Temas Subtemas
1.- UNIT 1: WORKING ON BOARD 1. The shipping company. To apply for a job. Curriculum. Personal interview.
2. To go on board. Stages and requirements.
3. The harbour. Harbour activity. Harbour buildings and facilities.
UNIT 2: THE SHIP 2.1: Merchant vessels: kinds and main characteristics
2.2. Shiphandling
2.3. Standard engine orders
UNIT 3: THE CREW 3.1: The crew in a merchant ship: manning, duties and watchkeeping.
UNIT 4: THE ENGINE ROOM WATCHKEEPING 4.1. The engineroom layout.
4.2. Engine room tools and equipment
UNIT 5: THE ENGINE ROOM WATCHKEEPING II 5.1. Steam boilers
5.2. Steam turbines
5.3. Marine diesel engines
5.4. The fuel system
5.5. Lubrication
5.6. Cooling the engine
5.7. Auxiliary engines
UNIT 6: THE ENGINE ROOM WATCHKEEPING III 6.1. Maintenance
6.2. Engine breakdown
6.3. Changing over the watch
UNIT 7: SHIPBOARD ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS 7.1. Current, voltage and resistance
7.2. Electrical suply
7.3. Circuits and components
UNIT 8: SAFETY ON BOARD 8.1. Occupational hazards prevention
8.2. Maritime casualties: fire, sinking, collision, etc.
8.3. Abandoning ship, survival, search and rescue
8.4. Medical care
UNIT 9: INSPECTION AND CORRESPONDENCE 9.1. Writing and interpretation of technical reports
9.2. Interpretation of technical manuals and documents