Learning Outcomes

Introduction to Value of Training and Drills

Examining Value of Training and Drills

Abandon Ship Drills

Lesson Summary

In this module, you will learn about the value of safety drills as part of emergency preparations including appropriate ways of organizing such safety drills for best results. You will also learn about SCRBs, EPIRB, and SART in different situations.

Introduction to Hazardous Materials

Labelling

Hazardous Materials Carried on Tugboats

In this module, you will learn about the IMDG code used in transporting hazardous materials at sea together with the implementation of US laws for the transportation of such materials. You will also learn about the requirements for towing hazardous cargoes on tugs and barges.

Training, Drills, and Hazardous Materials - Course Assessment

Minimize onboard risk with safety drills and the proper care of hazardous materials with this free online course.

Shipboard Safety: Training, Drills, and Hazardous Materials

This free online course demonstrates the value of regular training and frequent drills to ensure the proper handling of dangerous situations and materials on ships. We examine a range of shipboard hazards and provide methods to reduce the risks they pose. These safety measures involve relevant stakeholders including crew members and their managers and we explain how everyone can contribute to keeping ships safe.

Introduction to Shape of the Earth

Earth Axis

Prime Meridian

Cable and Knot

This module will teach you about the shape of the earth, great circle, small circle, spherical triangle, as well as the earth axis. In this module, you will learn about the poles, equator, meridians, as well as the latitude and parallels of the latitude.

Introduction to Nautical Chart

Meridional Parts and Natural Scale

Symbols and Abbreviations Used on Admiralty Charts

Lights and Other Publications

This module will teach you about the nautical charts, Mercator charts, as well as Lambert conformal charts. In this module, you will learn about the meridional part, the natural scale, as well as how a nautical chart can be used as a graphical two-dimensional representation of the maritime area.

Diploma in Terrestrial and Coastal Navigation - First Assessment

Rotation of the Earth

Lines of Position Fixes

Method of Position Fixing

Vertical and Horizontal Sextant Angles

True Course and Parallel Sailing

Use of Traverse Table

This module will teach you about the axis of rotation, direction by gyrocompass, as well as the magnetic compass and lines of position fixes. In this module, you will also learn about the method of positions fixes, position lines and how to plot positions on the chart.

Chart Work

Tidal Stream and Geographical Range

Last Sighting Distances

IALA Buoyage System

Passage Planning

Execution and Monitoring

This module will teach you about the order, procedure of allowing, counteracting current, and leeway. In this module, you will learn about the cause and effect of tidal stream, the concept of DR and FIX for finding out the actual set. The rate of current, as well as the types of lights, will also be introduced.

Diploma in Terrestrial and Coastal Navigation - Second Assessment

Diploma in Terrestrial and Coastal Navigation - Course Assessment

This free online course outlines the importance of coastal navigation and aids used for estimating a vessel’s position.

Diploma in Terrestrial and Coastal Navigation

Since 2 000 B.C.E., sailors have been navigating the oceans. This course teaches you the planning and monitoring of marine passage using terrestrial and coastal navigation, which explains how to plan and fix a ship’s position at sea. We will outline the concept of the Earth’s axis passing through the north and south poles, the Earth’s equator, which maintains equidistant from the poles, and the polar axis from which you measure angle coordinates.

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