Outlines

Course Outline

• Telecommunications (Module three)
• Aids to Navigation (Module four)
• Navigational Aids
• General communication skills (Module five)
• Communication: Data collection. - Communication plane of action. and more
• Log and record keeping

Course Exercises

• Practical exercises on the VHF and its DSC terminals for ease of use.
• Practical exercises by using those terminals for familiarization of different formats of marine communications using international codes and SMCPs.
• Practical exercise on VTS reporting system.
  

Program

Communication and Computing Systems

Objectives

• This course prepares the VTS operators to be able to co-ordinate communication between the VTS centers, participating vessel, allied services and other marine related agencies. It covers how to co-ordinate the communication in a VTS area theoretical and practical wise, including the requirements for providing communication to support an information service, navigational assistance service or traffic organization service. It also provides an understanding of communication co-ordination requirements in emergencies and the regulations relating to communication co-ordination requirements for VTS areas. The course provides enough understanding and practice to the trainees to enable them to priorities, relay and co-ordinate various types of communication between marine and marine related agencies both on-board vessels and in-shore facilities for different situations and their associated responses using SMCPs in VTS areas. All the exercises carried out on simulated communication stations for realistic practice.