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TRAINING AND WATCHKEEPING 3 May 2012
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DISCLAIMER
As at its date of issue, this document, in whole or in part, is subject to consideration by the IMO organ
to which it has been submitted. Accordingly, its contents are subject to approval and amendment
of a substantive and drafting nature, which may be agreed after that date.
VALIDATION OF MODEL TRAINING COURSES
Report of Drafting Group 1
Attached in the annex, is annex 1 to the Report of Drafting Group 1 on, Validation of model
training courses (STW 43/WP.6).
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Operational use of
Electronic Chart Display and Information
Systems (ECDIS)
(2010 2012 Edition)
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Acknowledgements
This 2010 2012 Edition of the IMO Model Course on

the operational use of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS)
was developed by
the United States Merchant Marine Academy,
Kings Point, New York.
IMO wishes to express its sincere appreciation to

the governments of the United States of America and Australia
for their valuable expert assistance and cooperation.
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Table of Contents
Page
Introduction 14
Part A: Course Framework 36
Part B: Course Outline and Timetable 910
Part C: Detailed Teaching Syllabus 1213
Part D: Instructor Manual 2123
Part E: Evaluation and assessment 6254
Appendices for the ECDIS instructor 8356
Guidance on the implementation of model courses 97
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Introduction to model courses

 Purpose of the model courses
The purpose of the IMO model courses is to assist maritime training institutes and their teaching staff in
organizing and introducing new training courses, or in enhancing, updating or supplementing existing
training material where the quality and effectiveness of the training courses may thereby be improved.
It is not the intention of the model course program to present instructors with a rigid “teaching package”
which they are expected to “follow blindly”. Nor is it the intention to substitute audio-visual or
“programmed” material for the instructor’s presence. As in all training endeavors, the knowledge, skills
and dedication of the instructor are the key components in the transfer of knowledge and skills to those
being trained through IMO model course material.
Because educational systems and the cultural backgrounds of trainees in maritime subjects vary
considerably from country to country, the model course material has been designed to identify the basic
entry requirements and trainee target group for each course in universally applicable terms, and to
specify clearly the technical content and levels of knowledge and skill necessary to meet the intent of IMO
conventions and related recommendations.
 Use of the model course
To use the model course the instructor should review the course plan and detailed syllabus, taking into
account the information provided under the entry standards specified in the course framework. The actual
level of knowledge and skills and the prior technical education of the trainees should be kept in mind
during this review, and any areas within the detailed syllabus which may cause difficulties because of
differences between the actual trainee entry level and that assumed by the course designer should be
identified. To compensate for such differences, the instructor is expected to delete from the course, or
reduce the emphasis on, items dealing with knowledge or skills already attained by the trainees. He
should also identify any academic knowledge, skills or technical training which they may not have
acquired.
By analyzing the detailed syllabus and the academic knowledge required to allow training in the technical
area to proceed, the instructor can design an appropriate pre-entry course or, alternatively, insert the
elements of academic knowledge required to support the technical training elements concerned at
appropriate points within the technical course.
Adjustment of the course objectives, scope and content may also be necessary if in your maritime
industry the trainees completing the course are to undertake duties which differ from the course
objectives specified in the model course.
Within the course plan the course designers have indicated their assessment of the time that should be
allotted to each learning area. However, it must be appreciated that these allocations are arbitrary and
assume that the trainees have fully met all entry requirements of the course. The instructor should
therefore review these assessments and may need to re-allocate the time required to achieve each
specific learning objective.
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 Lesson Plans
Having adjusted the course content to suit the trainee intake and any revision of the course objectives,
the instructor should draw up lesson plans based on the detailed syllabus. The detailed syllabus contains
specific references to the textbooks or teaching material proposed for use in the course. Where no
adjustment has been found necessary in the learning objectives of the detailed syllabus, the lesson plans
may simply consist of the detailed syllabus with keywords or other reminders added to assist the
instructor in making his presentation of the material.
 Presentation
The presentation of concepts and methodologies must be repeated in various ways until the instructor is
satisfied that the trainee has attained each specified learning objective. The syllabus is laid out in
learning-objective format and each objective specifies what the trainee must be able to do as the learning
outcome.
 Implementation
For the course to run smoothly and to be effective, considerable attention must be paid to the availability
and use of:
 Properly qualified instructors

 Support staff
 Rooms and other spaces; equipment
 Textbooks, technical papers
 Other reference material
Through preparation is the key to successful implementation of the course. IMO has produced “Guidance
on the Implementation of IMO Model Courses,” which deals with this aspect in greater detail and is
included as an attachment to this course.
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Part A: Course Framework

 Scope
This model course intends to provide the knowledge, skill and understanding of ECDIS and electronic
charts to the thorough extent needed to safely navigate vessels whose primary means of navigation is
ECDIS. The course emphasizes both the application and learning of ECDIS in a variety of underway
contexts. This is achieved through sophisticated navigation simulation that provides each trainee with
unrestrained access to ownship operations integrated with a complete type-approved ECDIS with
numerous chart formats installed.
The course is designed to meet the STCW requirements in the use of ECDIS, as revised by the 2010
Manila Amendments, specifically as these apply to Tables A-II/1, A-II/2 and A-II/3, and also to revised
guidelines pertaining to training and assessment in the operational use of ECDIS in Table B-I (paragraphs
36 through 66), assessment in navigational watchkeeping, and evaluation of competence, both in Table
B-II.
It should be understood that this is a generic course which requires a structured and complementary on-
board ship specific ECDIS familiarisation for each shipboard ECDIS system on which the navigating
officer serves.
 Objective
Those who successfully complete this course should be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge, skill
and understanding of ECDIS navigation and electronic charts to undertake the duties of a navigational
watch officer defined by STCW Code, as amended. This knowledge, skill and understanding should
include Column 1 ECDIS competencies of Tables A-II, but is not limited to:
 Knowledge of the capability and limitations of ECDIS operations, and all indicated sub-topics
 Proficiency in operation, interpretation, and analysis of information obtained from ECDIS, and all
indicated sub-topics
 Management of operational procedures, system files and data, and all indicated sub-topics
 Entry Standards
It is assumed that trainees undertaking this course have accomplished some formal instruction in
Terrestrial Navigation, have at minimum some familiarization with visual navigation, have accomplished a
period of supervised bridge watch-keeping duties, and have prior completion of basic radar/ARPA (MC
1.07). Trainees should also have considerable familiarization with personal computing operating systems,
keyboards and mice or trackballs.
 Course Certificate, diploma or document

Documentary evidence should be issued to those who have successfully completed this course indicating
that the holder has completed training in the navigational use and operation of Electronic Chart Display
and Information Systems (ECDIS) based on this model course.
 Course delivery
The outcome of this course may be achieved through various methods, including simulation-based
classroom and laboratory training, or in-service training, or combinations of these methods, such that
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each trainee is provided unshared access to a type-approved an ECDIS with ENC data for all required
hours of practice and assessment in a controlled visual underway navigational environment.
Methods of distance learning or computer-based training may be used to supplement the familiarization
stages of this course, but should not be substituted for the underway assessment of proficiency
 Course intake limitations

The maximum number of trainees should depend on the facilities and equipment available, bearing in
mind the scope and objectives of this course. In particular, class size should be limited to 1 trainee per
ECDIS workstation. For example, where a classroom training environment has 12 ECDIS workstations,
the maximum class size is 12 trainees. Where there is an additional ECDIS-equipped multiple ownship
lab, those ECDIS installations should not be used as substitutions for classroom instruction, nor should it
be used to augment the number of trainees taken into the course.
The instructor- trainee ratio should be limited to 1:12.The ratio for lecturing in an open classroom setting
and for practical exercises in an Integrated Navigation Lab should be limited to 12:1. When a class size
exceeds 12 trainees, an assistant instructor is required in both settings, qualified to the satisfaction of the
lead instructor.
 Staff requirements
The following are the minimum qualification for an instructor of an ECDIS course that adheres to the
recommendations of this Model Course. The instructor in charge should:
 Hold a Master license (certificate of competency, issued by IMO white list flag state) or license at
least one level above trainee(s) enrolled in course
 Have underway experience as navigator with, and maintainer or supervisor of, type approved
ECDIS (extent determined by flag state issuing approval of course)
 Have successful completion of Train-The-Trainer course, preferably including the application of
simulators in training
 Have successful completion of an approved ECDIS training course
It is also recommended that the instructor in charge of the course should:
 Be especially skilled in the particular ECDIS employed in the training course

