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NAVIGATION AND SEAMANSHIP
Plan ship's passage
level:
5
credit:
4
planned review date:
June 1998
sub-field:
Maritime
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to conduct
navigational
planning
which
includes
maintaining
navigational publications, and preparing and amending a
passage plan. Plan considers weather, tides and current,
geography and oceanography, navigation aids, vessel
characteristics, and commercial port characteristics and
considerations.
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 the Maritime Qualifications New
Zealand (Inc).
special notes:
Navigation planning is performed in consultation with the
ship’s master.
Regulations include: Standards of Training, Certification and
Watch Keeping, 11/1, 11/2, 1978; Proposed Standards of
Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishermen,
11/1, 11/3; Company Standing Orders.
Knowledge and understanding of planning includes:
acceptable methods of plotting ocean and coastal tracks;
planning within restricted water in ice, in restricted visibility,
in traffic separation; in areas of extensive tidal effects.
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Navigational folios, documents and publications include:
navigational charts, radio signals, light lists, sailing
directions and supplements, tide tables, almanacs,
catalogues, publications regarding local rules and
procedures, and notices to mariners.
Information required for appraisal of the proposed passage
includes: notices to mariners; radio navigation warnings;
navigation warning files; local navigation warnings, weather
information; vessel characteristics; load line rules;
recommended tracks (Admiralty Ocean Passages of the
World); and port characteristics.
Passage involves travel from berth to berth, including
narrow waters, coastal waters and ocean areas. The
passage plan includes evaluation and recording of: courses
and distances, speeds, course alteration points, underkeel
clearance, position fixing methods in high risk areas,
contingency plans, load line rules, and departure and arrival
times.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Maintain navigational folios and documents.
performance criteria
1.1
Charts, publications and documents are current and reflect regular correction.
1.2
Records of chart corrections conform to an approved nautical format.
1.3
The presentation and filing of navigational warnings conforms to the approved
company format.
1.4
The handling and storage of charts and publications promotes their access,
utility and length of life.
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1.5
New issues of publications are obtained and installed on the vessel
immediately when these become available on the market.
element 2
Prepare a passage plan.
performance criteria
2.1
Charts and publications needed for the proposed passage are selected and
information required for an appraisal of the proposed passage is obtained,
collated and checked for latest corrections.
2.2
Areas in which it is not possible to navigate safely are identified and warnings
and precautions are shown in the plan for specified areas of marine hazard.
2.3
The planned track is designed to clear hazards at as safe a distance as is
practical, and is within given guidelines and limitations.
2.4
Courses, distances, speeds and timings for the voyage are accurately
evaluated.
2.5
The passage plan is complete, documented, filed, and copies are forwarded to
the ship’s master for review.
Range:
the passage plan is complete prior to commencing passage and
reviewed during passage to effect necessary alterations.
element 3
Record and adjust the passage plan.
performance criteria
3.1
All information relating to the passage is plotted on the largest scale charts
available and is presented using navigational notation.
3.2
Electronic Navigational Systems are programmed and modified with passage
plan information.
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3.3
Records of key elements of the passage are in an approved format suitable for
reference.
3.4
Approved alterations to the plan are evaluated, plotted and recorded.
Comments to:
Maritime Qualifications New Zealand (Inc)
Unit Standard Revision
PO Box 160
WELLINGTON
by June 1998.
Please Note:
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority
before they can offer programmes of education and training
assessed against unit standards.
Accredited providers assessing against unit standards must
engage with the moderation system that applies to those unit
standards. [Please refer to relevant Plan ref: 0054]
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