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Watchkeeping Basic (WKP-BAS)
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Course Description
This course is required for all Able Seamen upgrading to 3rd/2nd Mate. It focuses on taking action to avoid close quarters situations in accordance with the COLREGS and watchkeeping procedures, including BRM. Through this course, trainees will become proficient in the knowledge and understanding of safe Watchkeeping procedures.
This course satisfies the following STCW95 and CFR requirements:
- 46 CFR 11.205(o) Formerly 46 CFR 10.205(o)
- The requirements of Section B-VIII/2, Part 3-1 of the STCW Code.
- STCW 95 Code OICNW-2-1A
- STCW 95 Code OICNW-2-1B,
- STCW 95 Code OICNW-2-1C
Pre-requisites- Terrestial and Coastal navigation, Radar, ARPA are all needed. These course are Taught at MITAGS and PMI.
What You Will Learn
- Rules of the Road
- Keeping a Safe Navigational Watch
- Bridge Resource Management
- Keeping an Anchor Watch
- Keeping a Watch in Port
- Pollution Prevention
- Record Keeping (Including Log Books)
Students who successfully completed the 75-hour Watchkeeping (Operational Level) course offered by the Maritime Advancement, Training, Education and Safety Program through the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies. This course satisfies the Watchkeeping training requirements for certification as Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch on vessels of 500 or more gross tonnage (ITC); AND the Bridge Resource Management training requirements of 46 CFR 10.205(o) and the requirements of Section B-VIII/2, Part 3-1 of the STCW Code. The practical assessments conducted in this course are accepted as the equivalent of assessments OICNW-2-1A, OICNW-2-1B, and OICNW-2-1C from the National Assessment Guidelines for Table A-II/1 of the STCW Code. Applicants who have successfully completed this course need not present completed “Control Sheets” for these assessments in application of STCW certification.
THIS COURSE INCLUDES 5 DAYS OF FULL MISSION BRIDGE SIMULATION !!!!
