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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
NARC 3209 (Offshore Structures)
This course is designed to familiarize students with how oil and
gas exploration is carried out offshore, provide an introduction
to drilling equipment and operations and describe offshore field
development options and productions systems.
Looking For Oil and Gas Offshore; Offshore Environmental
Conditions; Environmental Loads on Offshore Structures;
Offshore Exploration – Drilling Vessel Types and Selection;
Offshore Exploration – Drilling Equipment and Operations;
Offshore Production – Platform Types and Selection;
Transportation and Installation of Offshore Structures; Offshore
Production Wells; Primary Processing of Oil and Gas Offshore;
Classification and Certification
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours total
Lab - 2 hours/week = 26 hours total
NARC 3300 (Ship Design Project)
This course is designed to give students of Naval Architecture the
opportunity to apply skills learned in preceding courses.
Capacities; Trim and Stability; Damaged Stability; Cost
Estimates; Oral Presentation
Prerequisites - NARC 3201 (Marine Electrical Project); NARC
3202 (Marine Engineering Project); NARC 3203 (Hull Form
Development Project); NARC 3204 (Ship Structural Design
Project); NARC 3206 (Ship Arrangement Project)
Duration - 5 weeks
Lectures - 18 hours/week = 90 hours total
Laboratories - 0 hours/week = 0 hours total
NASC 0100 (General Ship Knowledge)
This is an introductory course intended for new entry seapersons
who intend to embark upon a marine career where they form part
of the Bridge Watch Team. Its purpose is to provide awareness
of the hazards, knowledge, skills, and standards of safe working
procedures leading to certification as Bridge Watch Rating in
compliance with International Maritime Organization’s (IMO)
Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping (STCW)
1978, as amended by STCW 1995 and Transport Canada Marine
Safety TP10936E.
Organization and the Working Structures of Sea Going Vessels;
Types and Classes of Vessels; Cargo Handling Gear; Cargo
Operations; General Seamanship; Shipboard Operations; Safety
on Board
Lectures - 13 hours/week
Laboratories - 6 hours/week
NASC 0101 (General Ship Knowledge I)
This is an introductory course intended for new entry seafarers
who intend to embark upon a marine career where they form part
of the Bridge Watch Team. Its purpose is to provide awareness
of the hazards, knowledge, skills, and standards of safe working
procedures leading to certification as Bridge Watch Rating in
compliance with International Maritime Organization’s (IMO)
Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping (STCW)
1978, as amended by STCW 1995 and Transport Canada Marine
Safety TP10936E.
Organization and the Working Structures of Sea Going Vessels;
Types and Classes of Vessels; General Seamanship; Shipboard
Operations; Safety on Board
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 13 hours/week; 169 hours
Laboratories - 6 hours/week; 78 hours total
NASC 0201 (General Ship Knowledge II)
This is the second of two courses intended for new entry
seafarers who intend to embark upon a marine career where they
form part of the Bridge Watch Team. Its purpose is to provide
awareness of the hazards, knowledge, skills, and standards of
safe working procedures leading to certification as Bridge Watch
Rating in compliance with International Maritime Organization’s
(IMO) Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping
(STCW) 1978, as amended by STCW 1995 and Transport
Canada Marine Safety TP10936E.
Cargo Handling Gear; Cargo Operations; General Seamanship
Prerequisites - NASC 01XX (General Ship Knowledge I)
Duration - 4 weeks
Lectures - 13 hours/week; 52 hours total
Laboratories - 6 hours/week; 24 hours total
NASC 1100 (Orientation to Cargo Operations and
Navigation)
An introductory course designed to explore the key aspects
of a deck officer’s responsibility, namely navigation and cargo
operations.
Navigation/Chartwork; Cargo Operations
Duration - 5 weeks
Lectures - 12 hours/week
NASC 1101 (Introduction To Ships)
This is an introductory course designed to provide the student
with an orientation to the Marine industry and the types of ships
that are commonly encountered during a seagoing career. The
course will provide the student with a basic vocabulary related
to ships and equipment, an introduction to typical shipboard
routines and an overview of lookout duties including an
introduction to the Collision regulations. A detailed analysis of the
requirements of the Cadet Log Book will also be undertaken.
ntroduction/Business of Shipping; Terminology; General
Arrangements/Equipment; Rules of the Road; Cadet Log Book;
Shipboard Routines
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 3 hours/week
Laboratories - 2 hours/week
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