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ECDIS-ENAV 2-Day for Pilots (ECDIS-ENAV)

Course Description

This two-day course is designed to cover the basic elements of ECDIS as required by the international and national regulations, and the recommendations of The American Pilot Association. The course will include classroom instruction and demonstrations utilizing Transas NaviTrainer Desktop Simulation, NaviSailor 3000 ECDIS. The candidates will demonstrate proficiency in selected ECDIS and AIS tasks including ARPA integration and observance of proper Bridge Resource Management procedures. 

What You Will Learn

• Understand international and federal requirements re: ECDIS/AIS
• Gain knowledge of system requirements, ECDIS & AIS
• Determine validity of system information especially ship position
• Relate GPS position to horizontal chart datums
• Understand the danger of allowing DR positions on ECDIS
• Compare differences between paper and electronic charts
• Understand the benefits and limitations of raster and vector charts
• Know available electronic chart formats
• Understand chart scales and dangers of over scaling or over zooming
• Use electronic chart numbering systems
• Install automatic updates or make manual corrections
• Integrate ECDIS and AIS into the Bridge Management System
• Understand “Common Center Reference Point”
• Ownship scaling and AIS target scaling with regard to CPA
• Use of RADAR overlay on electronic chart
• Identify common errors and misinterpretations of ECDIS/AIS
• Know the basics of route building and route monitoring on ECDIS
• Know how to construct and utilize “user information layers”
• Integrate ARPA and AIS into the ECDIS

Student who  successfully completed the fourteen (14) hour classroom and simulation course for Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) and Electronic Navigation (e-Nav) for pilots offered by the Maritime Advancement, Training, Education and Safety Program through the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies.  This course curriculum includes the proper use and operation of ECDIS in terms of a thorough understanding and appreciation of its capabilities and limitations.