 Have knowledge of the requirements of SOLAS Chapters V/2, V/19, and V/27-20, as amended
 Have knowledge of the ECDIS Performance Standards currently in force
 Have knowledge of the STCW requirements and guidance on ECDIS, as amended
 Be familiar with the current ECDIS equipment and installation requirements of the IEC
 Be familiar with the current ENC data transfer standards and presentation libraries of the IHO
 Be familiar with current methods of ENC data procurement, permitting, and updating
 Be familiar with current IMO recommendations on ECDIS software and other issues
The following are the minimum qualifications recommended for instructors delivering a course that follows
the IMO Model Course 1.27. The instructor in charge should:
.1 hold relevant certificate of competency in the deck department issued by an IMO white list flag state;
.2 have successfully completed an approved ECDIS course;
.3 have completed type specific familiarization relevant to the equipment used for training;
.4 have a detailed knowledge of the requirements of SOLAS chapters V/2, V/19, and V/27-20, as
amended;
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.5 have an up-to-date knowledge of the IMO ECDIS Performance Standards currently in force and
knowledge of relevant STCW requirements and guidance;
.6 have an up to date knowledge of ENC’s.
.7 be fully aware of current ENC data transfer standards and presentation libraries of the IHO, methods of
ENC licensing and updating and current IMO recommendations on ECDIS software and other issues;
.8 have a current relevant teaching qualification or have successfully completed a Train-The-Trainer
course, including the application of simulators in training and meets the requirements of STCW regulation
I/6 and I/12.
Assistant instructor should have relevant knowledge of ECDIS operation.
 Teaching Facilities and equipment

ECDIS Classroom (Open Lab) - Lecturing with practical demonstration is conducted in an ECDIS
classroom (Open Lab) setting, where each trainee has sole use of a PC workstation with a resident
installation of type-approved ECDIS; all workstations should be networked to an Instructor Station running
an integrated navigation simulation application that delivers to each workstation high-fidelity ownship
conning controls, navigational aids including GPS, track control-capable Autopilot, AIS and radar/ARPA,
and a visual scene, all of which are interfaced to the ECDIS. Lecturing without demonstration is
conducted in the same ECDIS classroom with the workstations powered down.
Simulation lab - Trainees develop and demonstrate proficiencies in an Integrated Navigation Lab (INL)
setting, where each trainee has use (either alone or in groups of no more than two) of an ownship in
semi-isolation (Bridge). The Integrated Navigation Lab (INL) should run the same simulation application
as in the ECDIS classroom, except that each bridge consists of four uniquely dedicated PCs: ECDIS with
trackball and keyboard, conning and control, radar/ARPA, and visualization channel displayed on a large
flat screen. As in the ECDIS classroom, all navigation functions should be integrated and interfaced to the
ECDIS. There should also be a provision in each Bridge for plotting on standard paper charts, as well as
VHF radio, either type-approved and de-amplified, or digitally embedded in the simulation software.
While exposure to a variety of ECDIS brands is encouraged, at a minimum, the particular brand and
software version of the ECDIS used in the classroom (open lab) environment should match that which is
used in the simulation lab. Trainees will benefit from gaining some familiarity with the approaches taken
by different manufacturers to the ECDIS Performance Standards, especially with regards to menu
structures and value-added options. However, the achievement of competency in safe navigation with
ECDIS should occur through prolonged and in-depth practice with one particular ECDIS common to both
training environments.
Materials - Screen projection through PC and document reader, CBT and PC presentations, hard-copy
handouts, and sample ECDIS interfaces on CD
Simulation software - The integrated navigation simulation application installed in the ECDIS classroom
and Integrated Navigation Lab as outlined above should include type-approved ECDIS software to which
the simulation delivers sensor input in an underway context. Assessment and evaluation systems built
into the simulation software offer considerable benefits, especially by unobtrusive and objective measure
of “safe navigation” parameters; its inclusion and application especially in route monitoring exercises is
encouraged.
ECDIS simulation equipment must meet all applicable performance standards set out in Regulation I/12
of the STCW Convention and also should meet the guidance in Section B-I/12, as amended
An example of equipment set up for ECDIS training has been provided in appendix 6
ECDIS Classroom/Lab:
The lecture portion of the course can take place in any suitable classroom with adequate desk/seating
space for all trainees. Standard classroom facilities must be available such as whiteboard/chalkboard,
appropriate projection system, etc.
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The practical demonstration and assessment portion of the course must take place in a space equipped
to provide a suitable ECDIS simulator work station for each individual trainee. The necessity of mounting
display monitors on the desk surfaces requires careful placement of all equipment and projection screens
to maintain good visibility for all trainees.
In addition to the trainee work stations there must be an instructor station with dedicated projection
system that will allow projection of the exercises and lecture materials. It is strongly recommended that
there be display(s) networked to the instructor station, thereby allowing display(s) of ARPA and ECDIS
information (or other training material) for the benefit of the trainees.
Note that the lecturing may take place in the same room as the simulation if the space is suitable. This
would require adequate visibility around/over the work stations to the whiteboard/chalkboard and
projection screens, and adequate work space for taking notes and written examinations.
 Recommended ECDIS simulation performance standards

ECDIS is an integrating device, and its use should be mastered in solo watchstanding. It follows that
ECDIS simulation should suit solo watchstanding training, and this certainly demands the inclusion of the
visual scene at all times. ECDIS simulation equipment should be capable of simulating the operational
capabilities of ECDIS which meet all applicable performance standards adopted by the Organization, and
should optimally incorporate the means to:
1) handle ENC data, licenses and update files

2) interface with the following emulated or OEM equipment:
a) position indicator, including emulation of fix quality and, in the instance of GNSS, satellite
constellation
b) alternative position source
c) heading indicator, true and magnetic, with graphic course recording
d) speed indicator
e) depth indicator
f) ARPA tracked target data
g) AIS, including control of static data and messaging
h) radar data including emulated raw video, cursor, EBL and VRM
i) autopilot capable of control by heading (course), COG, and track, where monitored track may
be provided through both instructor control and alternatively through ECDIS at ownship
3) provide radar overlay, with functions operating independently from ownship radar
4) provide audio for navigation and assessment systems when fitted
5) provide VHF communications between all ownships and instructor
6) permit all ownships to interact with one another, depending on the exercise design
7) provide for viewing visual scene by scrolling in all directions horizontally and vertically, or
horizontally without scrolling where fixed visual channels cover 360 degrees
8) provide for taking accurate visual bearing
9) permit simultaneous navigation on paper charts associated with area databases as appropriate to
ECDIS watchstanding
10) provide adequate and well-lit surface for plotting on paper charts as the required means of back-
up required for single ECDIS installation
In order to accomplish the goals of training and assessment included in this 2010 edition to the Model
Course, ECDIS simulation should adhere to the foregoing as performance standards.
 An optimal ECDIS training environment
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It is the intent of this 2010 edition to the Model Course to recognize the growing practice of integrating
ECDIS-supported navigation with the visual scene in simulation-based training. Additionally, since such
detail surpasses the scope of STCW Code and Guidance, it is the intent also of the Framework to the
2010 edition of this Model Course to specify the optimal physical layout for such simulation training.
There is a fundamental difference between an instructor-led demonstration and practice of ECDIS

functionalities, and the unassisted application of ECDIS while faced with navigational decision making.
These are separate learning experiences. The following description of an optimal ECDIS training
environment proposes that these be conducted separately. Nonetheless, all ECDIS workstations should
have the same fully integrated simulation software package. Whether the lesson is being conducted in a
classroom environment or the exercise is being conducted in the semi-isolation of a multiple ownship
navigation lab, each network should be designed to run any combination of interacting ownships.
The following description of the classroom and lab is based on an ideal maximum of 12 trainees in a
given iteration of the ECDIS training course, such that the entire group could be coached and instructed
at once for extended periods in the classroom, and 6 at a time could be assigned solo watchstanding
roles in the navigation lab for extended periods.
Optimal ECDIS classroom - Sit-down workstations for coaching (demonstration and practice of ECDIS
functionalities)
Part Function
Single PC, dual 19” LCD, specified VGA card, Win 7 O.S., ECDIS software and chart
data installed on each, to provide:
 ECDIS-integrated ownships in classroom network, with total navigational

