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4.2 - Demonstrate using a radar simulator or, when not available, manoeuvring board, knowledge of the

fundamentals of radar and ability in the operation and use of radar, and in the interpretation and analysis of

information obtained from the equipment including the following:

.1 - Factors affecting performance and accuracy;

.2 - Setting up and maintaining displays;

.3 - Detection of misrepresentation of information, false echoes, sea return;

.4 - Range and bearing;

.5 - Identification of critical echoes;

.6 - Course and speed of other ships;

.7 - Time and distance of closest approach of crossing, meeting or overtaking ships;

.8 - Detecting course and speed changes of other ships;

.9 - Effect of changes in own vessel’s course or speed or both; and

.10 - Application of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972.

5 – Compasses

5.1 - Ability to determine and apply compass errors.

6 – Meteorology and oceanography

6.1 - Knowledge of meteorological instruments and their application.

6.2 - Ability to apply meteorological information available.

6.3 - Knowledge of characteristics of various weather systems affecting the limited waters concerned, at the

discretion of the Party.

6.4 - Knowledge of weather conditions affecting the limited waters concerned liable to endanger the vessel,

at the discretion of the Party.

6.5 - Where applicable, ability to use appropriate navigational publications on tides and currents.

7 – Fishing vessel manoeuvring and handling

7.1 - Manoeuvring and handling of a fishing vessel in all conditions including the following:

.1 - Berthing, unberthing and anchor work under various conditions of wind and tide;

.2 - Manoeuvring in shallow water;

.3 - Management and handling of fishing vessels in heavy weather, including appropriate speed, particularly

in following and quartering seas, assisting a ship or aircraft in distress, means of keeping an unmanageable

vessel out of a sea trough and lessening drift;

.4 - Manoeuvring the vessel during fishing operations with special regard to factors which could adversely

affect the vessel’s safety during such operations;

.5 - Precautions in manoeuvring for launching rescue boats or survival craft in bad weather;

.6 - Methods of taking on board survivors from rescue boats or survival craft;

.7 - Where applicable, practical measures to be taken when navigating in ice or conditions of ice accretion on

board the vessel;

.8 - Where applicable, the use of, and manoeuvring in, traffic separation schemes;

.9 - The importance of navigating at reduced speed to avoid damage caused by own vessel’s bow or stern

wave; and

.10 - Transferring fish at sea to factory ships or other vessels.

8 – Fishing vessel construction and stability

8.1 - General knowledge of the principal structural members of a vessel and the proper names of the various

parts.

8.2 - Knowledge of the theories and factors affecting trim and stability and measures necessary to preserve

safe trim and stability.

8.3 - Demonstrate ability to use stability data, stability and trim tables and pre-calculated operating conditions.

8.4 - Where applicable, knowledge of effects of free surfaces and ice accretion.

8.5 - Knowledge of effects of water on deck.