This course provides students with the basic knowledge of the principles, application, and limitations of modern electronic navigational aids.

Simulated Electronic Navigation I - Part B is a Transport Canada accredited course and is STCW compliant. This radar simulator course is conducted using Transport Canada approved pilotage simulators, providing practical exercises as required for navigational watchkeeping duties on the bridge of a ship.

The purpose of this course is to enhance safety of navigation by providing the knowledge and skills necessary to fully utilize the features of ECDIS. The requirements of the course conform to IMO's Performance Standards for ECDIS. Training and assessments incorporate the use of live marine ECDIS equipment. The course provides training in the basic theory and use of ECDIS. The training comprises all safety relevant aspects, as well as the theoretical aspects of the characteristics and display of ECDIS. Students will perform exercises in setting up and maintaining an ECDIS display, basic navigation functions, setting up and monitoring a route, and performing proper actions necessary for a safe navigational watch. Prerequisite: Knowledge of Chartwork and Pilotage.

This course guides participants on the use of International Code of Signals for coding and decoding messages and procedures to be applied for communication by visual signaling; on the use of Radio Aids to Marine Navigation for ascertaining facilities and services; and on extracting necessary information from the Annual Notices to Mariners. Prerequisite: Students to be able to recognize and know the meaning of International code flags prior to taking this course.

This course covers communication by Morse code using flashing light or sound signals; the use of Standard Marine Navigational vocabulary as replaced by the International Maritime Organisation Standard Marine Communication Phrases; use English in written and oral form in communication with other ships and coast stations. Prerequisite: Students to be able to recognize and read by light the Morse symbols prior to taking this course.

This course provides students with the necessary skills and techniques to navigate in confined and open waters. A detailed knowledge and application of nautical publications required for coastal navigation and passage planning is included in this course. An emphasis on the importance of updating charts and nautical publications is also provided.

The course provides students with the fundamentals of keeping a safe navigational watch. Emphasis is given to International and Canadian Collision Regulations.

This course covers details on the development of maritime weather patterns and systems. The contents include atmosphere, atmospheric pressure, wind, cloud, precipitation, visibility, frontal systems, ocean currents, depressions and storms. Students will make weather observations from instruments, record and report on weather conditions.

This course combines knowledge of ship's principal structural members, strength, and the use of the ship's stability information booklet to calculate the vessel's stability condition in order to maintain seaworthiness. The course also includes knowledge and application of the computer software used to calculate stability and hull stresses (bending moments and shearing forces) on modern ships.

This course includes the study of International and Canadian regulations for the prevention of pollution and protection of the marine environment by oil and other hazardous materials. Students will demonstrate their ability to use Canada’s Shipping Act and relevant regulations for safety of life and pollution prevention. Students will also acquire basic working knowledge of the Canadian Labour Code and Occupational Health and Safety Legislation.

This course covers Canadian and International regulations pertaining to the safe carriage of cargoes as transportation on vessels. The basic knowledge on the safe handling, stowage, and securing of cargoes, along with the associated equipments are also covered in this course. The types of cargoes covered are: Deck, Container, Bulk, Dangerous, Hazardous, and Harmful cargoes.

This course is a tutorial course that reviews content required for an oral examination with Transport Canada Examiner. The main content that are reviewed are maintaining a safe navigational watch; lifesaving and distress signals; weather routeing; ship-handling under various weather conditions; manoeuvring characteristics; anchoring and mooring; IMO and IAMSAR; response to emergencies; search and rescue; seaworthiness; rigging, and other seamanship related topics.

This course provides students with a means to navigate a vessel by terrestrial and celestial methods. The course contents include shape of the earth and the graticule system; plane sailing; parallel sailing; Mercator and great circle sailing; determining a vessel's position by using celestial bodies; and theory and practice of sextant. It is strongly recommended that students should review algebraic and trigonometric functions prior to taking this course.