Constanta Maritime University
Mircea cel Batran Street no.104
Romania, Constanta, 900663
Phone: +40 241 664 740
Fax: +40 241 617 260
E-mail: info@imc.ro
Bridge Team Management
Scope:
This Model Course is practical and theoretical and consists of a series of exercises performed on a ship-handling simulator. Classroom lectures, to provide the necessary theoretical background for the exercises, are included.
The instructor checks the applications and, initially, the trainees are allowed to familiarize themselves with the equipment, the control systems and the instruments provided by the simulator.
Applications gradually grow in complexity during the course and so trainees will gain experience in handling ships under various conditions. The final application consists of planning and carrying out a voyage from the port of departure to the port of destination, and will include the use of knowledge and skills learnt during the course. During the last applications, there will be introduced equipment failures, so as the trainees will be able to implement actions to be taken in emergency situations, and to apply specified bridge procedures to hazards situations.
This course has been designed to meet the requirements of COLREG 1972, and STCW section B-VIII/2, Part 3-1. The course provides guidance for masters and officers in charge of a navigational watch in the use of all available resources to enhance navigational safety. The trainees will assume different roles of the bridge team during ship maneuvering. By rotating roles, each trainee will be given the opportunity to act as Captain.
Each application is preceded by training session, and it ends with the analysis of the actions’ execution.
This Model Course is practical and theoretical and consists of a series of exercises performed on a ship-handling simulator. Classroom lectures, to provide the necessary theoretical background for the exercises, are included.
The instructor checks the applications and, initially, the trainees are allowed to familiarize themselves with the equipment, the control systems and the instruments provided by the simulator.
Applications gradually grow in complexity during the course and so trainees will gain experience in handling ships under various conditions. The final application consists of planning and carrying out a voyage from the port of departure to the port of destination, and will include the use of knowledge and skills learnt during the course. During the last applications, there will be introduced equipment failures, so as the trainees will be able to implement actions to be taken in emergency situations, and to apply specified bridge procedures to hazards situations.
This course has been designed to meet the requirements of COLREG 1972, and STCW section B-VIII/2, Part 3-1. The course provides guidance for masters and officers in charge of a navigational watch in the use of all available resources to enhance navigational safety. The trainees will assume different roles of the bridge team during ship maneuvering. By rotating roles, each trainee will be given the opportunity to act as Captain.
Each application is preceded by training session, and it ends with the analysis of the actions’ execution.
Objective
The trainees who successfully complete this course will have gained experience in handling ships under various conditions and will make a more effective contribution to the bridge team during ship maneuvering in normal and emergency situations.
Especially the trainees will have gained experience related to:
- Ship handling and maneuvering, using engine and helm
- Wind and current effects, Shallow-water effects, Bank, channel and cargo handling interaction effects
- Planning and carrying out a voyage, or maneuver, or an alternative passage plan
- Efficient bridge procedures in the use of all available resources to enhance navigational safety in normal and emergency situations
- Formulate and execute a detailed passage plan using specified bridge procedures and making optimum utilization of all available resources of personnel and equipment, apply effective communication skills within a Bridge Team
The detailed curriculum is designed so as to highlight the competencies, which were developed during the training course.
Course Prerequisite:
The candidates should have minimum 6 months of bridge experience, along with the Radar Navigation, Radar Plotting and Use of ARPA- Operational Level course Certificate (IMO A 483(XII).
Course Certificate
After successful completion of the course candidates will receive IMO Model BTM course certificate, which will confirm the ship handling and maneuvering course, and working within the bridge team on the navigation bridge.
Minimum Number of Attendants
The number of attendants within a series is determined by the simulator facilities and the number of course instructors, so as a course session consists of 6 trainees under the guidance of 3 instructors, each group being divided into teams of three people for practical applications on the simulator. Working groups are organized according to their experience and the type of vessels on which the trainees held their previous activity.
Instructors
The teaching staff and instructors involved in trainees’ teaching and assessment are teachers of Constanta Maritime University holding at least the Lecturer position, as well as holders of Certificate of Competency.
The staff involved holds the Instructor Certificate issued by TRANSAS simulator manufacturer, and it was certified for examination and assessment of professional competencies at sea, confirming professional specialized domain experience developed during the course for more than 3 years.