Training Pathways

Course Schedule

Coastguard Theory

RYA Practical

The radar course is comprehensive to help you understand and safely operate the radar set on your vessel. The GPS Operator course is an advanced course to enable safe navigation and use of GPS.
 

Radar Course (6 hours)

Aim: To outline the use of radar to aid navigation and avoid collision.

Prerequisites: Boatmaster.

Course Content: Principles of a radar, controls, displays and targets, discrimination, navigation.

GPS Operator (8 hours)

Aim: To provide a comprehensive understanding of the GPS.

Course Content: Principles, preparation and installation, controls, screens and outputs, passage making, waypoint navigation, accuracies and errors, chart plotters, selection.

• Principles of radar
• Components of a radar set
• Controls
• Displays
• Discrimination
• Targets
• Radar navigation
• Collision Avoidance
  
  Course Fee: $140.00 per person.

• Navigation
• GPS principles & positioning
• Initialisation & set up
• Controls, screens & outputs
• Passage making
• Waypoint navigation
• Accuracies & errors
• Installation
• Chart plotters

Course Fee: $132.00 per person

Upcoming Courses

*Auckland Marine Rescue Centre

For further information email education@coastguard.org.nz or book above.