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: Knowledge to Boatmaster level.

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. 

Prerequisites: Knowledge to Boatmaster level.

 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
  

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

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