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To train students to achieve the following skills:

• Acquire the knowledge, skills and understanding of the limitations of the electronic chart systems needed to safely navigate on vessels which mainly use ECDIS cartography.

• Professional Certificate/Qualification:
  
  • Merchant Navy Captain.
  • First Officer in the Merchant Navy.
  • Second Officer in the Merchant Navy.
  • Fishing captain.
  • Deep-sea Skipper.
  • Coastal shipping Skipper.
  • Students who meet the following requirements may also complete this course:
    • To be enrolled in or to have completed academic studies corresponding to any of said qualifications or certifications, or
    • To be  undergoing or to have completed a corresponding academic or professional internship, although not in possession of the official certificate or qualification from the Merchant Navy Directorate General.
  • These circumstances shall be accredited by means of a certificate issued by the training centre or company, depending on the case.
    
• Additional training:
  • Automatic Radar Plotting Aids Certificate (ARPA). 
    
• Other requirements:
  • At the time of applying, at least one of the following:
    • Statement of compliance indicating the applicant does not suffer from any physical or mental illness preventing them from undertaking the training requested, or
    • Valid medical Certificate certifying that the applicant is not suffering from any physical or mental illness preventing them from undertaking the training requested, or
    • Valid medical Certificate indicating that the applicant is fit for work on marine vessels.
  • When preselected for the course, if applicable, and for its entire duration, at least one of the following:
    • Valid medical Certificate certifying that the applicant is not suffering from any physical or mental illness preventing them from undertaking the training requested, or
    • Valid medical Certificate indicating that the applicant is fit for work on marine vessels.

D42

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To train students to achieve the following skills:

• Establish watchkeeping systems and procedures.
• Maintain safe navigation using information from the ARPA radar, ECDIS and navigation systems to facilitate decision making.
• Plan a journey and direct navigation.
• Manoeuvre and direct the vessel in all conditions.
• Use of leadership and management qualities.

• Professional Certificate/Qualification:
  
  • Merchant Navy Captain.
  • First Officer in the Merchant Navy.
  • Second Officer in the Merchant Navy.
  • Fishing captain.
  • Deep-sea Skipper.
  • Coastal shipping Skipper.
  • Students who meet the following requirements may also complete this course:
    • To be enrolled in or to have completed academic studies corresponding to any of said qualifications or certifications, or
    • To be  undergoing or to have completed a corresponding academic or professional internship, although not in possession of the official certificate or qualification from the Merchant Navy Directorate General.
  • These circumstances shall be accredited by means of a certificate issued by the training centre or company, depending on the case.
     
• Additional training:
  • Automatic Radar Plotting Aids Certificate (ARPA). 
  • General Operator´s Certificate for the Global Maritime Distress Safety System. 
    
• Other requirements:
  • At the time of applying, at least one of the following:
    • Statement of compliance indicating the applicant does not suffer from any physical or mental illness preventing them from undertaking the training requested, or
    • Valid medical Certificate certifying that the applicant is not suffering from any physical or mental illness preventing them from undertaking the training requested, or
    • Valid medical Certificate indicating that the applicant is fit for work on marine vessels.
  • When preselected for the course, if applicable, and for its entire duration, at least one of the following:
    • Valid medical Certificate certifying that the applicant is not suffering from any physical or mental illness preventing them from undertaking the training requested, or
    • Valid medical Certificate indicating that the applicant is fit for work on marine vessels.