MAGNETIC COMPASS CHARTS PUBLICATIONS UNIT

CHARTS & PUBLICATIONS

On successful completion of this course, learners will be able to describe Trinidad’s coastal waters and coastline. The sailing directions have been repurposed into highlight navigation landmarks, recommended anchorages, marine oil and gas fields, lighthouses, seasonal conditions, ports around Trinidad, ocean current flow, tidal current flow, Orinoco river effect, prevailing winds, shallow areas and rocks around Trinidad. Learners will also be able to describe the types of fishing methods used. To complete this lesson, a candidate must get 70% from 25 MCQs after watching 14 videos, including:

• Marine oil & gas fields in Trinidad waters
• Shoalsand shallows in Trinidad waters
• Anchorages around Trinidad

BRIDGE WATCHKEEPING

Learners find notes on keeping a lookout, responding to helm orders, doing fire rounds and handing over bridge watches. To complete this lesson, a candidate must get 70% from 8 MCQs after watching 1 videos and reviewing 11 documents, including:
• Bridge watch handover checklist
• Masters Standing and Night Orders

MAGNETIC COMPASS

On successful completion of this course, learners will be able to use the compass rose on a chart and a deviation card to convert true courses to compass courses and convert compass bearings to true bearings for plotting on the chart.To complete this lesson, a candidate must get 70% from 17 MCQs after watching 4 videos, including:
• Magnetic variation
• Compass deviation
• Compass error calculations

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We will explain STCW and give some more information about the Basic Safety certificate.

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