12 sit-down and ship control (virtual) functionality in either independent or interactive
workstations underway contexts;
 ECDIS is displayed on one monitor, while split-screen visual scene and

ship controls and instruments including radar are displayed (through menu
selection) on the other monitor
Single PC, dual 19” LCD, Win 7 O.S., simulator instructor control and monitoring
1 instructor software installed, to provide:
station
 Design, execution, and playback debrief of exercises
Single high-end PC with extra RAM, single 19” LCD, Win Server 2003 O.S., gigabit
network, Cat 5e wiring at a minimum, simulator system software installed, including a
1 server / suitable number of ownship models and training areas, to provide:
network
 Full network control (self-contained within classroom setting)
 Site for simulation software and all hydrodynamic modeling

3 projectors, preferably linked to instructor station and both monitors from at least 1
Projection workstation via matrix switching, to provide:
system
 Means for group demonstration of ECDIS functionality, and ownship
control, and techniques of ECDIS-based navigation
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Optimal ECDIS navigation lab - Semi-isolated ownships for stand-up solo watchstanding (unassisted
application of ECDIS while faced with navigational decision making)
Part Function
Three PCs, three 19” LCDs, ECDIS software and chart data installed on each ECDIS
PC; one PC with specified VGA card and 42” LCD, Win 7 O.S. on all, to provide:
6 stand-up  ECDIS-integrated ownships in lab network, with total navigational and

workstations ship control (virtual) functionality in either independent or interactive underway
(each with contexts;
chart table
and  ECDIS, conning, radar, and visual scene are displayed separately and
partitions) continuously
 Inclusion of steering and throttle hardware is a preferred enhancement in

multiple ownship simulation
Single PC, dual 19” LCD, Win 7 O.S., simulator instructor control and monitoring
software installed, to provide:
1 instructor
station  Design and execution of exercises
 Inclusion of remote assessment option is a preferred enhancement in

multiple ownship simulation
Single high-end PC with extra RAM, single 19” LCD, Win Server 2003 O.S., gigabit
network, Cat 5e wiring at a minimum, simulator system software installed, including a
1 server / suitable number of ownship models and training areas, to provide:
network
 Full network control (self-contained within classroom setting)
 Site for simulation software and all hydrodynamic modeling
See Annex 4 of the 2010 edition of the Model Course for a brief example of integrated simulation training
for developing proficiencies in ECDIS navigation.
 Teaching Aids (A)

A1 IMO Model Course 1.27 (20120 Edition), Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems
(ECDIS)
A1.1 Course Framework (Part A of the course)
A1.2 Instructor Manual (Part D of the course)
A2 Audiovisual aids: Video/DVD player, visual presentation, document projector, etc.
A3 Simulator providing ownship functionality in a visualan underway navigational context
A4 Type-approved ECDIS workstation including ENC data, deriving inputs from simulation or live
sensors
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A5 Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) data, various, including permits, and update files
A6 Raster Navigational Charts (RNC) including permits and updates
 Bibliography (B)
B1 NMEA Interface Standard 0183 v.3.01 (Severna Park, MD, National Marine Electronic
Association, 1/2002)
B2 Facts about electronic charts and carriage requirements, 2nd Ed. (Finnish Maritime
Administration: Primar Stavanger and IC-ENC, 5/2007)
B3 Gale, H. (2009) From Paper Charts to ECDIS. London: Nautical Institute
B4 Bole, et al. (2005) The Radar/ARPA Manual, 2nd ed., Chapter 10 “Ancillary Equipment”.
Burlington, MA: Elsevier
B5 American Practical Navigator (Bowditch, Pub. No. 9), 2002 Ed., Chapter 14 “Electronic
Charts”
B6 Simulator reference manual (Manufacturer, Date)
B7 User’s manual accompanying the type-approve ECDIS software utilized during the training
course (Manufacturer, Date)
B8 IEC 61174- Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems- Electronic
chart display and information system (ECDIS)- Operational and performance requirements,
methods of testing and required test results, Edition 3.0, International Electrotechnical
Commission
B9 IHO S-66, Facts about electronic charts and carriage requirements, Jan 2010 Edition.
B10 IHO S-61, Product specifications for Raster Navigational Charts, Edition 1.0
B11 IHO S-52 Specifications for chart content and display aspects of ECDIS, 5th ed., as amended
(IHB, 12/2001)
B12 IHO S-100 Universal Hydrographic Data Model, Ed. 1.0.0 (Monaco: IHB, 1/2010)
B13 IHO S- 57, Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC), Edition 3.1
 Electronic media (E)

T1E1 ECDIS, Seagull CBT, CD #64
T2E2 AIS, Seagull CBT, CD #109 v.A, 8/2003
T3E3 ECDIS Training Course, Videotel CBT #871, 5/2008
 IMO & regulatory references (R)

R1 Standards of Training, Certification and Watchstanding Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW
Convention), as amended
R2 1974 SOLAS Convention, Regulations V/19, V/20 and V/27, as amended 2009, IMO Res.
MSC 282(86)
R3 Revised ECDIS Performance Standards, MSC.232(82), IMO, 12/2006

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R4 ECDIS Performance Standards, IMO Resolution A.817(19) as adopted 11/1995, including

Appendices 1 – 5, Appendix 6 as adopted 11/1996 Res. MSC.64(67), and Appendix 7 as
adopted 12/1998 Res. MSC.86(70)
R5 S-52 Specifications for chart content and display aspects of ECDIS, 5th ed., as amended
(IHB, 12/2001)
R6 S-100 Universal Hydrographic Data Model, Ed. 1.0.0 (Monaco: IHB, 1/2010)
R5 IMO MSC.1/ Circ.1391, Operating anomalies identified within ECDIS
R6 IMO SN.1/ Circ.266/ Rev. 1, Maintenance of Electronic Chart Display and Information System
(ECDIS) Software
R7 Guidelines for Voyage Planning, IMO Res. A.893(21)
R8 COLREGS - International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, as amended
R9 IMO Model Course 1.27, The Operational Use of ECDIS, 2000
 Textbooks (T)
T1 Norris, A. (2010) ECDIS and Positioning. London: Nautical Institute
T2 Weintrit, A. (2009) The Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS): An
Operational Handbook. Gydnia: Gydnia Maritime University, Poland, Balkema Book, CRC
Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
T3 Hecht, et al. (20062010) The Electronic Chart, 2nd 3rd Ed. Lemmer, The Netherlands: GITC
bv
T4 The ECDIS Manual, ECDIS Ltd, Witherby Seamanship International, Edition 2012.
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Part B: Course Outline and Timetable

 Overview
The following section presents the topics of the 40-hour ECDIS course in a simplified outline format. The
40 topics are organized into 5 general Subject Areas. The total hours are allocated in the following
manner:
Practice & Lecture Solo Independent ECDIS Solo evaluation Evaluation &
navigation Exam
27.529.0 hrs 9.08.0 hrs 3.53.0 hrs
The duration allocated to each topic is presented in the Course Timetables, and is repeated in Part C –
Detailed Teaching Syllabus, and in Part D – Lesson Plans and Exercises. The Learning Objectives for
each topic are presented generally in Part C, and with full detail in Part D.
As defined in Part A – Course Framework, the Classroom (open lab) setting should provide one
workstation for each trainee, and all workstations should be networked to the simulation instructor and
server such that each station offers a visual ownship including ECDIS and radar. The Integrated
Navigation Lab (INL) should consist of a sufficient number of isolated ownships similarly networked such
that all functions run on separate PCs and displays, and is approved by the national authority for ECDIS
instruction.
With an open lab and INL arrangement of teaching facilities, most topics can be very effectively presented
in a combination of demonstration and lecture. Further distinction of these modes is therefore not
required.
 Course Outline - Total 40.0 hours minimum
Subject Area and topics Hours
Elements of ECDIS 109.5
1. Course introduction & familiarization plan

2. Purpose of ECDIS
3. Value to navigation
4. Correct & incorrect use
5. Work station start, stop & layout
6. Vessel position
7. Position source
8. Basic navigation
9. Heading & drift vectors
Ex.1 Simulator exercise – open sea (basic integrated navigation)
10. Understanding chart data
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11. Chart quality & accuracy

12. Chart organization
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Watchstanding Watchkeeping with ECDIS 89.0
13. Sensors
14. Ports & data feeds
15. Chart selection
16. Chart information
17. Changing the settings
18. Chart scaling
19. Information layers
Ex.2 Simulator exercise – coastal waters (chart display settings)
20. System & position alarms
21. Depth & contour alarms
ECDIS Route Planning and Monitoring 79.0
22. Vessel maneuvering characteristics

