Non-technical skills are a set of human cognitive and social skills which are integrated and used along side with technical skills. T In each of these fields of work it is important to define the most valuable non-technical skills for a specific profession and how to further develop this set of skills during early studies and the learning process as a whole. The project OnBoard-Med aims at developing more aligned vocational education programmes in the Central Baltic area. The shipping industry has become multinational, therefore recognizing problems in education cannot easily be solved on a national level. A cross-border approach is needed to tackle the issue. The project develops study courses in maritime emergency management, medical treatment and occupational safety. education institutions. Blended-learning tools include face-to-face actions, e-learning courses, simulations and, of course, mobile communication, especially by emergency simulations (maritime emergency management, medical communication by accidents on sea etc.). The project results in harmonized and improved education and non-technical skills. Participants get excellent professional skills by using blended learning tools - combining lessons on e-learning platform OPTIMA and simulations face-to-face. Further, the results will help local employees to enter the European and international labor market. Keywords Maritime education Non-technical skills E-learning INTERREG CBS project