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general requirements, it shall ensure that the syllabus is taken into account for purposes of certification of officers

in charge of a navigational watch serving on vessels fitted with radar equipment and plying within limited waters.

3.2 - 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 returns;

.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.

4 – Watchkeeping

4.1 - Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the content, application and intent of the International Regulations

for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, specially annexes II and IV concerned with safe navigation.

4.2 - Demonstrate knowledge of the content of Basic Principles to be Observed in Keeping a Navigational

Watch as prescribed in chapter IV.

5 – Electronic systems of position fixing and navigation

5.1 - Ability to determine the ship’s position by the use of electronic navigational aids, where applicable, to the

satisfaction of the Party.

6 – Meteorology

6.1 - Knowledge of shipborne meteorological instruments and their application.

6.2 - Knowledge of the characteristics of the various weather systems affecting the limited waters concerned.

7 – Compasses

7.1 - Ability to determine and apply compass errors.

8 – Fire fighting

8.1 - Knowledge of fire prevention and use of fire-fighting appliances.

8.2 - Participation in an approved fire-fighting course.

9 – Life-saving

9.1 - Knowledge of life-saving appliances provided on fishing vessels. Organization of abandon ship drills and

the use of the equipment.

9.2 - Participation in an approved survival at-sea course.

10 – Emergency procedures and safe working practices for fishing vessel personnel

10.1 - Knowledge of the items listed in the appropriate sections of the FAO/ILO/IMO Code of Safety for

Fishermen and Fishing Vessels, part A, and in chapter III of the annex to the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol.

11 – Fishing vessel, manoeuvring and handling

11.1 - Basic knowledge of manoeuvring and handling a fishing vessel, including the following:

.1 - Berthing, unberthing, anchoring and manoeuvring alongside other vessels at sea;

.2 - Manoeuvring during fishing operations with special regard to factors which could adversely affect the

vessels during such operations;

.3 - Effects of wind and tide/current on ship handling;