Course Description
Replaces Sea Term III. Qualified deck-cadets are afforded an opportunity to train aboard commercially operated vessels in the deck-cadet rating in lieu of sailing aboard the Academy’s training ship. Candidates must attain junior status during the previous academic term. A comprehensive sea project is due upon completion of commercial sea term
This course consists of an approximately 60-day long shipboard experence on a commerical vessel requiring the completion of a comprehensive written project.
STCW Objectives
Topics
- Vessel Familiarization
- Vessel Vital Statistics
- Ship’s Maneuvering Characteristics
- Ship’s Activity Log
- Ship & Cadet Photo
- Daily Journal
- Navigation
- Voyage Plan
- Piloting Project On Navigation Chart - Arrival, Departure, Landfall, or Piloting
- Voyage Plan Spreadsheet
- Tides and Current Calculations
- Celestial Navigation
- Sunrise, Sunset
- Twilight
- Azimuths - Sun, Star, Polaris
- Amplitude of Sun
- LAN
- Transit of any Celestial Body other than Sun
- Geographic Range
- Daily Position Reports
- Voyage Plan
- Vessel Operations
- Ship’s Business
- COD
- Official and Ship’s Logbooks
- Official and IMO Number
- Vessel Security Officer
- Vessel Security Procedures
- Shipboard Unions
- Shipboard Familiarization
- Ship Documents - Official Crew List, Cargo Manifest, Note of Protest, etc.
- STCW Rest hours
- COI
- Pollution Response Plan
- Waste Management Plan
- Standing Orders
- Ship Familiarization - General
- Anchor Windlass
- Mooring Winches
- Mooring Fittings
- Steering Gear
- Load Lines
- Emergency Escape Routes
- Propeller
- Thrusters
- Main and Auxiliary Power Plant
- Ballast Water Exchange
- Emergency Towing
- Engineroom Maneuvering
- Ship’s Piping Systems
- Ship Familiarization - Bridge Equipment
- Maneuvering Characteristics Diagram
- RADARs
- ECDIS
- Gyro Compass
- Magnetic Compass
- Weather Fax / Reports
- Rate of Turn Indicator
- Fathometer
- AIS
- Bridge Watch Alarm
- Reduced Visibility Listening Devices
- Speed Log
- Mooring Diagrams
- Bridge Layout
- Bridge Operations
- Position Fixing Methods
- Sextants
- Tug Operations
- Anchor Watches
- VTS Interaction
- Shipboard Watch Conditions
- Piloting Routine
- Pilot Ladders
- Under Keel Clearance (UKC)
- Helicopter Ops
- Voyage Data Recorder
- Arrival and Departure Checklists
- Cargo Operations - Choose Applicable Vessel
- Tankers
- LNG Vessels
- Container Vessels
- Bulk Carriers
- General Cargo Vessels
- Ro/Ro Vessels
- Passenger Vessels
- Offshore Supply Vessels
- Tugs / Tug and Barges
- Tugs / Tug and Barges - Inland Operations
- Firefighting & Lifesaving
- Lifeboat, Liferaft, Lifering Requirements
- Monthly Safety Equipment Inspections
- Free-Fall Lifeboats
- Liferafts
- Fire & Emergency Drills
- Vessel Safety Officer
- Safety Meetings
- Work Permits
- Emergency gear Lockers
- PPE
- GMDSS Equipment
- Security/Piracy Arrangements
- fast Rescue Boat
- Rules of the Road
- Five Traffic Situations
- RADAR Plot
- Applicable Rule Explanation
- Navigation Lights
- Sound Signaling Appliances
- Day Shapes
- Five Traffic Situations
- Ship’s Business
Other objectives
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Gain practical experience while living and working on a commercial ship, under the supervision of the ship’s officers.
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Complete a comprehensive sea project, describing all aspects of the ship and its operation.
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Proficiency ADB-4J11A Trace out and describe a piping system may be completed on this sea term, but must be completed by the end of Sea Term IV .