COURSE OFFERINGS
The Sperry Marine approach to crew training encompasses all educational mediums - adapting to each customer’s unique needs.Our methods include:
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Formal classroom training at our certified facilities
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Mobile classrooms at a location of your preference
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On-board dockside / shipyard training
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Underway / on-the-job training
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E-Learning DVDs
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Custom lessons on DVD
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Distance learning facilities to teach courses over the internet
Operator and Maintenance Training is offered on all Sperry Marine navigation equipment. This includes:
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Integrated Bridge System (IBS) |
Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA) |
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ECDIS |
Electronic Chart System (ECS) |
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Radars |
Gyrocompasses |
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Voyage Data Recorders (VDR) |
Autopilots |
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Fiber Optic Gyros |
Ring Laser Gyro Navigators |
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Automatic Information Systems (AIS) |
Speed Logs |
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Echosounders |
Steering Systems |
STCW 95 ECDIS TRAINING
Course Objectives
Our courses have been designed to give each participant a complete understanding of the theory and practical use of ECDIS, ECS and the various types of electronic charts. Students completing our USCG approved ECDIS course will have fulfilled the following STCW 95 competencies:
- Plan and Conduct a Passage Plan and Determine Position: Thorough knowledge of and ability to use ECDIS of Table A-II / 1 of the STCW 95 code
- Detemine Position and the Accuracy of Resulting Position Fix: Position determiniation using ECDIS with specific lnowledge of its operating principles, limitations, sources of error, detection of misrepresentation of information and methods of correction to obtain accurate position fixing if Table A-11 / 2 of the STCW 95 code
For customers not interested in the USCG certified classes, we can easily develop a custom itinerary to suit your particular needs.
Course Outline
Sperry Marine offers a USCG approved five-day training course in the operational use of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS). The course syllabus has been developed using IMO model course 1.27 in order to comply with STCW 95 standards. In addition to covering all IMO required subject areas for VMS-ECDIS, the course also provides detailed instruction in the Automatic Navigation and Track-keeping Systems (ANTS) and using the interface between the radar and the VMS-ECDIS. This makes it an ideal couse for any officer who will be operating this equipment on a vessel equipped with Sperry Marine products.
ECDIS Operator Training increases the officer's ability to use the system effectively and achieve the maximum benefit in terms of safer navigation.
MAINTENANCE TRAINING
For Maintenance training in the classroom actual working equipment is used to expose the technicians to the physical components they will work with on the vessel. Each student must complete several troubleshooting exercises where faults are introduced into the equipment that they must then diagnose and repair.
US NAVY TRAINING
To take full advantage of our training facilities, we have created complimentary STCW 95 certified courses.We have been teaching our STCW 95 certified ECDIS-N course to the US Navy since 2001.This course has been re-certified by the USCG three times and is currently certified until 2010.This ability to merge the best of commercial and military practices is highlighted by our curriculum development process.This process allows us to combine the Terminal and Enabling Objective training approach of the US Navy with the requirements of International Maritime Organization (IMO) to develop courses tailor made for US Navy sailors while still fulfilling STCW 95 requirements.This approach directly lends itself to the Navy’s Navigation, Seamanship and Shiphandling (NSS) Training Requirements Document (TDR) approved by VADM LaFleur CNSF in 2002.
Just as importantly as the above certifications, our instructors are widely recognized as the premier subject matter experts in their fields.From a WSN-7 to an ECDIS-N system, our instructors have the advantage of having constant access to not only the sailors in the fleet, but also the hardware, software and system engineers that develop and evolve Sperry Marine products.This allows our instructors to develop unprecedented knowledge of the inner workings of US Navy IBS while focusing that knowledge on the critical areas highlighted by our extensive underway training.This blend of product and fleet knowledge is a key reason why our instructors are recognized as the best in the industry and are routinely used by the US Navy and other premier organizations for critical training events and train-the-trainer evolutions.
