District II Quebec City-Les Escoumins - Transports Canada

TRAINING OUTLINE
Skill 2 Navigating a ship in the marine district’s Duration: 120 h
confined waters
Module 2
Pilotage in the marine district
Component 1 At the conclusion of training, the candidate will be capable of Duration: 3 h
anticipating the ship’s behaviour in the marine district’s
shallow and confined waters.
Training environment
In the classroom:
• on the basis of technical documentation, appropriate charts, and established formulas.
Independently:
• practice doing calculations using drill cards.
CONTENT
Applying general knowledge of navigation to
the context of the marine district.
1. Types of ships and their navigational
particularities when meeting in confined
waters.
2. Squat and its effect on ship’s behaviour.
3. Manoeuvres for passing and meeting other
ships and anticipating the effects of these
manoeuvres.
4. Stopping distance and turning circle as a
function of depth under keel.
5. Ship’s centre of gravity and its effect on
ship’s behaviour in a twisting passage.
6. Draught increase due to list.
7. Suction at stern and its effect on ship’s
behaviour.
SUGGESTED METHODS
The material in this entire module should be
approached in two ways: in the classroom
and in the simulator under the direction of the
instructor, and by the candidates independently,
in actual situations on the river, under
supervision.
Instructor
• Quiz candidates on behaviour of ships
in confined waters and plan training
accordingly.
• Introduce module and its six components.
Discuss with the group how the training
is organized: candidates will work
independently, in the classroom, in the
simulator, and on the river.
• Briefly review general theoretical
knowledge and give calculation exercises
applied to the marine district.
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