10 Day Course
Entry Requirements
OOW (deck) CoC under Regulation II/1 of the STCW with at least 12 months watchkeeping service and either NAEST Operational Course certificate obtained after 1st January 2005 or MCA Approved ECDIS course issued in line with IMO Model Course 1.27.
Course Description
Mandatory for candidates for a certificate of competency as Chief Mate and Master on ships of 500 gross tonnage or more in accordance with Regulation II/2 of the STCW Convention, 1978, as amended (Manila Amendments)
A certificate is issued by the college on the successful completion of the course on behalf of the Maritime Coastguard Agency.
Content
Following Exercises will be covered in the simulator
Collision Avoidance Exercises – Open water exercises involving encounters with one or two target ships and progressing to multi-ship encounters.
Navigation and collision avoidance – Exercises involving multi-ship encounters when approaching a coastline or other navigational hazard from open waters.
Search and Rescue – Exercise(s) in either open or coastal waters involving the need to conduct a search and rescue operation while continuing practice in collision avoidance and navigational techniques and procedures. The exercise will reflect the implications of GMDSS and the additional facilities incorporated on modern navigational aids to assist the SAR operation.
Navigation and Collision Avoidance – intensive exercises involving the approaches to and passage through areas of heavy traffic with navigational restrictions.
