Location

Meteorology Programs

Objectives

• Learning and understanding every particular details the hydrographer may need onboard survey boat and at sea during Hydrographic work

Outcomes

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Course Contents

Conventional aids to navigationTypes of buoys and beacons Radar beacons AIS systems GMDSS Sea areasEPIRBs and SARSAT Digital selective calling NAVTEX Inmarsat-CNautical charts Content, datum, projection,scale and types of nauticalcharts Chart symbols Chart graticules Uncertainty indicators (e.g.source diagram, reliabilitydiagram, zone of confidence,notes) Navigational hazards Plotting instrumentsNavigation publicationsSailing directions, Light and radio lists, Tides and current tables Notice to marinersCompassesEmergency proceduresFire extinguishers Life preservers and cold watersurvival suits, life rafts Distress signals and EPIRBProcedures for man-overboard,fire, and abandoning shipSafe working practiceWater-tight doors and hatches Suspended loads Enclosed spaces Working aloft, with equipmentover the side Work permitting Securing equipment for seaRope and wiresTypes of wire and rope Characteristics (stretch,floating, strength) of ropes.