Setting you in the right direction
Building competence across industries.
Since 2009, COMPASS has grown from a maritime training center into an integrated Philippine training, assessment, compliance, capability-development, marine-assurance, and community-impact ecosystem.
COMPASS ecosystem
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Simulator-supported maritime readiness
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At a glance
One COMPASS, many capabilities.
COMPASS delivers competency-based training, assessment, certification, customized learning solutions, compliance support, marine services, and community impact through one connected Group.
2009Established
ISO9001:2015 certified
3Key sites
6Business units and training capability arms
60,000+Trainees per year across units
210+Listed courses and services
400+Employees and staff across branches
Our direction and values
The shared foundation behind every COMPASS interaction.
To serve professionals, organizations, and communities through quality, globally recognized training, assessment, and compliance services that strengthen capabilities, protect lives, and prepare people for a changing world.
We devote ourselves to achieving local and international recognition through accreditation, certification, and approval in order to keep our training programs at par with global standards.
We embrace change and challenge ourselves to continuously raise the bar of excellence in providing quality training and assessment.
We strive for continual improvement in our management systems and development of qualified personnel as drivers of change in mastering our craft in people development.
We exercise professionalism in all our dealings with clients, business partners, guests, and employees.
We innovate and adjust quickly to new conditions in order to deliver results for clients and business.
We commit to decisions that protect people, strengthen communities, and steward resources so training today does not compromise tomorrow.
We prioritize safety and security for both our clients and employees.
2009 to 2011
Founded by maritime professionals and built on standards alignment, quality systems, and accessible seafarer training.
2012 to 2019
Expanded industry partnerships, type-specific maritime offerings, Iloilo access, offshore capability, and the Silang practical training branch.
2020 to 2025
Strengthened digital systems, broadened regional reach, refreshed the brand, formalized PeopleSkills, launched Technical Skills, and established CSI.
2026 to 2029
Established IMP, advanced the COMPASS Foundation, and adopted the Group’s 3-year strategic roadmap.
History and milestones
From maritime roots to a wider training and capability ecosystem.
COMPASS began with the goal of making credible, globally aligned seafarer training more accessible. Its later growth added offshore readiness, people development, technical capability, public safety, marine assurance, and community impact.
The COMPASS training and capability ecosystem
Choose the right COMPASS pathway.
Each unit has its own role, standards, content, visuals, and call to action. The main COMPASS site serves as the springboard into the specialized business unit sites.
COMPASS Maritime
Standards-based competence for global seafarers.
STCW, MARINA, tanker, IGF, ECDIS, simulator-supported learning, assessment, distance learning, and compliance support.
COMPASS Offshore
Prepared people. Safer operations. Stronger readiness.
OPITO-Approved Training for Offshore Safety, Emergency Response, Technical Roles and Specialist Competence plus GWO Basic Safety and Offshore Modified Courses.
COMPASS PeopleSkills
People Means Potential.
Leadership, communication, teamwork, service culture, well-being, workplace conduct, academe immersion, career readiness, and customized people development programs.
COMPASS Technical Skills
Skilled hands. Safer work. Stronger performance.
Welding, machining, pipe fitting, rigging and lifting, surface preparation and painting, shipboard maintenance, practical safety, assessment, trade test, and qualification pathways.
COMPASS Safety Institute
Guiding safety. Empowering resilience.
NFPA-based HazMat, firefighting, technical rescue, confined space, structural collapse, airport and heliport firefighting, workplace safety, and scenario-based facility use.
International Maritime Professionals Inc.
From findings to readiness.
Vessel surveys, inspections, audits, technical supervision, onboard training, ship-superintendency development, incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and marine assurance support.
The COMPASS advantage
Why organizations and professionals choose COMPASS.
Selected standards, accreditations, and affiliations
Standards-driven quality across the COMPASS ecosystem.
Accreditations, approvals, standards, and affiliations support reliable delivery across COMPASS training, assessment, compliance, safety, technical, maritime, offshore, and capability-development work.
Quality and compliance support
Controlled claims, documented systems, and approved scopes.
