Course Overview
This course is a tutorial course that reviews contents required for an oral examination with a Transport Canada Examiner. The main contents 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 required for a Watchkeeping Mate Officer Certification.
Prerequisite(s)
- Successful completion of Term 3
Credits
2.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student 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.
- Recognize and understand the meanings of lifesaving and distress signals.
- Describe manoeuvres and procedures for rescuing a person overboard.
- Describe components and preparation of voyage planning.
- Use weather forecast in planning of voyage.
- State limitation on Watchkeeping Mate certificate as per Marine Personnel Regulations and TP 2293.
- Outline the duties of a Watchkeeping Officer at sea and in port, including when carrying hazardous cargo.
- Describe steering control systems.
- Explain principles for SAR and use of IAMSAR manual.
- Explain normal and emergency communications within GMDSS and IMO-SMCP.
- Explain the use of the IMDG Code.
- Transit on St. Lawrence Seaway (explain use of St. Lawrence Seaway Handbook).
- Describe the type and use of various types of deck machinery.
- Describe the methods and principles regarding inspection and reporting of defects and damages to cargo spaces, etc.
- Explain general legislative requirement for vessels (IMO-SOLAS, etc.).
Effective as of Winter 2015
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