23. Route planning by table
24. Route planning by chart
25. Track limits
26. Checking plan for safety
Ex.3 Simulator exercise – coastal & confined restricted waters (navigation alarms &
route scheduling)
27. Additional Navigational Information Embedded tide, current & climate
almanac
28. Route schedule
29. User charts in route planning
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ECDIS Targets, Charts & System 86.5
30. ARPA/ Radar tracked target overlay

31. AIS functions
32. Radar overlay (RIB) functions
33.32. Procuring & installing chart data
34.33. Installing chart corrections
Ex.4 Simulator exercise – confined restricted waters (advanced integrated navigation
with ECDIS)
35.34. System reset & backup
36.35. Archiving with ECDIS data management utilityand data logging
37. Data logging and logbook
38. Playback
ECDIS Responsibility & Assessment 6.0

39.36. Responsibility
40.37. Effective navigation with ECDIS
Ev.1 Written evaluation
Ev.2 Simulator exercise – coastal & confined restricted waters (underway ECDIS
navigation assessment)
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 Course Timetable – 5 days, 40.0 hours minimum

Period
1st Period (2.0 hours) 2nd Period (1.52.0 hours) 3rd Period (2.0 hours) 4th Period (2.5 0 hours)
Day
Elements of ECDIS 5. 8. Ex.1 Simulator exercise – open
sea (basic integrated navigation)
1. ork station start, stop & layout asic navigation
ourse introduction & 6. 9.
familiarization plan essel position eading & drift vectors
Day 1 2. 7. 10.
urpose of ECDIS osition source nderstanding chart data
3.
alue to navigation
4.
orrect & incorrect use
11. 15. 17. Ex.2 Simulator exercise – coastal

waters (chart display settings)
hart quality & accuracy hart selection hanging the settings
12. 16. 18.

hart organization hart information hart scaling
Day 2 Watchstanding Watchkeeping with 19.
ECDIS
nformation layers
13.
ensors
14.
orts & data feeds
20. ECDIS Route Planning and 24. Ex.3 Simulator exercise – coastal
Monitoring & confined restricted waters
ystem & position alarms oute planning by chart (navigation alarms & route
22. scheduling)
Day 3 21. 25.
essel maneuvering
epth & contour alarms rack limits
characteristics
26.
23.
hecking plan for safety
oute planning by table
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27. ECDIS Targets, Charts & System 33.32. Ex.4 Simulator exercise –
confined restricted waters (advanced
mbedded tide, current & climate 30. Procuring & installing chart data integrated navigation with ECDIS)
almanac Additional Navigational RPA/ Radar tracked target 34.33.
Information overlay
Day 4 Installing chart corrections
28. 31.
oute schedule IS functions
29. 32.
ser charts in route planning adar overlay (RIB) functions
35.34. ECDIS Responsibility & 40.37. Ev.2 Simulator exercise –coastal

Assessment & confined restricted waters
System reset & backup Effective navigation with ECDIS (underway ECDIS navigation
39.36. assessment)
36.35. Ev.1 Written evaluation
Responsibility
Archiving with ECDIS data
Day 5 management utilityand data

logging
37.
ata logging and logbook
38.
layback
Note: Teaching staff should note timetables are suggestions only as regards sequence and length of time allocated to each objective. These factors may be
adapted by instructors to suits individual groups of trainees depending on their experience and ability and on the equipment and staff available for training.
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Part C – Detailed Teaching Syllabus

The detailed teaching syllabus has been written in learning objective format in which the objective
describes what the trainee should do to demonstrate that knowledge has been transferred. All objectives
are understood to be prefixed by the words, “The expected learning outcome is that the trainee…”
In order to assist the instructor, reference publications are shown against the learning objectives in
addition technical material and teaching aids, which the instructor may wish to use when preparing course
material. The material listed in the course framework has been used to structure the detailed teaching
syllabus; in particular, teaching aids (indicated by A) and references (indicated by B, E, R, or T) will
provide valuable information to instructors.
The abbreviations used are:
add.: Addendum p.: Page

app.: Appendix pa.: Paragraph
art.: Article reg.: Regulation
ch.: Chapter sect.: Section
encl.: Enclosure tab. Table
The following are examples of the use of references:
R1 tab. A-II/2 refers to Table A-II/2 training requirements of STCW 1978, as amended (2010);
Al.2 sect. 1 refers to training section 5 (“Elements of ECDIS”) in the guidance notes of the instructor
manual (Part D) of the 2010 edition of this Model Course.
T3 ch.1 refers to Chapter 1 of the textbook edition designated as T3
 Note
Throughout the course, safe working practices are to be clearly defined and emphasized with reference to
current international requirements and regulations. It is expected that the institution implementing the
course will insert references to national and/or regional requirements and regulations as necessary.
 Learning Objectives
Subject Areas and topics have been outlined in Part B. In Part C, the Learning Objectives associated with
each topic are provided, along with teaching aids and references. In Part D, the topics are referred to as
Lesson Plans, and the Learning Objectives are further described in sufficient detail for the development of
an ECDIS Instructor’s Manual. The Learning Objectives are presented in a verb-based manner to
facilitate outcomes-driven learning and skills development. All Learning Objectives are understood to be
prefixed by the phrase: “The expected learning outcome is that the trainee is able to . . . .”
Bear in mind that the overarching competencies to be developed throughout the course are the “use of
ECDIS to maintain the safety of navigation” (STCW, A-II/1, A-II/3,Operational Level) and “maintain the
safety of navigation through the use of ECDIS and associated navigation systems to assist command
decision making” (STCW, A-II/2, Management Level). The ECDIS instructor should strive to present all of
the Learning Objectives in or as close to the contexts of underway navigation as possible. Through
practice and understanding of these Learning Objectives as tasks to master and apply, the trainee
achieves the desired competence and which the instructor may assess in the scored final underway
evaluation.
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Teaching
Learning Objectives Reference
Aid
Elements of ECDIS (109.5 hours)
1. A1.1 T3 ch.1
ourse introduction & familiarization plan (0.5 hours) A3 B6
A4 B7
1.1.
eneral introductions
1.2.
dministration
1.3.
amiliarization with ECDIS learning environment
2. A1 R3
urpose of ECDIS (0.5 hours) A1.2 T1 ch.3 &
A2 10.3
2.1. A3 T3 ch.2
ntroduce revised IMO Performance Standards for ECDIS (June A4 B4 ch.10.2
2006, Resolution MSC.232(82)) A5 B5 ch.14
2.2.
ifferentiate between display options
2.3.
dentify information types and areas on navigation display
2.4.
pply presentation of ECDIS data
3. A1.2 T1 ch.6.8
alue to navigation (0.5 hours) A2 T1 ch.8.5
A3 T3 ch.11.1 &
3.1. A4 11.2
ecognize factors that characterize and modify chart presentation A5 B4 ch.11.2.2
3.2. & 11.2.3 &
ecognize factors that characterize and modify the data quality 11.3
3.3.
anually change scale, area & position of ownship
3.4.
valuate the route monitoring mode of ECDIS operation
3.5.
xplain the value of ECDIS to navigation
4. A1.2 T1 ch.8.7
orrect & incorrect use (0.5 hours) A2 T3 ch.11.3.2
A3 & 7.5 &
4.1. A4 8.1.1
se ECDIS within the prevailing navigation situation A5 B2
4.2. B3
ecognize ways to avoid over-reliance on ECDIS
4.3.
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Teaching
Aid
roficiency in the use of ECDIS includes assessing the integrity of
the system and all data at all times
5. A1.2 T1 ch.1
ork station start, stop & layout (1.00.5 hour) A2 T3 ch.7.3
A3 B7
5.1. A4
erform standard PC ECDIS workstation start A5
5.2.
nterpret the ECDIS start windows for sensors requested,
sensors found, and selected chart data initializing
5.3.
xamine alarms (if any) and determine initial conditions of ECDIS
readiness for navigation
6. A1.2 T1 ch.6.7
essel position (0.5 hours) A2 B7
A3
6.1. A4
eview user interface methods A5
6.2.
eview display of vessel’s position
6.3.
xamine position information in the display panels
6.4.
etermine a position fix on the ECDIS chart display panel
7. A1.2 T1 ch.2
osition source (1.0 hour) A2 T3 ch.7.5.5
A3 & 8.1.1
7.1. A4 B7
eview basics of GPSGNSS A5
7.2.
oordinate GPSGNSS antenna position settings
7.3.
elect position system
7.4.
etermine fix quality (status) of GPSGNSS
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Teaching
Aid
8. A1.2 T1 ch.6.2
asic navigation (1.0 hour) A2 B7
A3
8.1. A4
ctivate display categories and information layers A5
8.2.
onitor vessel safety
8.3.
ctivate route monitoring features
9. A1.2 T1 ch.8.1
eading & drift vectors (0.5 hours) A2 R3
A3 R4
9.1. A4 B7
ctivate vessel’s motion vectors A5
9.2.
btain vessels’ course and speed from the positioning system
9.3.
nterpret the movement of the vessel
9.4.
ecognize the effects of gyro error
9.5.
raphically monitor ownship’s approach to isolated dangers by
means of a guard ring
Ex.1 Simulator exercise – open sea (basic integrated navigation) A3, A4,
(2.5 0 hours) A5
10. A1.2 T1 ch.1 & 4

