Course Overview
This course is a tutorial course that reviews contents required for an oral examination with Transport Canada Examiner. The main contents that are reviewed are International maritime law embodied in international agreements and conventions; compliance with legislative requirements to ensure SOLAS; International Medical Guides for ship; Maintaining a safe navigational watch; Lifesaving and distress signals; Weather routeing; Ship-handling under various weather conditions; manoeuvring characteristics; anchoring and mooring; operations of small ships power plant; IMO and IAMSAR; response to emergencies; search and rescue; seaworthiness; towing operations; rigging, and other seamanship related topics.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
4.0
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
- Explain general manoeuvring characteristics of merchant vessels of all types.
- Describe the effects of wind and current on ship-handling.
- Explain principles to be observed in keeping a safe navigational watch as set out in the STCW code A-VIII/2
- Recognise and understand the meanings of life saving and distress signals.
- Describe components and preparation of voyage planning.
- Use weather forecast in planning of voyage.
- Describe operations of small ships power plant and auxiliary units.
- State the certificates and documents that are required to be carried on board International and Domestic vessels by International Conventions and their validity.
- Describe preparation of a vessel for inspections and surveys.
Effective as of Fall 2008
Related Programs
General Seamanship - Master 3000 GT Domestic (NAUT 1888) is offered as a part of the following programs:
School of Transportation
- Master 3000GT Domestic
Certificate Part-time
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