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ECDIS OPERATOR
TRAINING
COURSE
AIM
The aim of an ECDIS training course is to enhance navigational safety. The skills gained with this course include the safe operation of ECDIS equipment, proper use of various types of ECDIS-related information, and knowledge of the capability and limitations of ECDIS.
OBJECTIVES
On completion of this course the trainees should
- Acquire a thorough knowledge and functional understanding of the basic principles governing ENC data and its proper display in ECDIS.
- Demonstrate proper use of the ECDIS equipment, including the use of navigational functions associated with route planning and monitoring; the ability to select, display, and interpret relevant information, and knowing what proper action to take in case of malfunction.
- Be aware of ECDIS-related limitations, particularly those associated with errors of interpretation, over-reliance, and complacency.
TRAINING PLAN
Oceans XV in cooperation with Transas Marine offers a dedicated ECDIS Operator Training Course. Participants of this course are trained on effective and proficient ECDIS operation by means of presentations and practical exercises on real ECDIS equipment and simulators.
The course is based on Transas Marine’s ECDIS system. This is a system that is ideally suited to the purposes of operational ECDIS training as follows :
- Familiarization and Principle Aspects
- Sensors and Vessel Positioning
- Chart Operation
- Voyage Monitoring
- ARPA Operation
- Radar Overlay
- Route Planning and Route Monitoring
- Navigational Tasks
- Ships’ Logbook Function
- Indicators and Alarms
- User Charts and Graphic Editor
- Utilities
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