Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of: ARPA system performance and accuracy, tracking capabilities, limitations and processing delays blind pilotage planning bridge navigational watch alarm systems (BNWAS), including: alarms carriage requirements design operational sequences purpose course and speed of other vessels critical echoes, exclusion areas and trial manoeuvres detecting course and speed changes of other vessels detection of misrepresentation of information, false echoes, sea and rain clutter, racons and search and rescue transponders (SARTs) effect of changes in own vessel course and speed or both errors of magnetic compass and their function factors affecting performance and accuracy of radar and other navigational equipment fundamentals of radar and ARPAs ground and sea stabilisation and their effects on ARPA data identification of critical echoes COLREGs magnetic and gyrocompasses, including rate of turn gyro meeting overtaking vessels methods of position fixing using celestial observations with a sextant methods of target acquisition and their limitations misrepresentation. including: compass errors false echoes incorrect radar settings for heading marker and range marker incorrect setting up of electronic chart system (ECS) or electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) incorrect setting up of satellite navigation systems satellite and differential satellite navigation system errors sea and rain clutter returns navigational data, including: navigation safety warning recording of courses steered weather and oceanographic reports parallel indexing plotting techniques and relative and true-motion concepts principal types of ARPAs, their display characteristics, performance standards and the consequences of over reliance on ARPAs principles of the magnetic compass and their correction range and bearing by radar sea and ground stabilisation and their effect on ARPA data setting up and maintaining displays on radar time, distance and bearing of closest point of approach of a closing vessel true and relative vectors, graphic representation of target information and danger areas use of operational warnings and system tests voyage data recorder and simplified voyage data recorder, including: authorised access to data by personnel for investigations carriage requirements data items recorded data output interface data security and software design and operation purpose work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements and work practices. |