COMPASS presents standards and affiliations as part of its corporate quality story, supported by documented systems, recognized partners, and standards-driven delivery across its training and capability ecosystem.
ISO quality systems
Regulatory approvals
Industry standards
Affiliation support
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MARINA
IMO
OPITO
DNV ISO 9001
DOLE
TESDA
Green Marine
F&S
PANAMA
PAMTCI
NFPA
Wärtsilä
JRC
FURUNO
Marlins
RJH Consultancy Inc.
JOIFF
Bureau VeritasBranches, facilities, CSR, and auxiliary units
Three locations, one integrated training ecosystem.
COMPASS combines urban accessibility, realism-based practical environments, and regional reach across its three main locations.
City coordination hubManila
COMPASS Manila
City-based innovation and coordination hub for simulator-supported maritime training, classroom programs, fast-turnaround compliance support, PeopleSkills workshops, and core corporate functions.
1913 Taft Avenue corner Remedios Street, Malate, Manila 1004
Practical training complexCavite
COMPASS Cavite
Purpose-built practical training complex for maritime, offshore, emergency response, technical skills, people development programs, and safety training.
Sitio Pulong Bunga, Barangay Paligawan, Silang, Cavite 4118
Regional access pointIloilo
COMPASS Iloilo
Regional access point for maritime and related training across Panay and nearby provinces, with classroom-based learning, regional enrollment support, and selected training pathways.
Manfred’s Building, General Luna Street, Iloilo City 5000
Community impact
COMPASS Foundation
COMPASS Foundation is the corporate social responsibility and community impact platform of the COMPASS Group, organized to sustain programs in education, safety, skills development, disaster preparedness, community partnerships, and social outreach.
Auxiliary support services
Support services that make training more seamless and immersive.
Beyond training delivery, COMPASS supports trainees and clients through an ecosystem of services that help make learning more seamless and immersive. These include on-site lodging through Amang’s Cabins, hydration logistics through Water on Deck, food and refreshment support through COMPASS Brew and shops, and transport and logistics coordination across campuses and venues through NaviSafe.
Amang’s Cabins
On-site lodging support for trainees, clients, and program participants staying within the COMPASS learning environment.
Water on Deck
Hydration logistics that help support long training days, practical exercises, events, and facility-based programs.
COMPASS Brew and shops
Food, refreshments, and shop support that help trainees and guests stay comfortable during their time at COMPASS.
NaviSafe
Transport and logistics coordination across campuses and venues for group bookings, events, and training delivery.
The COMPASS Way
How one need becomes a coordinated solution.
COMPASS helps identify the right training, assessment, assurance, safety, technical, or community-impact pathway for individual certification and organization-wide capability development.
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Understand client, trainee, or institutional requirements.
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Recommend the appropriate COMPASS branch, training unit, course, or customized program.
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Align schedules, facilities, instructors, and assessment requirements.
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Deliver training through classroom learning, practical exercises, simulation, assessment, or client-specific activities.
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Document completion, certification, and records.
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Support group bookings, future training pathways, and continuing workforce development.
Who we serve
Capability development for people, organizations, and communities.
COMPASS serves individual trainees and professionals, manning agencies, shipping companies, offshore and energy operators, industrial and infrastructure companies, schools and universities, corporate organizations, government agencies, LGUs, DRRMOs, first responders, and institutional partners.
Individual professionalsManning agenciesShipping companiesOffshore and energy operatorsIndustrial firmsSchools and universitiesCorporate organizationsGovernment agenciesLGUs and DRRMOsFirst respondersInstitutional partners
Careers at COMPASS
Work with a standards-driven training and capability ecosystem.
Use this area for current job openings, talent pooling, internship opportunities, and resume submissions for COMPASS corporate, branch, and business unit teams.
Job openings and resume submissions
Publish active hiring needs here by department, branch, or business unit. Applicants may submit a resume through the Careers page for HR screening.
Connect with COMPASS
Build the capability your people and organization need.
For individual enrollment, group bookings, customized programs, competency assessment, trade validation, corporate proposals, marine assurance, facility rental, or community partnerships.