nderstanding chart data (1.0 hour) A2 T3 ch.4 &
A3 7.2 & 6
10.1. A4 B5 ch.14
efine the relevant terminology of ECDIS A5 B7
10.2. A6 B10
escribe the differences between electronic chart systems and
ECDIS
10.3.
escribe the various electronic chart data formats
10.4.
xplain the relationship between ECDIS data and the information
presented on the display
10.5.
xplain that only information stored as objects with corresponding
attributes in the database is available for display
10.6.
escribe the chart data selected for display
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11. A1.2 T1 ch.9

hart quality & accuracy (0.5 hours) A2 T3 ch.5
A3 B7
11.1. A4
xplain what the accuracy of chart data is dependent upon A5
11.2.
xplain the problems in ECDIS associated with variant datums
11.3.
ssess all errors, inaccuracies and ambiguities caused by
improper data management
11.4.
xplain the need and requirement that electronic chart data must
be systematically updated for safe navigation
11.5.
emonstrate issues pertaining to computer monitor display
resolution
12. A1.2 T1 ch.6.3

hart organization (0.5 hours) A2 T3 ch.10 &
A3 7.2.2
12.1. A4 B7
ntroduce the organization of chart data distribution A5
12.2.
emonstrate the loading (retrieval) of ECDIS data
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Teaching
Aid
Watchstanding Watchkeeping with ECDIS (8 9hours)
13. A1.2 T1 ch.2.16 &

ensors (0.5 hours) A2 6.1 & 6.5.1
A3 T3 ch.8
13.1. A4 B7
xplain the performance limits of devices for position, course over A5
ground, heading, speed, depth, radar, and AIS
13.2.
xplain the need for selecting sensor data displayed in ECDIS
that is appropriate, unambiguous and accurate
13.3.
valuate the impairment of ECDIS performance when sensor
performance deteriorates or fails
13.4.
xplain and analyze various sensor alarms and indications
14. A1.2 T1 ch.8.2 &

orts & data feeds (0.5 hours) A2 8.3
A3 B4 ch.10.4
14.1. A4 B7
elect between primary and secondary position source A5
14.2.
bserve automatic change over to secondary position source
14.3.
xplain the data reference system of each connected sensor
14.4.
dentify the data port assigned to each connected sensor
14.5.
onitor, identify and to a limited extent decode the data stream for
each attached sensor
14.6.
ssess the plausibility of sensor input values to ECDIS
14.7.
ssess the impact on displayed information when a sensor port is
improperly selected
15. A1.2 T1 ch.6.4 &

hart selection (0.5 hours) A2 9.1
A3 T3 ch.5.3 &
15.1. A4 7.2
emonstrate the variety of methods that chart data can be loaded A5 B7
and changed (called into display) B8
15.2.
ssess the inaccuracies and ambiguities caused by improper
selection of a chart for display
15.3.
isplay updates in order to review content and to establish their
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inclusion in the SENC

15.4.
xplain and analyze the data and chart alarms resulting from
over-scaling
15.5.
xplain and analyze the data and chart alarms resulting from use
of a non-WGS84 datum
16. A1.2 T1 ch.6.4.6

hart information (1.0 hour) A2 T3 ch.7.2
A3 B7
16.1. A4 B10
elect the task panel and apply the functions suitable for position A5
monitoring, route monitoring, route creation and editing, trial
maneuver, creating and accessing user-defined layers A6
16.2.
btain information on charted objects
16.3.
emonstrate how the presentation of navigation marks is
changed according to Own own Ship ship position
16.4.
emonstrate errors of interpretation by the incorrect selection of
display categories
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Teaching
Aid
17. A1.2 T1 ch.6.3 &

hanging the settings (1.0 hour) A2 8.6
A3 T3 ch.7.6
17.1. A4 B7
anually test the major functions of hardware, keyboard, mouse / A5
trackball, sensor data, and chart data
17.2.
heck and / or select preferred operational settings in the primary
task panels and on the primary information panel
17.3.
valuate alarm and function status indications
17.4.
emonstrate errors of interpretation by the incorrect selection of
safety values
17.5.
djust track length and precision
17.6.
valuate the range of information recorded in the log table
(voyage recording)
18. A1.2 T1 ch.6.4

hart scaling (0.5 hours) A2 T3 ch.7.2.4
A3 B7
18.1. A4
emonstrate scaling of electronic chart display A5
18.2.
pply the automatic changing of chart scale ratio
18.3.
pply additional chart scale information
18.4.
ecognize interpretation errors due to scaling
19. A1.2 T1 ch.6.5 &

nformation layers (0.51.0 hours) A2 6.9 & 7.3
A3 T3 ch.7.5.6
19.1. A4 & 7.2.1 &
bserve effect on information layers and status indications when A5 7.3.2
chart data is loaded and when chart area is underscaled B7
19.2.
eview and apply appropriate day/night palette, display category,
and scale
19.3.
elect information options in display category of “All other
information”
19.4.
ifferentiate between information layers, User user Chart chart
layers, and Event event graphic
19.5.
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espond to the indicators representing the loss of displayed

information
Ex.2 Simulator exercise – coastal waters (chart display settings) A3, A4,
(2.0 hours) A5
20. A1.2 T1 ch.8.3

ystem & position alarms (0.5 hours) A2 T3 ch.7.5.3
A3 B7
20.1. A4
dentify and respond to alarms for primary and secondary A5
positioning systems
20.2.
dentify and respond to chart related alarms
20.3.
dentify and respond to ECDIS alarms from autopilot in Track
Control
21. A1.2 T1 ch.8.4 &

epth & contour alarms (1.0 5 hour) A2 6.5
A3 T3 ch.7.5
21.1. A4 B7
escribe route monitoring alarms A5
21.2.
dentify depth-related information
21.3.
et the safety values for route monitoring
21.4.
et the limits pertaining to safe water
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Teaching
Aid
ECDIS Route Planning and Monitoring(79.0 hours)
22. A1.2 T1 ch.8.5

essel maneuvering characteristics (0.5 hours) A2 T3 ch.7.5 &
A3 8.3
22.1. A4 B7
elect appropriate turning criteria for efficient and effective use of A5
Autopilot in heading control mode
22.2.
orrelate rudder limits in Autopilot with turning radii and rates of
turn for curved track planning on ECDIS
22.3.22.1.
Determine methods of alert for wheel over when approaching
waypoints
22.4.22.2.
The navigator must verify positioning especially when ECDIS is
connected to auto pilot
23. A1.2 T1 ch.7.1 &

oute planning by table (0.51.0 hours) A2 7.5
A3 T3 ch.7.4
23.1. A4 B7
etrieve a stored route plan A5
23.2.
pprove an existing route for planning, safety review and
monitoring
23.3.
elect the sea areas and the required waters for planning the
whole passage
23.4.
onstruct a route plan by inputting waypoint data
alphanumerically into a route-planning table
23.5.
djust the route plan by editing, adding and deleting waypoints
inside the table
23.6.
djust curved track planning and wheel over indication
23.7.
stablish procedures to name, link, rename, archive, retrieve and
delete route files
24. A1.2 T1 ch.7.2 &

oute planning by chart (12.0 hour) A2 7.3
A3 T3 ch.7.4
24.1. A4 B7
elect the sea areas and the required waters for planning the A5
whole passage
24.2.
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onstruct a route by inputting waypoints directly on the ECDIS

display
24.3.
djust the route by graphically editing waypoints
24.4.
btain track courses and distances from the chart
24.5.
btain relevant route planning information
25. A1.2 T1 ch.6.5.3

