Elements and Performance Criteria
- Use and care for coastal navigational charts, nautical publications and related documentation
- Coastal navigational charts, nautical publications and related documentation are handled and used in ways that ensure continued availability, utility and length of life
- Navigational charts, nautical publications and related documentation are stored and maintained in accordance with established procedures and chart/publication publisher' instructions
- Navigational charts, nautical publications, notices to mariners and related documentation are filed in accordance with established procedures
- Coastal navigational charts, nautical publications, notices to mariners and related documentation are correctly used for voyage planning and identification of navigational hazards
- Plan route for inshore voyage
- Navigational hazards relevant to a proposed inshore voyage are identified using relevant navigational charts, nautical publications and related documentation
- The route for an inshore voyage is determined in accordance with operational instructions and navigational principles and taking due account of identified navigational hazards
- Critical points along the proposed route of the voyage are identified and recorded
- Appropriate actions to deal with the identified critical points are developed
- Potential navigational contingencies and problems that may occur along the planned inshore route are identified and appropriate strategies for dealing with them are developed and recorded
- Conduct an inshore passage
- Measurements and observations of sea and weather conditions are accurate and appropriate to the planned inshore passage of the small vessel
- Meteorological information and observations of sea and weather conditions are correctly interpreted and applied to decisions on the vessel's speed and direction
- Information from navigation systems is interpreted and applied to identify navigational hazards and to fix the small vessel's position and to enable decisions to be made concerning the vessel's speed and direction
- The selection of the mode of steering is the most appropriate for the prevailing weather, sea and traffic conditions and intended manoeuvres
- Required alterations to the small vessel's course or speed are made taking into account prevailing weather and sea conditions, the proximity and course of other vessels, relevant navigational hazards, buoyage, signage and overall passage plan requirements
- Alterations to the small vessel's course and speed are appropriate to prevailing circumstances and conditions, comply with relevant maritime regulations and do not put at risk the safety of the small vessel or its passengers and crew or that of other vessels, passengers or crew
- Signals relevant for navigational manoeuvres are made at the appropriate time in accordance with Australian and international regulations
- Operational limits of vessel propulsion, steering, power systems and overall trim and stability are not exceeded during navigational manoeuvres
- Fix small vessel's position within a limited area
- Primary position fixing method is selected in accordance with prevailing conditions
- Position is fixed using the selected method using information derived from relevant navigational systems
- Checks are made for random, instrument, system and data errors and appropriate corrections and allowances are made to derived courses and bearings
- Time interval between fixes is appropriate to the prevailing navigational conditions
- Verification of primary position fixing is regularly carried out using appropriate methods
- Performance checks and tests of navigation position fixing instruments and systems are carried out in accordance with company procedures and manufacturer's instructions
- Position of small vessel is recorded in accordance with regulations and established procedures
- Document and report planned route and passage
- Planned route for a small vessel's inshore voyage is recorded and reported in accordance with procedures and regulations
- Plans and strategies for dealing with critical situations and contingencies along the route of an inshore voyage are recorded
- Details of a n inshore passage including navigational incidents and related action taken are recorded in the vessel's log in accordance with relevant maritime regulations