
Mid Term Development
FOCUS's Mid-term development will be concentrated primarily on the are of Education whereby FOCUS has just secured a 16,500 m2 (1,65 HA) piece of land located Lakefront and right next to a Housing Development Estate of Gading Serpong, Tangerang, Western Java, Indonesia.
What FOCUS Maritime Training Center intends to do at Gading Serpong is build an Indonesian Maritime School offering a 4-year program (3 years at School and 1 year at Sea) and Maritime Academy offering a 3-year program (2 years at School and 1 year at Sea) to produce Junior Officers Level III & Level IV and Cruiseship Academy offering 3 year program (2 years at School and 1 year at Hotel/Cruiseline) who will be ready to sail the world upon graduation.
The programs are competency-based, using curricula recommended by IMO and STCW'95 Convention Requirements. The Indonesian Maritime School & Academy will also run other Workshops and Kitchen based on ILO (Engine, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering and Cook), STCW-F (Fishing) and STCW'95 (Proficiency-based Training Program and Specialized Training in Floating Hotel Operations).
Projected number of graduates from FOCUS Maritime School & Academy and Cruiseship School Programs within the next 4 to 5 years : 5000 graduates.
Facilities to be built at FOCUS Gading Serpong location :
* Administrative Building
* Maritime & Cruiseship School & Academy
* Real Ship Laboratory & Workshop Facilities
* Cruiseship & Hotel Laboratory
* Students' Dormitories
* Sports Facilities