rack limits (0.5 hours) A2 & 8.3
A3 T3 ch.7.5
25.1. A4 B7
eview the alarm settings used as vessel is proceeding along a A5
monitored route
25.2.
odify the setting of XTE in a previously saved route
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Teaching
Aid
26. A1.2 T1 ch.7.4 &

hecking plan for safety (0.5 hours) A2 7.7
A3 T3 ch.7.4
26.1. A4 B7
heck a previously created and saved route for crossing dangers A5
of navigation according to the setting of cross-track distance
26.2.
heck the route as it is being created for dangers as listed above
26.3.
ssess a route plan based on a safety check
Ex.3 Simulator exercise – coastal & confined restricted waters A3, A4,
(navigation alarms & route scheduling) (2.0 hours) A5
27. A1.2 T3 ch.7.5 &

mbedded tide, current & climate almanac Additional Navigational A2 7.7 & 15.1
Information (0.5 hours) A3 B7
A4
27.1. A5
iscuss various hydro-meteorological data that could be available
in the ECDIS database (tides, currents, weather, etc)
27.1.
etermine the force and direction of the true wind
27.2.
isplay the ocean climate wind vectors and lines of equal wave
height, selected by month
27.3.
isplay the dynamics of surface currents
27.4.
etermine the tidal rise and tidal currents
27.5.
se Current option in calculating a Route Plan Schedule
Determine bottom type and assess anchor holding ground from
information obtained on an appropriately scaled chart
28. A1.2 T1 ch.7.5

oute schedule (0.5 hours) A2 T3 ch.7.5 &
A3 7.7
28.1. A4 B7
bserve any deviation from the route schedule setting in use as A5
vessel is proceeding along a route
28.2.
etermine expected passage times
28.3.
bserve calculations of progress along the planned route
28.4.
sing the ETA application in ECDIS, calculate time or speed at a
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selected waypoint on a monitored route
29. A1.2 T1 ch.7.3

ser charts in route planning (1.0 5 hour) A2 T3 ch.7.3
A3 B7
29.1. A4
eview the ECDIS function for creating mariner's notes (User A5
Chart)
29.2.
etermine effective policy regarding User Charts
29.3.
elect User Chart for display
29.4.
se the graphic editor for creating and modifying a User Chart
29.5.
reate, save and move an anchor circle guard zone as on a User
Chart
ECDIS Targets, Charts & System (86.5 hours)
30. A1.2 T1 ch.8.4.3

RPA/ Radar tracked target overlay (0.5 hours) A2 T3 ch.8.2.3
A3 & 8.5
30.1. A4 B7
xamine sensor setup requirements for ARPA tracked targets A5 T1 ch.8.4.4
30.2. T3 ch.8.2.1
etermine speed and heading inputs used in ARPA tracked & 8.2.2 &
target data calculations 11.1.5
30.3.
ccess target information display
30.4.
nterpret target symbol features
330.5 Operate the user interface controls for radar overlay
330.6 Demonstrate sources of image offset
D30.7 Determine source of ECDIS-tracked target data
calculations
30.8 Make corrections to own ship’s position, using a reference
point captured by ARPA.
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Teaching
Aid
31. A1.2 T1 ch.8.4.5

IS functions (0.5 hours) A2 & 6.9
A3 T3 ch.8.4
31.1. A4 B4 ch.10.3
escribe what the connection of an Automatic Identification A5 B7
System (AIS) to ECDIS enables
31.2.
xamine sensor setup requirements for AIS targets
31.3.
etermine alarms and other settings for AIS targets
31.4.
ccess target information display options
31.5.
nterpret AIS target symbol features
32. A1.2 T1 ch.8.4.4

adar overlay (RIB) functions (0.5 hours) A2 T3 ch.8.2.1
A3 & 8.2.2 &
32.1. A4 11.1.5
escribe the technical function of the radar integrator board (RIB) A5 B7
hardware
32.2.
xamine the main functions of the radar integrator board
32.3.
perate the user interface controls for radar overlay
32.4.
emonstrate sources of image offset
Determine source of ECDIS-tracked target data calculations
33.32. A1.2 T1 ch.4.4

Procuring & installing chart data (1.0 5 hour) A2 T3 ch.9.2 &
A3 9.3 & 9.4
32.1. A4 B7
eview chart data structure, terminology, and installation A5
procedures.
32.2.
eview chart format requirements for ECDIS
32.3.
xamine data distribution sources for ENC
32.4.
xamine data distribution sources for SENC conversions
32.5.
xamine license structure for various formats, and practice
installation
32.6.
xamine license structure for various formats, and practice
installation
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32.7.32.6.
Extract information on installation history
34.33. A1.2 T1 ch.4.5 &

Installing chart corrections (1.0 hour) A2 6.3
A3 T3 ch.10
33.1. A4 B7
xplain why electronic chart data is maintained with up-to-date A5
corrections
33.2.
dd or modify a chart object using Manual Correction task
33.3.
xamine production license options for accessibility of automatic
updates
33.4.
nstall various automatic update formats using various methods
33.5.
xtract information on update history
33.5.33.6.
Apply Temporary and Preliminary Corrections and Navigational
Warnings.
Ex.4 Simulator exercise – confined restricted waters (advanced A3, A4,

integrated navigation with ECDIS) (2.5 0 hours) A5
35.34. A1.2 T1 ch.8.7 &

System reset & backup (0.5 hours) A2 8.8
A3 T3 ch.11.3 &
34.1. A4 11.4
xplain the intent of regulations on ECDIS back-up arrangements A5 B7
34.2.
erform Discuss back-up procedures in standalone ECDIS failure
event
34.3.
erform Discuss networked back-up procedures in (Master)
ECDIS failure event
34.4.
erform Discuss troubleshooting routines in ECDIS
34.5.
ecognize consequences to navigation safety while
troubleshooting,
34.6.
ecognize consequences to data storage while ECDIS PC
workstation is down
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Teaching
Aid
36.35. A2 T1 ch.8.6
Archiving with ECDIS data management utility and data logging (0.5 A4 T3 ch.7.6 &
hours) A1.2 13.9
A3 B7
35.1. A5
se Discuss ECDIS data management utility to work with files
associated with ECDIS operations
35.2.
se Discuss ECDIS data management utility to transfer selected
data files between storage media
35.3.
Examine requirements and functions of logbook task in ECDIS
35.4.
Examine display functions of ownship track and tracks of
AIS,and ARPA targets
35.2.35.5.
Perform various hard copy print outs
37. A1.2 T1 ch.8.6

ata logging and logbook (1.0 hour) A2 T3 ch.7.6 &
A3 13.9
35.3. A4 B7
xamine requirements and functions of logbook task in ECDIS A5
35.4.
xamine display functions of ownship track and tracks of AIS,
ARPA and RIB targets
35.5.35.6.
erform various hard copy print outs
38. A1.2 T3 ch.7.6

layback (0.5 hours) A2 B7
A3
38.1. A4
xplain the disruption of ECDIS when operating Playback utility A5
38.2.
xplain that no route or route plan is securely associated with any
playback
38.3.
xplain that no chart data is securely associated with any
playback
38.4.
erform a playback of an event or passage specified by date and
time
38.5.
losely observe the position and heading update interval in
Playback
38.6.38.1.
uring playback, analyze the logbook for the quality of navigation
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ECDIS Responsibility & Assessment (6.0 hours)
39.36. A1.2 R1
Responsibility (1.52.0 hours) A2 R3
R5B11
36.1. R6B12
e-examineReview COLREGS – implicit B13
36.2. R7
e-examine Review SOLAS, as amended – explicit T1 ch.5
T3 ch.13.4
36.3.
e-examine Review IMO approval of equipment and installations
36.4.
e-examine Review IMO carriage requirements
36.5.
e-examine Review national ECDIS carriage regulations (if
applicable)
36.6.
e-examine Review STCW Code, as amended
36.7.
e-examine Review flag state (maritime) implementation
36.8.
e-examine Review IMO training Guidance (and providing review
of course)
36.9.
e-examine Review ISM and IMO requirements of ship owners &
operators
36.10.
Review IHO relevant regulations.
36.9.36.11.
Review the need to ensure that ECDIS software is kept up to
date.
40.37. A1.2 T1 ch.10.2

Effective navigation with ECDIS (1.0 hour) A2 T3 ch.7.3 &
8.1 & 11.2
37.1. & 16
escribe bridge functions incorporating ECDIS R5, R6
37.2.
e-examine sample bridge operating procedures addressing
ECDIS
37.3.
efine safe and practical navigation with ECDIS
37.4.
xamine evolving concepts of e-Navigation with regards to
ECDIS Knowledge of the anomalies that ECDIS is susceptible
to.
Ev.1 Written evaluation (1.0 hour)

