Skip to content Skip to footer

English
- English
- Deutsch
- Español

Login orRegister

i-MASTER Learning Library

Competence 1: Plan and conduct a passage

Course Content

KUP 1: Ability to use celestial bodies

KUP 2: Ability to determine the ship’s position by use of 1) landmarks, 2) aids to navigation, including lighthouses, beacons and buoys, 3) dead reckoning, taking into account winds, tides, currents and estimated speed

KUP 3: Have thorough knowledge of and ability to use nautical charts, and publications, such as sailing directions, tide tables, notices to mariners, radio navigational warnings and ships’ routing information

KUP 4: Ability to determine the ship’s position by use of electronic navigational aids

KUP 5: Ability to operate the equipment and apply the information correctly

KUP 6: Have knowledge of the principles of magnetic and gyro-compasses

KUP 7: Ability to determine errors of the magnetic and gyro-compasses, using celestial and terrestrial means, and to allow for such errors

KUP 8: Have knowledge of steering control systems, operational procedures and change-over from manual to automatic control and vice versa. Adjustment of controls for optimum performance

KUP 9: Ability to use and interpret information obtained from shipborne meteorological instruments

KUP 10: Have knowledge of the characteristics of the various weather systems, reporting procedures and recording systems

KUP 11: Ability to apply the meteorological information available

EXERCISE

Quizzes

Quiz for competence 1: Plan and conduct a passage

Participants 7

Competence 1: Plan and conduct a passage Chart work

Chart work

sahil 3 Courses

Objective:

To find bearings

To find position

Scenario:

Ship: A medium-sized cargo vessel.

Weather Conditions: Normal weather with good sea and wind conditions

Navigational Aids: Use paper chart and other supporting tools

Tasks:

Find the position A given the bearings A and bearings B

Find the position B given range 1 and range 2

Find course from A to B?

Evaluation:

Basic use of paper charts

Previous Lesson

Login
Register