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NAVIGATION AND SEAMANSHIP
Plan and prepare coastal passage
level:
4
credit:
4
planned review date:
December 2005
sub-field:
Maritime
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare
and plot track, and maintain coastal navigational
publications.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed moderation system has
been established by Competenz.
special notes:
1
Open waters are waters where the vessel will not
encounter physical obstructions, eg rocks, reefs,
sunken debris, or run aground due to changes in tidal
effects and channel movements.
2
Hazards to navigation include: rocks, reefs, wrecks,
shallow waters, other traffic, tidal streams.
3
Weather and sea conditions incorporate the combined
effects of wind speed and direction, visibility, sea
condition, and limitations of forecasts.
4
Publications include: charts, tide tables, sailing
directions, and light lists.
5
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is
not limited to – Maritime Transport Act 1994, and
Maritime Rules.
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Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Prepare and plot track.
performance criteria
1.1
Plotted track maintains the vessel’s safety from known hazards throughout the
passage and avoids potential dangers with other traffic.
1.2
Hazards to navigation are identified, and prepared track incorporates safety
distances from identified hazards.
1.3
Planned tracks are plotted on the correct chart, and the calculation of compass
bearings incorporates compass deviations and variations.
1.4
Planned tracks incorporate an awareness of current and predicted weather and
sea conditions, and their combined impact on the vessel’s capabilities and limits
of seaworthiness.
1.5
Tracks are planned with consideration of changes to nautical charts and
publications, and published details of nautical activities or events likely to affect
the passage.
1.6
Altered course waypoints are obtained and entered in Global Positioning
System (GPS) and/or plotter.
element 2
Maintain coastal navigational publications.
performance criteria
2.1
Navigational publications and charts are maintained in a condition which
enables the accurate interpretation of the data stored within or on the
documents.
2.2
Charts are updated with nautical information obtained from publications issued
for that purpose, or replaced with current versions.
Range:
charts and publications include paper or electronic.
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2.3
In situations where chart accuracy cannot be confirmed, advice on chart
amendments is sought from official chart agents.
2.4
Radio navigation warnings are monitored whilst at sea, and chart data are
amended as this receipted information becomes available.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Competenz qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0054 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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