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Ev.2 Simulator exercise – coastal & confined restricted waters A3, A4,
(underway ECDIS navigation assessment) (2.5 0 hours) A5
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Part D – Instructor Manual
 Guidance for instructors

The course outline and timetable (Part B) provide guidance on the time allocation for the course material,
but the instructor is free to modify this if it is deemed necessary. The detailed teaching syllabus (Part C)
must be studied carefully and, where appropriate, lesson plans or lecture notes compiled with Part D
providing the basis from beginning to end of the course. The written and practical exam content and
methods are detailed Evaluation and assessment guidance are provided in Part E.
The lesson plans and exercises of this part are meant to provide the ECDIS navigation instructor with the
material for a course instruction manual. Specifically, the Learning Objectives presented in the previous
parts of the Model Course document are fleshed out in considerable detail in Part D. The details of this
part reflect the views of the course developers with respect to methodology and organization as well as
what they consider relevant and important in light of their experience as instructors and as navigator who
have succeeded in applying ECDIS to bridge watchstanding watchkeeping. Although the lessons,
exercises, and assessment methods should be of value initially, each instructor should develop his/her
own methods and ideas, recognize and refine what is successful, and discard that which does not work
satisfactorily. It is particularly important for the instructor to adapt content to the specific ECDIS being
utilized in the training environment. Despite the ECDIS Performance Standards, there is limited
commonality among type-approved ECDIS units. Adaptation is also advised for review of flag state
regulations, as appropriate.
As noted in the foregoing parts, this 40-hour course is comprised of 40 Lesson Plans, 4 practice
exercises, and a final underway assessment exercise. These are divided according to the five primary
stages of the course:
1 Elemen
ts of ECDIS (109.5 hours)
2 Watchs
tanding Watchkeeping with ECDIS (89.0 hours)
3 ECDIS
Route Planning (79.0 hours)
4 ECDIS
Charts, Targets & System (86.5 hours)
5 ECDIS
Responsibility (6 hours)
Preparation and planning are the most important criteria in effectively presenting this course. Availability
and proper use of course materials is also essential for maximum efficacy in conveying the subject to
trainees. The capabilities and limitations of the teaching facilities in use may dictate that the learning
objectives be adjusted but it is suggested that this be kept to a minimum.
Due to the considerable challenges and complexities faced by trainees learning to navigate safely using
ECDIS, it is vital for the instructor to recognize that successful underway assessments require as much
hands-on practice as possible. As discussed in the Introduction to the navigational use of ECDIS (2010
Edition), lecturing and demonstration and the opportunity for individual use applies to nearly all learning
objectives in nearly all topics. Whenever an ECDIS unit must be shared amongst trainees, the quality of
learning is critically degraded, and leads to likely failure in the final underway assessment. It will,
therefore, be necessary for instructors to prepare for the presentation of specific learning objectives in the
context of underway scenarios for both classroom demonstration and practice, and for the solo
independent navigation environment. The development of other materials, such as a compilation on a CD
of handy reference material, is also strongly suggested. An index of useful files and documents is
provided in the “Appendices for the Instructor” part of this course.
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 Lesson Plans: Elements of ECDIS (109.5 hours)
1. Introduction & familiarization plan (0.5 hours)

2. Purpose of ECDIS (0.5 hours)
3. Value to navigation (0.5 hours)
4. Correct & incorrect use (0.5 hours)
5. Work station start, stop & layout (1.00.5 hour)
6. Vessel position (0.5 hours)
7. Position source (1.0 hour)
8. Basic navigation (1.0 hour)
9. Heading & drift vectors (0.5 hours)
10. Understanding chart data (1.0 hour)
Ex.1 Simulator Exercise – Open sea (basic integrated navigation) (2.5 0 hours)
11. Chart quality & accuracy (0.5 hours)
12. Chart organization (0.5 hours)
1. Introduction & familiarization plan (0.5 hrs)

The trainee instructor explains the goals of the 40-hour course; and the trainee becomes familiar with
the layout of the ECDIS equipment at the workstations and on the bridge simulator (Refs: T3 ch.1; B6;
B7).
1.1. General introductions:

• Define the goals of the course and course certification,
• Verify that all trainees have basic computer skills (objective assessment)
• Explain the course structure and attendance requirements,
• Explain the evaluation process
• Explain that trainees will achieve an understanding of type-approved ECDIS in general,
and proficiency specifically in the use of system in use in the course
1.2. Administration:
• Issue study guides and other reference material,
• Review course syllabus
1.3. Familiarization with ECDIS learning environment

• Work station power-up and ECDIS software start and stop,
• Use the projector to show how you will demonstrate ECDIS functions,
• Explain how to get information from the ECDIS User Manuals,
• Explain Help structure within ECDIS software package, and
• Briefly tour classroom and lab used for ECDIS navigation training to see navigation and
control equipment.
2. Purpose of ECDIS (0.5 hrs)

The trainee instructor explains the main characteristics of ECDIS data display, and recognizes which
information is constantly displayed by ECDIS and which is selectable (Refs: R3; T1 ch.3 & 10.3; T3
ch.2; B4 ch.10.2; B5 ch.14).
2.1. Introduce revised IMO Performance Standards for ECDIS (June 2006, Resolution MSC.232(82)):
• ECDIS definition,
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• Capability of displaying all chart information necessary for safe and efficient navigation,
• Swiftly enables positioning, route monitoring and route planning,
• Provides appropriate alarms and indications.
2.2. Differentiate between display options:

• Electronic navigational chart (ENC) and system ENC (SENC),
• Standard display and display base,
• Display of information other than ENC data.
2.3. Identify information types and areas on navigation display:

• Electronic chart area, Information area, Task panels, other menu options,
• Automatic displays for monitoring ship’s safety including position, gyro heading, speed log,
time, and safety values, course over ground and speed over ground.
2.4. Apply presentation of ECDIS data:

• Major rules of presentation library,
• Automatic presentation, such as scale, display category, day/night, etc.,
• Modes, such as true motion and North-up.
3. Value to navigation (0.5 hrs)

The trainee recognizes that safe navigation with ECDIS requires the selection and analysis of displayed
information that is relevant to the prevailing situation (Refs: T1 ch.6.8; T1 ch.8.5; T3 ch.11.1 & 11.2; B4
ch.11.2.2 & 11.2.3 & 11.3).
3.1. Recognize factors that characterize and modify chart presentation:

• Projection, colors, symbols,
• Assessment of differences.
3.2. Recognize factors that characterize and modify the data quality:
• Accuracy, resolution, completeness,
• Assessment of differences.
3.3. Manually change scale, area & position of ownship:

• Chart (or sea) area and scale,
• Position of own hip relative to display edge
3.4. Evaluate the route monitoring mode of ECDIS operation:

• Route monitoring mode,
• Navigation mode.
3.5. Explain the value of ECDIS to navigation:

• Own ship position with respect to route, shipping lanes, acquired targets, depth contours,
soundings, and predicted tides and currents,
• Multi-chart loading, scaling, on-chart object information,
• Centralized information station for navigational bridge team, including ERBL, user layers,
radar target tracking, SAR, Navtex, AIS, climate, and port information.
4. Correct & incorrect use (0.5 hrs)

The trainee assesses ECDIS as a tool which aids but does not replace proper navigational
watchkeeping the role of ECDIS within the totality of the navigation process. (Refs: T1 ch.8.7; T3
ch.11.3.2 & 7.5 & 8.1.1; B2; B3).
4.1. Use ECDIS within the prevailing navigation situation:
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• Name the principles of navigation and operational guidance for officers in charge of a
navigational watch (STCW, SOLAS),
• Review the many areas of bridge operations to which ECDIS may be applied,
• Situational awareness includes the functioning of navigational aids and the reliability of
sensors,
• ECDIS is only a tool designed to support the mariner performing navigational tasks, ECDIS
is a powerful and comprehensive navigational system yet its use does not eliminate the need to
verify the information using other means.
• A navigational watch is not to be performed on only one system (mostly unavoidable in this
simulation and proficiency training)
4.2. Recognize ways to avoid over-reliance on ECDIS

