Radar Plotting 1: Manual Plotting (1 cr)
Code: MM14O116GMC-3002
General information
Enrollment
02.12.2024 - 31.12.2024
Timing
01.01.2025 - 09.03.2025
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
- English
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Maritime Management, Captain
Teacher in charge
Tony Karlsson
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