Course Overview
This advanced radar and Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA) simulation course allows participants to perform and supervise navigational bridge duties as "Master in Charge" of a vessel in a type approved marine simulator.
Prerequisite(s)
- ENAV 1050 - Simulated Electronic Navigation Part 1 B and a Pass on the Transport Canada Simulation 1 examination (Copies of prerequisites are to be submitted to the course instructor on the first day of the course).
Credits
6.0
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
- Competently operate “ARPA” knowing its limitations and errors.
- Identify "own ship's" characteristics and accurately and confidently operate "own ship" controls.
- Identify and demonstrate the qualities required to be a professional master of the vessel.
- Carry out radar plots in all radar modes.
- Operate the ARPA for multi-target collision avoidance.
- Con the vessel in open waters.
- Con a vessel in confined water using parallel indexing techniques.
- Demonstrate the principles and application of passage planning.
- Execute a planned passage ending at "precision anchorage."
- Respond to distress situations as per Canadian Merchant Search and Rescue (CANMERSAR).
Effective as of Winter 2017
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