Outlines

Course Outline:

• Types and s of vessel traffic services
• Define the VTS Authority.
• Established training procedures based on clearly communicated, measurable and achievable objectives.
• Managed in a manner that ensures the relevancy and accuracy according to experience gained,
• VTS stations technological advance, regional, national and international recommendations, laws and regulations.

Exercise:

• Theoretical
• Simulator

Course Learning Outcomes:

• Clarifies facts and principles.
• Explain verbal/written material.
• Illustrates charts, graphs and ions.
• Estimates future consequences implied in data.
• Extrapolates methods and procedures.
• Applies concepts and principles to new situations.
• Applies laws and theories to practical situations.
• Demonstrates correct usage of methods or procedures.
• Identify un-stated assumptions.
• Identify logical inconsistencies in reasoning.
• Distinguishes between facts and inferences.
• Integrates the relevancy of data.
• Structures the organizational structure of work.
• Integrates learning from different areas into a plan for solving a problem.
• Formulates a new scheme for classifying objects or events.
• Judges the adequacy with which conclusions are supported by data.
• Judges the value of a work by use of internal criteria.
• Judges the value of a work by use of external standards of excellence.

Course Approval:

• I.A.L.A. Modules Course (V-103/2).

Program

Marine Simulator Systems

Objectives

• The VTS operator course provides details of the subject areas, knowledge and practical competence required to undertake the duties associated with VTS operations. In particular, it provides the curriculum to ensure a student has the requisite knowledge, understanding and proficiency to:

  • Provide timely and relevant information on factors that may influence the transit of a ship and assist on-board decision making.
  • Monitor and manage traffic to ensure the safety and efficiency of ship movements.
  • Respond to developing unsafe situations to assist the decision-making process on board.