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Higher Technical University College of Nautical Science and Naval Engines
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ARPA exercices radar navigation
Knowledge of radar fundamentals and Automatic Radar Pointing Aids (ARPA)
Ability to use radar and to interpret and analyze the information obtained, taking into account the following:
Operation, including:
1.- factors that affect its performance and precision
2.- initial adjustment and conservation of the image
3.- detection of deficiencies in the presentation of information, false echoes, sea echoes, etc.,
radio beacons and RESAR
Use, including:
1.-scope and marking; course and speed of other vessels; moment and distance of closest approach of a vessel that crosses, that comes back met or that reaches .
2.- identification of critical echoes; detection of course and speed changes of other ships; effect of such changes on the ship's course and speed
3.- Application of the International Regulations to Prevent Collisions, 1972, as amended
4.-pointing techniques and concepts of relative and true movement
5.- parallel indices

Ability to use the ARPA, interpret and analyze the information obtained, taking into account the following:
1.-system performance and accuracy, monitoring capacity and limitations, and system processing delays
2.- Use of operational warnings and system tests
3.- target capture methods and their limitations
4.- true and relative vectors, graphic representation of information about targets and danger zones and
5.- Deduction and analysis of information, critical echoes, exclusion zones and test maneuvers.
ECDIS exercices Navigation with ECDIS.
Knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of ECDIS operations, including:
1.- In-depth knowledge of Electronic Nautical Chart (CNE) data, data accuracy, presentation rules, display options, and other chart data formats.
2.- the dangers of excessive dependence
3.- The degree of familiarity with respect to the ECDIS functions required by the operating regulations in force

Adequacy in terms of the use, interpretation and analysis of information obtained from ECDIS, including:
1.- The use of functions that are integrated into other navigation systems in various installations, including proper operation and adjustment with the desired values.
2.- the safe tracking and adaptation of the information, including the own situation, the visualization of the marine zone, the modality and the orientation, the cartographic data displayed, the tracking of the track, the information levels created by the user, contacts (where there are interfaces with AIS and/or radar tracking) and radar overlay functions (where there are interfaces)
3.- Confirmation of the ship's situation with alternative means
4.- Effective use of settings to ensure compliance with operational parameters, including grounding alarm parameters, proximity to contact points and special areas, integrity of mapping data, and updating of letters, and auxiliary means
5.- the adequacy of the adjustments and the values to adapt them to the current conditions; and
6.- situational awareness when using ECDIS, including aspects such as safe waters and proximity to hazards, current direction and speed, chart data and scale selection, suitability of track, detection and management of contact points and sensor integrity
Ship handling exercices Maneuvering and steering of the ship at the operational level:
1.- Effect of deadweight tonnage, draft, trim, speed, water under the keel on the ship's evolution curves and stopping distances.
2.- Effect of wind and current on the government.
3,- Maneuver and procedure M.O.B.
4.- Squat and shallow water
5.-Analysis of the behavior of the different types of ships
6.-Appropriate anchoring and mooring procedures.
7.-Maneuvers with the help of tugboats
8.-Maneuvers in adverse weather conditions
9.-Advanced maneuvers
10.- Basic anchoring and mooring procedures
Navigation exercices Steering gear control systems: Knowledge of steering gear control systems, operational procedures and transition from manual to automatic, and vice versa. Knob adjustment for best performance

Carrying out a safe navigation watch.
Use of other navigational aids.
Practical application of the principles of naval kinematics.
Defeat planning.

Use of traffic separation devices, carrying out maneuvers in and around them, as well as in the areas covered by the maritime traffic services (STM)
Note: The development of the above contents complies with column 2, Knowledge, Understanding and Sufficiency, of the STCW Convention, modified by Manila 2010, of table AII/1. .
The development and improvement of these contents, together with those corresponding to other subjects that include the acquisition of specific competences of the degree, guarantee the knowledge, understanding and sufficiency of the competences included in table AII/2, of the STCW Agreement, related to the management level of First Deck Officer of the Merchant Navy, without limitation of gross tonnage and Captain of the Merchant Navy up to a maximum of 3,000 GT. Table A-II/2 of the STCW Agreement.
Specification of the minimum competency standards applicable to Captains and first deck officers of ships with a gross tonnage equal to or greater than 500 GT.
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