Teaching GuideTerm Higher Technical University College of Nautical Science and Naval Engines |
Grao en Tecnoloxías Mariñas |
Subjects |
Maritime Technical English |
Contents |
Identifying Data | 2019/20 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Maritime Technical English | Code | 631G02551 | |||||||||||
Study programme |
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Fourth | Optional | 6 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
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 |
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