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This is very much a command course and concentrates on management level issues in Navigation. The course includes an STCW95 ARPA qualification as part of the programme.
The first week is all theoretical and concentrates on matters such as passage planning, full knowledge of the COLREGS, radar theory, ARPA theory, advanced radar plotting, and ECDIS.
In the second week students are placed in a series of exercises in our radar simulator of mounting complexity. They will be expected to improve their performance over the week. There will be a formal assessment in accordance with the Merchant Navy Training Board requirements for the ARPA certificate. At the end of the week there is a major exercise in a multi-ship environment where a firm grasp of the course content will be essential, particularly in the use of ARPA and an understanding of the COLREGS
The full detailed syllabus can be found in MGN 195. This can be downloaded from the MCA website www.mcga.gov.uk
Two Certificates are issued from this course: An STCW95 ARPA CERTIFICATE (No expiry) and an MCA Navigation, ARPA and RADAR CERTIFICATE (yachts) VALID FOR THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF PASSING THE EXAMINATION.
Brief Syllabus
Passage Planning
COLREGS
Search and rescue
Radar theory
Radar operation
ARPA theory
ECDIS and ARPA
ARPA mapping
Blind Pilotage
Radar Plotting
Dates
This 10 day course breaks for two days over the weekend between Pt.
1 & Pt. 2.
Duration : 10 Days
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