader was a fundamental training relevant to the individual and to the organization,question: Does our workforce execute their skills in line improving outcomes and training satisfaction. Yet, despitewith company best practices? The intent was to overcome all these benefits, skill assessment is often neglected. Andthe shortcomings of paper-based assessments and be able when it is done, it often remains paper-based and highlyto assess any observable skill, regardless of its complexity, subjective. The paper-based forms are filled out by humanswhetherduringtrainingoronthejob.Allassessment whoeachhavetheirownbackground,experiences,andresults would then be stored in a database, offering the biases. They are then reviewed and inevitably placed in aability to observe trends and examine analytics regarding filing cabinet. These realities greatly limit the potential ofskilled performance as data accumulates over time. Ulti-skillassessmentstoprovidevaluableinsightsintowork- mately, tools such as SkillGrader aim to greatly improve the force trends and risks. Moreover, the expertise required ofoutcomes and value of skill assessment by making it simple, assessors restricts the frequency and scope of assessments.objective, and actionable.Themaritimeindustryrecognizedthesechallengesand decided to see if more could be done. In practice, Carnivals simulation facility, CSMART, de-ployed the SkillGrader prototype to determine whether it This need for objective skill assessment and actionable datamet its goals. The tool helped to ensure assessor objectivity led to a collaboration between Marine Learning Systemsand provided immediate scores and comprehensive reports andthetrainingandassessmentexpertsatourlargeston individual and team skill proficiency. This streamlined customer, the Carnival Group of cruise lines. This collab- assessment process reduced subjectivity, simplified asses-oration has resulted in an application called SkillGrader.sors workloads, and enabled data collection for continu-KEEPING BAY AREA FLEETS IN SERVICE FOR OVER 40 YEARSBay Ship and Yacht makes it a priority to per-form on-time, quality service for all vessels. We are a full service shipyard cosistently serving Al- 5 1 0 . 3 3 7 . 9 1 2 2 ameda, San Francisco Bay, the west coast andwww.bay-ship.com the worlds maritime industry for over 40 years. A l a m e d a , C A25 OCTOBER 2023'