Navigation and Meteorology

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. demonstrate good seamanship skills, ropework and boat rigging; 2. identify and describe Marine Communications Systems and Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems (GMDSS).; 3. perform First-Aid Treatment, rescue operation and personal survival; 4. describe the procedure for launching and retrieving lifeboats; 5. describe bridge equipment, navigational aids, and onboard machineries; and 6. perform weather prediction and describe basic meteorological equipment.

Introduction to seamanship skills. Ship nomenclature. Ship Equipment: deck gear and machinery. Cargo plans, stowage methods, ventilation and handling. Marine Communications Systems and Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems (GMDSS). Hatch work and bulk heading. Rope work and boat rigging. Cargo protection. Anchor arrangements. Mooring and towing arrangements. Small boat handling with oars or engine. Mooring, anchoring, lowering mand lifting of life boats. Use of life saving equipment. First Aid, Personal survival. Merchant ship departmental organisation and station bills. Bridge equipment. Navigational Aids. Signalling and communications. International convention. Weather: types, impact and prediction. Climatology. Meteorological equipment and application in Navigation. Marine ecology. Practicals: Seamanship practice.