General norms for institutes for the conduct of

A6. PRE- AND CO - REQUISITES TO A MARINE ENGINEERING TRAINING PROGRAMME
There are general academic requirements that should be met prior to formal MET courses (prerequisites) or concurrent with MET courses (co-requisites).

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  Apprentices are expected, as a prerequisite, to have a basic knowledge in the fundamental tools of basic skills and individual working tools.
  
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  All MET apprentices should be able to communicate effectively in english both orally and in writing.
  
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  They should be able to apply both quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques.
  
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  MET apprentices should have acquired strong interpersonal skills.
  
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  They should have a basic understanding of the main functional areas of an organization and should have been exposed to concepts of contemporary marine technology . Some of the topics should be prerequisites but others may be interleaved with MET courses.
  

Prerequisite or interleaved topics directly applicable to the MET curriculum therefore include:

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  Communication. This should cover general and technical writing, oral communications, presentations, and listening skills.
  
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  Quantitative and qualitative analysis. This includes such topics as some basic discrete mathematics, introduction to introductory statistics, and archival document analysis.
  
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  Functional and operational areas of an organization. Students should be exposed to the principles of operational economics and functional areas of the organization.
  

Finally, as a basis for lifetime learning, students should also have a solid foundation in behavioral, social, and natural sciences.

The co-requisites for a marine engineering trainers are inputs in keeping with the professional growth of the trainee.

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  Needs to know what is technology in current state in enusaged
  
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  Needs to know human factors involved in technology development
  
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  Needs to know the interfacing of technology and human
  

To assist him in doing that, it would be obligatory for him to be a member (Trainees) of the Institute of Marine Engineers (India) and participates in their technical activities to ensure professionals ism in their outlook.