Ship handling techniques are already developed to elemental technique based on the concept of the technical education. And it is reported that the elemental technique training is effective and that the training shortens the training time comparing to the total training. Although the compound ability which is indispensable for upper class, the learning process of ship handling techniques have not been investigated sufficiently. In this paper, authors analyzed the learning process of compound ability by experiments using ship maneuvering simulator, and made a proposal of the following formula that the characteristics of learning process for ship handling techniques are described. A(n)=1-(1-a(n))e^<-(x/T(n))> Where A : the achieved level of the technique n : variable indicating the kind of technique to be trained a : the achieved level of the technique at the starting time of the training T : time constant indicating the speed of learning process x : proceeding time for learning It is possible that the necessary training periods for achievement level is obtained by the formula described above. As the result, the learning process of compound ability was clarified and it was certified that rational ratio of simulator-time to sea-time can be estimated based on the characteristics of learning process.