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.
Five business units
Six training and capability arms
Three branches
One standards-driven COMPASS ecosystem
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
5Business units
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.
Commitment
Local and international recognition through accreditation, certification, and approval.
Openness
Continuous improvement and willingness to raise the bar of quality training and assessment.
Mastery
Qualified people, stronger systems, and disciplined development of competence.
Professionalism
Respectful dealings with clients, business partners, guests, and employees.
Adaptability
Innovation and adjustment to changing conditions so clients and business are served well.
Sustainability
Decisions that protect people, strengthen communities, and steward resources.
Safety and Security
Protection of clients and employees across the learning and service journey.
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 offshore safety, survival, escape, CA-EBS, H2S, rigging, lifting, emergency management, and GWO capability in development.
COMPASS PeopleSkills
The human side of performance.
Leadership, communication, teamwork, customer service, workplace culture, mental wellness, resilience, anti-harassment, and immersion programs.
COMPASS Technical Skills
Applied competence for industry.
Crane operation, lifting, welding, hydroblasting, machining, fitter and ratings development, TESDA assessments, trade testing, and customized technical training.
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.
Integrated solutions
Six specialized training and capability arms, one corporate foundation, and connected support services enable coordinated capability development.
Realistic training environments
Simulators, survival and rescue areas, live-fire facilities, workshops, technical spaces, and scenario-based practice support applied learning.
Standards-driven quality
ISO quality systems, regulatory approvals, industry standards, documented processes, and controlled claims support reliable delivery.
Total Client Experience
Admissions, registrar, QA and compliance, customer care, coordination, lodging, meals, hydration, shops, and transport work as one service system.
Competency-centered delivery
Programs focus on performance, judgment, practical skill, and operational readiness, not attendance alone.
Philippine reach with global alignment
Branches in Manila, Cavite, and Iloilo connect local accessibility with international standards and industry requirements.
Branches, 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.
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 1004COMPASS 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 4118COMPASS 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 5000Community 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
Organized. Responsive. Reliable.
Beyond training delivery, COMPASS supports trainees and clients through lodging, hydration logistics, food and refreshment support, shops, and transport and logistics coordination.
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
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.