Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA)

Prerequisites:

This course is principally intended for candidates for certification as OICNW. Before entering this course, trainees should have completed a RADAR course, a minimum period of six months at sea and have gained some experience of bridge watchkeeping. Students are not required to have taken ECDIS; however, an ECDIS course would enable the student to incorporate additional resources while piloting. If the student has not attended ECDIS, the instructor will play a pivotal role in the set up of the ECDIS system. Students are expected to be able to read and speak English and perform computer functions as required of simulator use. Students must meet the citizenship requirements listed in 46 CFR 10.221.

Course Details:

Any applicant who has successfully completed your Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA) (CMTIVA-37) course will satisfy:
⦁ The ARPA training requirements of 46 CFR 11.305(a)(3)(vi), 11.307(a)(3)(vi), 11.309(a)(4)(xiv), 11.311(a)(3)(viii), 11.313(a)(3)(viii), 11.315(a)(3)(v), 11.317(a)(3)
(vii), 11.319(a)(4)(viii), 11.321(a)(3)(vii); AND
⦁ The ARPA standards of competence required by 46 CFR 11.309(a)(3) and 11.319(a) (3); STCW Code Section A-II/1 and Table A-II/1, as amended 2010, meeting the
National Assessment Guidelines from NVICs 12-14(Ch-7) and 02-18(Ch-5) Tasks 3.5.A and 3.6; AND
⦁ The ARPA standards of competence required by 46 CFR 11.305(a)(2), 11.307(a)(2), 11.311(a)(2), 11.313(a)(2), and 11.315(a)(2); STCW Code Section A-II/2 and Table AII/
2, as amended 2010, meeting the National Assessment Guidelines from NVICs 10-14(Ch-5), 11-14(Ch-5), and 03-18(Ch-4) Task 5.1.

Applicants who have successfully completed your course need not present completed “Task Control Sheets” for these assessments in application for STCW certification.

The following topics are covered in the course:

• Theory and demonstration of ARPA system characteristics and target data
• Set up, Maintain, Utilize Radar / ARPA

Examination:

A written examination as well as an underway assessment will be given at the end of the course.