COURSE OVERVIEW

 This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops.

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Operations of Navigational Aids, Compasses, ARPA Radar, GPS and Echo Sounders. It covers the marine navigation, navigational aids (AtoN), lighthouses and beacons; the radar reflectors and racon beacons; the AIS (automatic identification system), bridge resource management (BRM) and magnetic compass construction and operation; the compass errors and corrections, gyro compass principles, errors and corrections; the integration with navigation systems and emergency steering and compass failure procedures; the pulse generation and propagation, X-band versus S-band radars and range resolution; and the beam width and blind sectors and shadowing During this interactive course, participants will learn the radar controls and display modes; the ARPA target acquisition and tracking and collision avoidance techniques; the radar plotting, risk assessment and radar limitations, misinterpretations, GPS principles and signal structure; the DGPS and SBAS corrections, waypoint management, route planning and ECDIS and interface; the navigational warnings and update procedures, electronic navigation risk management and echo sounder operation; the shallow water and under keel clearance; and the integration of multiple navigation systems and emergency navigation techniques.