This course intends to provide the knowledge, skill and understanding of ECDIS and electronic charts to the thorough extent needed to safely navigate vessels whose primary means of navigations is ECDIS. The course emphasizes both the application and learning of ECDIS in a variety of underway context.
To be eligible for the course the candidate must fulfill the following criteria:-
1. Be a candidate for an officer position or hold a navigation watch competency title
2. Some formal instruction is Terrestrial Navigation, have at minimum some familiarization with visual navigation, have accomplished a period of supervised bridge watch-keeping duties.
3. Have prior completion of basic RADAR/ARPA
Upon completion of the course the participant would gain knowledge in the following:-
1. Get a thorough understanding of Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) data, data accuracy,
presentation rules, display options and other chart data formats.
2. Familiarity with the functions of ECDIS required by performance standards in force.
3. Proficiency in operations, interpretation, and analysis of information obtained from ECDIS
4. Management of operational procedures, system files and data
