Despite all the hurdles during pre-sea training, faith in the presence of Allah, the Exalted, should help the marine students to become stronger and gain more experience when they return from training at sea. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of identifying elements of "Believing in God's Presence"as a religious factor that helps marine students during pre-sea training. A three-round Delphi procedure was used, starting with conceptualisation and operationalisation to form the items in the first round. Ten experts had agreed to participate in the two subsequent rounds. All items were analysed using SPSS version 23. It was found that the consensus among the experts on the items in the first and second rounds was high (IQ?1.00) and there were no significant changes in the scores from Round 2 to Round 3. Items such as tawakkal, believing in the All-Seeing Power, learning from the creation of other living beings and seeking help through prayer are discussed. Perhaps they can help the marine students to feel the presence of Allah during their pre-sea training and make them strong. This study also illustrates the implementation of the three-round Delphi process using conceptualisation and oprationalisation for future research.
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