Outlines

Course Duration Full Course: 2 Days, 16 Hours

Refreshment Course: 1 Day, 8 Hours

Course Outline:

• Knowledge of legal aspects and responsibilities related to Electronic Navigation Charts.
• Requirements for the carriage of back-up systems.
• Awareness of ECDIS-related limitations.
  Increase the awareness of the potential errors & risk of reliance on ECDIS.
• Understanding the regulatory requirements of the system.
• The updating regimes and differences between various systems.
• Understand ECDIS Supply chain.
• Acceptance of ECDIS by Port State Control.

Simulator Exercises:

The course is practically based on exercises with a variety of ECDIS and ECS systems. This includes exercises in Kelvin Hughes systems and Sperry IBS simulator system applying a practical and realistic environment in different routing areas.

Course Approval:

A person successfully completing the course will be considered to have met Training Standard-Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems and STCW requirements to:

• STCW 1978/2010 Table A II/2 Maintain the Safety of Navigation through the use of ECDIS and associated navigation system to assist command decision making
• IMO Model Course 1.27

Program

Marine Simulator Systems

Objectives

• This course is designed to enhance navigation safety by providing the knowledge and skills necessary to fully utilize the features of ECDIS in the management level.