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Diploma in Tugboat Operations

Online
10-15 hours
Free

Course Content

This free online course delves into vital safety practices and the hydraulic oil system used during tugboat operations. This course explores the important safe practices for tug operations during tugboat handling. You will also learn about the equipment used on a tugboat and the stability issues during the vessel operation. We will teach you about the components of hydraulic oil systems and the pumps' classification into different groups. It will also examine the handling tools used in performing operations on systems. Enrol today!

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID195289
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration10-15 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike 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 PathWhat You Will Learn In This Free Course
• Identify the various types of tug operations, and responsibilities
• Outline the various modes of tug operations under different conditions of ship work
• Explain the use of various rigging, towing gears and their safe usage
• List the tools and equipment used for cutting and welding on board
• Identify the hazardous cargo and chemicals carried on tugs
• Define the concept of the ‘surface finish’ and the drilling tools
• Describe how to use the filing, grinding machines and drilling machines
• Identify the file specifications, types of files and shapes of files
• Explain the concept of the surface finish as and the drilling tools
• Discuss how to use the filing, grinding machines and drilling machines
• Recognise file specifications, types of files and shapes of files
Course Code3228

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