KUP 5: Ability to operate the equipment and apply the information correctly
Learning objective:
The ability to operate equipment and apply information correctly is essential in many workplaces, ensuring efficiency, safety, and productivity. This competence encompasses understanding the operational mechanisms of various machinery, adhering to safety protocols, and utilizing relevant data to enhance performance. The learning objectivie of this section is to learn how to operate the equipment ship Radar and ECDIS.
Learning content:
1. Radar
Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It is a radiodetermination method used to detect and track aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, map weather formations, and terrain1.
A radar system consists of a transmitter producing electromagnetic waves in the radio or microwaves domain, a transmitting antenna, a receiving antenna (often the same antenna is used for transmitting and receiving) and a receiver and processor to determine properties of the objects. Radio waves (pulsed or continuous) from the transmitter reflect off the objects and return to the receiver, giving information about the objects’ locations and speeds.
2. ECIDS
An Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) is a geographic information system used for nautical navigation that complies with International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations as an alternative to paper nautical charts.
ECDIS equipment complying with SOLAS requirements can be used as an alternative to paper charts. Besides enhancing navigational safety, ECDIS works to ease the navigator’s workload with its automatic capabilities such as route planning, route monitoring, automatic ETA computation and ENC updating. In addition, ECDIS provides other sophisticated navigation and safety features, including continuous data recording for later analysis1.
Recommendation:
Reference:
1. Navigation. Ding Yong. Publisher: People’s Communications Press.