I’m scheduled to take the navigation skills assessment program at Mitags in Baltimore later this month. Has anyone else taken this assessment? I’m trying to find out what to expect.

You will be expected to sign a non-disclosure form preventing you from talking about the experience with others. And that’s about all I can say

But, why would that be a requirement?

On a scale of 1-5 with one being easiest and five the hardest, how would you rate the challenge of the assessment?

If i had to guess. To keep the integrity of the assessment intact. This is supposed to be a test of real skills that you have or don’t have. If you go into it knowing what to expect well…its not a real test of skills.

Don’t know for a fact but I’d guess it’s along the same lines as this’ [image] Navy Notes Poor Seamanship and Navigation Skills in Merchant Marine Community According to the report about 30% of the merchant mariners evaluated at MITAGS using the NSAP model were unable to properly tune the radar,…

[image] Rain_Wizard: But, why would that be a requirement? I believe that this is a program offered to companies to evaluate the skills of their employees. I do not think it is available to individual mariners. So there may be privacy and other issues related to the program.

Thanks! That makes a lot more sense to me.

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I don’t think the Navy needs to be dissing merchants. They have had more than a few serious failings including but not limited to CO’s who thought they were Gods and JO’s who thought they knew it all and could handle it all while ignoring standing orders and common sense. Let us not forget that on…

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Don’t know for a fact but I’d guess it’s along the same lines as this’

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