Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Engineering

Learning Methods

Practical

Module Offerings

4003MARCPD-JAN-CTY

Aims

NAEST forms part of the education and training required to obtain a UK MCA Certificate of Competency. It delivers the fundamental knowledge and skills required to maintain a safe navigational watch, use electronic navigational aids to determine vessel position and equipment for safety of navigation in anti-collision modes.

Learning Outcomes

1.
demonstrate competency in the knowledge and skills fundamental to keeping a safe navigational watch on-board a ship at sea.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:The course will follow the submission approved by the MCA but topics covered will include the use of Radar, ARPA, ECDIS, AIS and all other navigational equipment commonly found on modern ships. Once familiarised with the equipment, the candidates then use it practically for passage planning, monitoring and collision avoidance.
Module Overview:
NAEST forms part of the education and training required to obtain a UK MCA Certificate of Competency. It delivers the fundamental knowledge and skills required to maintain a safe navigational watch, use electronic navigational aids to determine vessel position and equipment for safety of navigation in anti-collision modes.
Additional Information:This module forms a standalone not for credit CPD (programme code 36212). Candidates must be enrolled on an approved FD or BSc programme in Nautical Science or have completed an approved Cert HE or HNC or other equivalent qualification required by the MCA for issuing an OOW CoC. They must therefore should also have completed the sea time required for first OOW (Deck) CoC in accordance with STCW Regulation II/1 Training and assessment must be undertaken by persons qualified in accordance with the requirements of Section A-1/6 of the STCW code in accordance with the training centre's QMS.

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