Operational use of ECDIS
- IMO Model Course 1.27
Approved by the Danish Maritime Authority and DNV-GL.
This training course will provide you with the training required to safely operate ECDIS, when used as the primary source for sea charts. This course is also considered as Furuno type-specific ECDIS training.
Relevant for: Navigators operating ECDIS today or are planning to do so in the future.
Blended learning option: You have the possibility to complete the theoretical part of the IMO Model Course 1.27 online (2 days), and then combine it with 3 days at our training center, where you will receive practical training in our simulators. After having successfully completed the theoretical part online, there is a 6 months time limit for you to complete the practical training course to obtain the IMO Model Course 1.27 certification.
Equipment used: Furuno ECDIS, Furuno Voyager INS (Integrated Navigation System), and full mission simulator.
Duration: 5 days.
Course content: Theoretical lectures, active discussions based on your navigational experiences, series of demonstrations, and multiple practical exercises in our full mission simulator. The training course includes the following topic:
Principal types of ECDIS systems and their display characteristics.
Differences between ECDIS and ECS.
Introduction to the legal aspects of ECDIS compliance.
Operational use of Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) and Raster Navigational Charts (RNC) including chart updating processes.
Setting up display, route planning, route monitoring, and alarm handling.
Detection of misrepresentation of information, and factors affecting system performance and accuracy, including the risks of over-reliance on ECDIS.
Course certificate: The training course is concluded with three compulsory tests and if all three passed, then a certificate is issued. The course complies with the IMO Model Couse 1.27 and the STCW 2010 Code, as amended in A-II/1-3 and B-I/36-66.
Price: 1450 EUR per person excl. VAT taxes. All prices are exclusive travel and accommodation expenses.
Location:
Hammerholmen 44
2650 Hvidovre
DK - Denmark.