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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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Northeast Maritime Institute

32 Washington Street
Fairhaven
Massachusetts
02719
United States of America

Tel: (+1) 05089924025
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