Proposal of a new
Model Course
for
Baltic Deep-Sea Pilots
Model Course for Baltic Deep-Sea Pilots
Why a model course?
• Ensure adequately qualified and trained BDSP
• Assist CPA when setting requirements
• Assist PSP when ordering the training
• Facilitate for training organisations when preparing a
course
• Harmonized and standardized training
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Model Course for Baltic Deep-Sea Pilots
Sources:
• Draft BPAC Agreement for CPA
• Draft IALA Guideline for CPA and PSP
• IALA Model Course V-103/1 for VTS Operators
• Various IMO STW Model Courses
• Swedish Guidelines on Deep-Sea Pilotage
• Swedish Training Programme on Deep-Sea Pilotage
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Model Course for Baltic Deep-Sea Pilots
Content
1. Introduction
2. Course Framework
3. Course Outline and Timetable
4. Detailed Teaching Syllabus
5. Guidance for Instructors
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3. Course Outline and Timetable
Six Modules:
1. Route Planning
2. Communication co-ordination
3. Environmental protection
4. Emergency situations
5. Personal Attributes (may be optional)
6. Ice / Ice-breaking assistance (may be optional)
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3. Course Outline and Timetable
Module 1 - Route Planning
• Main routes in the Baltic
• Limitations of Baltic Sea entrances and other narrow
passages
• Ship’s Routeing Systems (TSS etc.)
• Ship Reporting Systems (SRS) and VTS areas
• Pilot procedures in the Baltic
• Port operations and other allied services
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3. Course Outline and Timetable
Module 2 - Communication co-ordination
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General communication skills
Bridge Resource Management (BRM)
Reporting obligations
Vocal and verbal expression in English
SMCP
Log and record keeping
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3. Course Outline and Timetable
Module 3 - Environmental protection
• Dangerous and polluting goods
• Environmental sensitivity of the Baltic Sea
• Baltic as a PSSA
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3. Course Outline and Timetable
Module 4 - Emergency situations
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Maritime Safety Information (MSI)
Search and Rescue (SAR) in the Baltic
Maritime Assistance Service (MAS)
Emergency towing
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3. Course Outline and Timetable
Module 5 - Personal Attributes (may be optional)
(new: Personal Aptitude and Suitablility)
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Human relation skills
Interaction with others
Responsibility and reliability
Situational awareness
Spatial conceptual ability
Simultaneous tasking capability
Stress handling
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3. Course Outline and Timetable
Module 6 - Ice / Ice-breaking assistance (may be optional)
• Ice-classes
• Provisions on ice restrictions and limitations
• Procedures for ice-breaking assistance
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Model Course for Baltic Deep-Sea Pilots
Course outline
Module/Subject
Content / Subject area
1. Route planning
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Main routes in the Baltic
Limitations of Baltic Sea entrances and other narrow passages
Routeing systems (TSS etc.)
Ship Reporting Systems and VTS areas
Pilot procedures in the Baltic
Port operations and other allied services
Time duration
2. Communication co-ordination
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General communication skills
Bridge Resource Management (BRM)
Reporting obligations
Language
Log and record keeping
3. Environmental protection
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Dangerous and polluting goods
Environmental sensitivity of the Baltic Sea
Baltic as a PSSA
4. Emergency situations
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Maritime Safety Information (MSI)
Search and Rescue (SAR) in the Baltic
Maritime Assistance Service (MAS)
Emergency towing
5. Personal attributes
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Human relation skills
Interaction with others
Responsibility and reliability
6. Ice/Ice-breaking assistance
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Ice-classes
Provisions on ice restrictions and limitations
Procedures for ice-breaking assistance
Total time
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3. Course Outline and Timetable
Working groups
Task 1: Consider Content/Subject area of respective module
Add or delete – describe in short terms
Course outline
Module/Subject
1. Route planning
2. Communication co-ordination
3. Environmental protection
4. Emergency situations
5. Personal attributes
6. Ice/Ice-breaking assistance
Content / Subject area
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Main routes in the Baltic
Limitations of Baltic Sea entrances and other narrow passages
Routeing systems (TSS etc.)
