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Radar Plotting 1: Manual plotting (1 cr)

Code: SF14O116-3007

General information


Enrollment

16.06.2022 - 16.10.2022

Timing

17.10.2022 - 02.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Campus

Åbo, Hertig Johans parkgata 21

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Maritime Studies

Teachers

  • Lasse Lusto

Groups

  • SFK21D-Å
    Sjökapten (YH), h21, dagstudier
  • SFK21F-Å
    Sjökapten (YH), h21, flerform

Objective

To provide the student with the skills to manage traffic situa-tions as the officer of the watch through the use of radar plot-ting and with ability to use radar in order to maintain safety of navigation and fulfil the requirements set in the IMO Res. A.483(XII).

Content

• Basic principles of radar plotting
• Different methods of manual radar plotting
• Planning evasive manoeuvres
• Confirming the speed and course of the current in radar plotting
• Errors in radar plotting

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

Watchkeeping Duties 1A
Navigational Aids: Radar
Terrestrial Navigation B