Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA)

$750 USD

Course Type:

Master (Yachts) - Navigation, Radar and ARPA Simulator

Training School:

Northeast Maritime Institute

Location:

Fairhaven, Massachusetts, United States of America

Duration:

4 days

Language:

English

Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA) is a four day course which provides training in the basic theory and use of automatic radar plotting aids for those who will be in charge of a navigational watch in vessels equipped with ARPA, and it covers the minimum training requirements recommended in Annex 2 of IMO Assembly resolution A.482 (XII), 46 CFR Part 10. The course combines lecture with extensive hands-on practice using a TRANSAS Navi-Sailor 4000 Shiphandling/Radar/ARPA/ECDIS simulator. 

Topics Include:

• ARPA theory
• Radar and ARPA Integration 
• Vessel Tracking Techniques 
• ARPA Limitations and Errors

Practical Training Includes:

• Simulation Exercises 

Prerequisites:

• Radar Observer Unlimited 

***STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BRING PLOTTING TOOLS***

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