Ship Reporting Systems and VTS areas
Pilot procedures in the Baltic
Port operations and other allied services
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General communication skills
Bridge Resource Management (BRM)
Reporting obligations
Language
Log and record keeping
Dangerous and polluting goods
Environmental sensitivity of the Baltic Sea
Baltic as a PSSA
Maritime Safety Information (MSI)
Search and Rescue (SAR) in the Baltic
Maritime Assistance Service (MAS)
Emergency towing
Human relation skills
Interaction with others
Responsibility and reliability
Ice-classes
Provisions on ice restrictions and limitations
Procedures for ice-breaking assistance
Total time
Time duration
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3. Course Outline and Timetable
Working groups
Task 2: Describe the aims for each subject area in broad terms.
What and why – for example:
”The trainee should have a (sufficient) knowledge/skills of… because …”
Example for module 1 – Route planning:
Content/Subject area
Aims
Main routes in the Baltic
- Knowledge of maximum draught permissible for transit through the
Sound, the Belts and the Kiel Kanal in order to plan for a safe
passage
- Sufficient knowledge of traffic patterns and normal sailing/route
plans to maintain a safe and efficient passage
Ship Reporting Systems
(SRS) and VTS areas
- Knowledge of SRS operational areas and reporting procedures in
order to advice the master of the applicable rules
- Knowledge of national VTS areas and where to find its regulations
and procedures in order to advice the master of the applicable rules
- Sufficient understanding of the roles and responsibilities between
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ship masters, (deep-sea) pilots and VTS-operators to avoid
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misunderstandings
3. Course Outline and Timetable
Working groups
Task 3: Describe the detailed teaching syllabus for each subject area
written in learning objective format: ”After completing this course the
trainee will be able to…”
(Start with a verb i.e. explain, describe, demonstrate, state, identify, recognize,
compare, discuss, list etc)
Example for module 1 – Route planning:
Content/Subject area
Detailed teaching syllabus (learning objectives)
Main routes in the Baltic
- Describe the maximum draught permissible for transit through the
Sound, the Belts and the Kiel Kanal
- Demonstrate a sufficient knowledge of traffic patterns and normal
sailing/route plans to maintain a safe and efficient passage
- Present a personal Bridge Book for relevant parts of the Baltic Sea
area
Ship Reporting Systems
(SRS) and VTS areas
- Explain the normal procedures in a SRS/VTS area
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- Identify the publications where SRS and VTS rules are published
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- Describe the roles of a master, (deep-sea) pilot and a VTS-operator
3. Course Outline and Timetable
Working groups
Task 4: Identify the time duration for each subject area
written in learning objective format: ”After completing this course the
trainee will be able to…”
(Start with a verb i.e. explain, describe, demonstrate, state, identify, recognize,
compare, discuss, list etc)
Example for module 1 – Route planning:
Content/Subject area
Learning objectives
Time duration
Main routes in the Baltic
- Knowledge of maximum draught permissible
1 hr
for transit through the Sound, the Belts and the
Kiel Kanal
- Presenting a personal Bridge Book for
2 hrs +
relevant parts of the Baltic Sea area
homework
Routeing Systems
(TSS (etc)
- Knowledge of IMO recommended and
mandatory routeing systems in the Baltic Sea
area
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Dividing into working groups
WG 1
Module 1 Route planning
Module 4 Emergency situations
WG 2
Module 2 Communication coordination
Module 5 Personal attributes
WG 3
Module 3 – Environmental protection
Module 6 Ice/Ice breaking assistance
Frank Gottlieb CPA DK
Hans Morten Midtsandt CPA NO
Aivo Pitk PSP EE
Gerd Pitschmann PSP DE
Miroslaw Drozd PSP PL
Daniela Nissen CPA DE
Krzysztof Kuropieska CPA PL
Ib Henriksen PSP DK
Antti Rautava PSP FI
Jan Magne Fosse PSP NO
Valtteri Laine CPA FI
Jaanus Matsu CPA EE
Stig Thomsen PSP DK
Hans-Hermann Lückert PSP DE
Per Lagerström PSP SE
Kazimierz Goworowski PSP PL
Free to choose:
Duncan Glass THLS/UK
Inger Andersen DK
Kristine Leonharder Madsen DK
Pernilla Bergstedt SE
Monica Sundklev CPA SE
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