Learn the maritime principles used to make deck logbook entries during navigational watches in this free course. This course on performing a navigational watch and record-keeping emphasises the importance of understanding a ship's handling characteristics and bridge equipment. You will gain insights into the basic obligations of the Officer of the Watch for the Bridge and the use of electronic navigation aids during watchkeeping. By the end of this course, you will be better informed about recordkeeping and making correct logbook entries.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 201436 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 3-4 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Discuss the importance of knowing ship handling characteristics and bridge equipment • Explain the basic obligations of the OOW for the bridge watch • Describe the required compliance with COLREG72 • Relate the use of electronic navigation aids during watchkeeping • List the necessary checks to be performed during a bridge watch • Analyse how to use proper nautical terms • Explain how to enter the latitude and longitude position of the ship at various intervals • List the items that should be entered into the logbook by the desk officer during a watch • Describe the information required to be logged by a Master or Chief Mate onboard a U.S. vessel • Differentiate between daily entries at the top and routine entries at sea |
| Course Code | 3278 |
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