Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
MARL5007A Mapping and Delivery Guide
Demonstrate basic knowledge of marine control systems and automation
Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | MARL5007A - Demonstrate basic knowledge of marine control systems and automation |
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Description | This unit involves the knowledge of marine automation and process control required engineers to operate control systems on board a commercial vessel. | ||
Employability Skills | This unit contains employability skills. | ||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit applies to Marine Engineering Watchkeepers on commercial vessels greater than 750 kW and forms part of the requirements for the Certificate of Competency Marine Engineer Watchkeeper issued by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Prerequisites/co-requisites | Not applicable. | ||
Competency Field |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
Slides PPT |
Assessment 1 | Assessment 2 | Assessment 3 | Assessment 4 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Outline basic actions and functions of automation equipment in marine contexts |
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Element: Explain action of nozzle flapper mechanism in pneumatic instruments |
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Element: Explain operating principles and application of sensing and transmitting elements |
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Element: Explain function of controller element and associated hand/auto changeover station in an analogue control loop |
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Element: Explain basic operating principles of electronic circuits and components |
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Element: Explain use of solid state diodes and transistors to control monitoring and alarm systems |
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Element: Explain ‘fail safe’ philosophy and its implications for design and operation of main types of actuators available for operating final correcting elements |
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Element: Specify requirements for a pneumatic control system air supply |
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Element: Explain mechanisms for control of physical parameters in a ship’s machinery space |
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Element: Explain schematically total bridge control of a commercial vessel |
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