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Radar Plotting 2: ARPA (1 cr)

Code: SF22O117-3001

General information


Enrollment

15.06.2023 - 29.10.2023

Timing

30.10.2023 - 10.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Maritime Studies

Teachers

  • Lasse Lusto
  • Emilia Lindroos

Groups

  • SFK22D-Å
    Sjökapten (YH), h22, dagstudier

Objective

• To fullfil the requirements of the IMO Resolution A482(XII) with reference to ARPA equipment training.
• To provide the student with the skills and knowledge in terms of managing the system of radar charts in ARPA equipment.

Content

• Presenting ARPA-data
• Manual and automatic target selection
• Graphical and alphanumeric representation
• Planning evasive manoeuvres
• Symbols
• Stabilizing the ARPA-picture
• Route planning using ARPA
• Technical construction and functioning of ARPA-equipment
• The reliability of ARPA-equipment and the IMO requirements

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

Radar Plotting 1

Further information

Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA)


The course covers use of radar and ARPA to maintain safety of navigation according to Table A-II/1 of the STCW code. It also meets the recommendations of STCW B-I/12.18-35.