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Automatic Identification Systems Orientation (AIS-O)
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Course Description
This is a 1-day orientation course on Automatic Identification Systems. All international sailing merchant mariners will shortly have to contend with this new system as it is installed on the bridge. The seminar is designed to acquaint the attendee with the technologies that make up the AIS and expose the attendee to the advantages and possible problems a professional mariner may encounter with the equipment. When AIS is combined with the electronic chart technologies, it can potentially provide the watch officer with an icon for every significant ship within radio range, display the vessels' indicating speed and heading, reflect actual size, name, classification, call sign, registration number, and other important information. There is no prerequisite for this seminar.
