Automatic Identification and Electronic Chart Display Information Systems 3-day (AIS ECDIS 3)

Individual Course / State Pilot Program

Length 3 Days Approval NA Location MITAGS/PMI - Onsite Training Method Lecture/Practical Simulation AWN or Full Mission Ship Simulator Equipment ECDIS Computer Lab Pre-requisite ARPA and BRM for Pilots Individual Course Yes Part of Program No Price of Program $1,625.00

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Course Description

The goal of this 3-day, twenty-one hour training course is to provide attendees with basic knowledge, understanding, and proficiency in Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) and Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) as they relate to use by maritime pilots. The program has been designed using the guidelines provided in the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Model Course 7.03 for ECDIS. The AIS portion of the course has been developed using manufacturers and government technical data. Practical applications ("hands-on" training) is provided through the use of MITAGS' and PMI's simulator systems. 

Pre-requisites-This is an advance level course; attendees should have previusly completed ARPA and BRM for Pilots.

What You Will Learn

• List ECDIS limitations
• Describe the legal aspects and responsibilities in the use of ECDIS
• Demonstrate basic functions of ECDIS
• Determine critical alarms and non critical alarms on ECDIS
• Explain the potential interpretation errors of display AIS information and take action to avoid
• Summarize how AIS works
• Detect incorrect AIS information when compared to ARPA information
• Manage the display of AIS information on an ECDIS

Students who completed the three day, twenty-one hour custom course of Advances in Electronic Navigation for Pilots offered by the Maritime Advancement, Training, Education and Safety Program through the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies.  This comprehensive course curriculum covers the topics of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems, Electronic Charting Systems including the use of Portable Pilot Units, Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), Types of AIS, Information provided by AIS, and the application of AIS to the COLREGS, in Collision Avoidance and in Pilotage

“This course may be customized to incorporate  company policies and procedures and / or combined with other training.   It may also be taught  offsite.  For more information on how MITAGS-PMI can develop a “turn-key” training solutions for your organization, please call 1-866-656-5569 or e-mail Admissions@mitags.org. "