A trainee successfully completing the course and passing the examination will be able to make efficient and effective use of radar as a navigational aid in congested, confined waters, recognize potential threats and make valid navigational and collision-avoidance decisions based on sound radar observation and plotting in compliance with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREG). This is an approved course under the MATF.
| Mode of Study: | Part time |
| Duration: | 5 days |
| Time: | Monday to Friday : 08:25-16:50 (including one hour lunch break) |
| Entrance Requirement: | The course is principally intended for candidates for certification as master or chief mate on seagoing ships. Those wishing to enter this course should preferably be the holders of certificates satisfying the requirements of regulation II/1 or II/3 of the STCW convention as officer in charge of a navigational watch. Or they should therefore have completed a course of training which meets or exceeds the standard set out in table A-II/1 of the STCW code, and preferably completed the sea service needed for certification as master or chief mate while qualified as an officer in charge of a navigational watch. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Maritime Institute |
