Familiarisation of Ecdis: Nakilat Shipping (Qatar) Limited
Familiarisation of Ecdis: Nakilat Shipping (Qatar) Limited
Familiarisation of Ecdis: Nakilat Shipping (Qatar) Limited
FAMILIARISATION OF ECDIS
1. This checklist should be completed prior to assuming a Navigational Watch
1. INITIAL PREPARATION
☐ Understanding of NSQL ECDIS Navigation Procedures (IMS) & BIB B60 – Safe Use of ECDIS.
☐ Identify the primary ECDIS equipment and back-up facilities.
☐ Location & control of AVCS DVDs onboard.
☐ Determine where the user manuals for ECDIS are located.
☐ Establish if any passwords are required for management of the system and if so, obtain the details from the Master.
☐ Determine and understand the position-fix systems that feed the ECDIS. Determine the method of switching
between sources, such as primary and secondary position fix systems
☐ Determine which other systems feed into the ECDIS, such as radar (tracked targets and/or raw), AIS, Logs, echo
sounders, etc. For each, establish the reference framework, e.g. ground-, water- or ship-stabilised (relative)
☐ Familiarity of contingency action in case of ECDIS failure. (Refer BIB C35)
2. BASIC OPERATION
☐ Determine how to switch the ECDIS On & Off. Determine power supply modes, their specifications, UPS duration,
and location of main power supply breakers.
☐ Establish the function(s), position and general operation of the controls and switches.
☐ Understand how to access the main menu and select menu options.
☐ Determine the methods for setting day/night viewing modes, brightness, contrast and colour correction (if
available)
☐ Determine how to switch between Paper chart and simplified symbiology.
☐ Determine how to put equipment in route-monitoring mode and route-planning mode.
☐ Determine the methods for scrolling and zooming charts, including determining the current scale of displayed
charts and setting the display to a particular scale, scamin in use or not.
☐ Determine how to select the Display Base and Standard Display and standard layers.
☐ Determine how to add display other information layers from ENC s, including the display of all other information.
☐ Determine how to check that information concerning own ship, such as dimensions are correct.
☐ Determine how to Set the safety contour and safety depth.
☐ Determine how to select two- or four-colour contour mode.
☐ Determine how to select deep and shallow area display options.
☐ Determine how to set all other parameters concerning the safety domain (lookahead, safety margin, XTD ...etc).
☐ Establish which ENC object will alarm and indicate, determine how to upgrade indication to alarms and the
procedure needed to acknowledge them.
3. CHARTS
☐ Determine how to access the chart directory and to identify whether charts are ENCs, RNCs or private data.
☐ Determine how to select a chart for display on the screen.
☐ Determine how to load ENC permits/data within the ECDIS. Procedure for obtaining additional chart permits.
☐ Determine how to load ENC base data.
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☐ Determine how to check the update status of loaded charts.
☐ Determine how to update charts.
☐ Determine how to apply manual updates.
5. ROUTE PLANNING
6. ROUTE MONITORING
Note: If an officer onboard has attended a manufacturer’s approved type specific ECDIS familiarisation course, he
should provide familiarisation training.
Note: The familiarisation checklist must be maintained by the Officer and taken to each ship as proof of formal type
specific ECDIS training.
Ship Name
Training Provided by
Trainee OOW
Master