• A system malfunction and data inaccuracy is always a potential,
• The displayed hydrographic data are not more reliable than the survey data they are based
on,
• The displayed sensor data are not more reliable than the respective originating sensor
system,
• Errors / inaccuracies in one subsystem may degrade others and can potentially render
ECDIS useless.
4.3. Proficiency in the use of ECDIS includes assessing the integrity of the system and all data at all
times.
• However, such use should be integrated into standing a normal watch including a
competent visual lookout, and the continued maintenance of good situational awareness.
• One method of accomplishing this it to go to the ECDIS with a single purpose or query
within a strict and brief time limit, rather than to browse or surf menus and information panels.
Keeping to a 7-second glance as a scanning technique helps produce an integrative role for
ECDIS.
• Another method is to overcome the problem of partial use – the less thoroughly the ECDIS
is used and applied, the less willing the users become to apply ECDIS to navigation, resulting
less familiarity and less trust.
5. Work station start, stop & layout (1.00.5 hr)

The trainee analyzes and assesses the proper functioning of ECDIS during the booting-up process and
normal operation (Refs: T1 ch.1; T3 ch.7.3; B7).
5.1. Perform standard PCECDIS workstation start:

• Recognize that some sensor feeds may need to be off or disconnected to from PCECDIS
workstation com ports, and that the PCECDIS workstation is subject to all normal limitations of
hardware, operating system, and memory
• ECDIS is a navigation aid (not a general use PC) and has:
• Potential limitations in hard drive storage, RAM size, power supply interruptions,
hardware malfunctions, overall system lockup, etc.,
• Operating system (typically Windows) boot-up procedures and internal tests,
• A pre-programmed “dongle” installed in the parallel printer port which enables the
registration and use of the ECDIS manufacturer’s products
• The potential to fail due to incorrect use of OS and ECDIS software.
5.2. Interpret the ECDIS start windows for sensors requested, sensors found, and selected chart data
initializing:
• Recognize the significance of the ECDIS Activator Key (dongle) and associated license
files
• The ECDIS software boots up (loads) with:
• A small indicator window against the desktop background, then
• A full screen panel indication of initialization, then
• The ECDIS basic display with alarm indicators (if any) requiring acknowledgement.
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5.3. Examine alarms (if any) and determine initial conditions of ECDIS readiness for navigation
• The ECDIS initialization screen indicates on-line tests:
• For date/time, position, heading, and speed log,
• Displays “Received” when these inputs match expected protocols (“Received” status is
not a check on data accuracy),
• Displays “Aborted” when these inputs are missing or corrupt,
• Boot-up without inputs will continue, with alarms on ECDIS display,
• ENC data will be loaded from the chart files as licensed.
6. Vessel position (0.5 hrs)

The trainee operates basic navigational functions and settings pertaining to vessel position information
(Refs: T1 ch.6.7; B7).
6.1. Review interface methods:

• Mouse / trackball and device buttons,
• Keyboard and hotkeys,
• Control of standard cursor and free mouse cursor,
• Use of cursor and ERBL on the display.
6.2. Review display of vessel’s position:

• Shift the vessel on the display in navigation mode
• Vessel’s symbols
• Vessel’s GPSGNSS position information (details reviewed in Lesson 07),
• Track of vessel’s position (details reviewed in Lesson 08),
• Vessel’s motion vectors (details reviewed in Lesson 09).
6.3. Examine position information in the display panels:

• System (tidal height, current, sounding, set and drift at position),
• Route (vessel position on the route),
• Pilot (position relative to next WP as per route schedule data).
6.4. Determine a position fix on the ECDIS chart display panel:

• Manually draw and move bearing lines (LOPs),
• Manually mark position on the display
7. Position source (1.0 hrs)

The trainee recognizes the principle features of DGPSGNSS as the primary vessel position source
(Refs: T1 ch.2; T3 ch.7.5.5 & 8.1.1; B7).
7.1. Review basics of GPSGNSS:

• Satellite constellation, theory, atmospheric interference,
• Signal quality indication, HDOP, data age, station ID,
• Accuracy (2drms probability),
• USCG’s beacons for differential corrections (DGPS).
7.2. Coordinate GPSGNSS antenna position settings:

• Set GPSGNSS antenna locations from amidships and off centerline (Consistent Common
Reference Point – CCRP)
• Switch on primary and secondary position sources by assigning ports for NMEANMEA/
IEC 61162 data feed
7.3. Select position system

• Primary or PS1 Primary Position Sensor
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• Secondary or PS2 Secondary Position Sensor

• Auto change (automatic switching to dead reckoning position).
7.4. Determine fix quality (status) of GPSGNSS:

• Position information
• Alarms and indications of disruptions of GPSGNSS data feed,
• Tracking the discrepancy between PS1 Primary Position Sensor and PS2 Secondary
Position Sensor
• Monitoring the GPSGNSS data port,
• Check ship’s position by a second independent means.
8. Basic navigation (1.0 hrs)

The trainee operates many of the basic navigational functions and settings (Refs: T1 ch.6.2; B7).
8.1. Activate display categories and information layers:

• Base, Standard, All and Custom
• Spot soundings limit (depths <= safe setting are displayed as bold),
• Channel limits, fairways, landmarks, special areas, warnings,
• Message “Layers Lost” when any are turned off.
8.2. Monitor vessel safety:

• Recognize position, gyro, speed log, COG, SOG, time,
• Set a safe depth value from sea level with regards to Isolated Dangers
• Set a safe depth contour
• Identify contours shown in Base Display,
• Identify other Base Display information that cannot be turned off.
8.3. Activate route monitoring features:

• Track, log, drift summary, sensor status, target tracks, scale, route information, contours,
isolated dangers, special areas, alarm limits,
• Activate day/night color sets, track display, scale bar, vessel symbol,
• Set voyage recording (Logbook) track period, precision, color, history, routing information,
filters.
9. Heading & drift vectors (0.5 hrs)

The trainee operates basic navigational functions and settings pertaining to ownship's heading vector,
course over ground vector, and guard ring (Refs: T1 ch.8.1; R3; R4; B7).
9.1. Activate vessel’s motion vectors:

• Turn either or both vectors on or off,
• Alignment of vessel contour,
• Set vector length.
9.2. Obtain vessels’ course and speed from the positioning system:
• COG & SOG may be from position system or from ARPA reference,
• HDG is true or undefined (manual entry only when in DR),
• LOG may be bottom, water, ARPA, or position system referenced.
9.3. Interpret the movement of the vessel:

• The graphical difference between the COG/SOG and the HDG/LOG vectors is the drift
angle,
• Display of drift angle reveals vessel momentum in a turn,
• Drift angle in steady state reveals sum of wind and current on vessel.
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9.4. Recognize the effects of gyro error:

• Drift angle results from gyro data without any provision for correction,
• Gyro precession due to high-speed turns produces an unreliable HDG display on ECDIS.
9.5. Graphically monitor ownship’s approach to isolated dangers by means of a guard ring or
equivalent ECDIS function
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EX - 1. Simulation exercise – open sea (2.5 0 hours)

The trainee operates specific functions constituting task groups for route monitoring in an open sea
area, and obtains all relevant information for basic safe integrated navigation.
• Demonstrate the following tasks groups on ECDIS while navigating safely in an open sea
setting with non-threatening ARPA targets:
• Monitor sea area,
• Use the pre-defined route as set by the instructor,
• Check position with pre-defined fix,
• Select pre-defined user layers,
• Check settings such as vector time, display reset, information layers, alarms, track,
sensors, and ownship configurations.
Instructor guidelines
• Conduct simulation exercise according to exercise description:
• Set simulation parameters,
• Provide trainees with a pre defined route
• Brief and debrief trainees.
• Assess accomplishment of tasks according to exercise description.
• Consider the following options in designing scenarios for Exercise 1 (for descriptions of
optimal simulator arrangements, see Part A - course Framework; also App.4 and App. 5 in
Appendices for the Instructor):
Expected outcomes:
• Familiarise with the use of ECDIS
• Navigate with ECDIS
• Monitor SOG and COG
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Option (A) for Exercise 1
Piloting in open waters for 1 ownship

(assign 12 times simultaneously)
Task group:
• Safe navigation through skills integration
Outcomes:
• Monitor SOG & COG
• Apply standing orders: > 1 nm off land
• Stay in counter current
• 1-person watch
• Visual lookout
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Option (B) for Exercise 1
Piloting in open waters for 1 ownship (assign 12 times

simultaneously)
Task groups:
• Adjust heading to maintain track
Outcomes:
• 1-person watch
• Cooperative navigation
• Visual lookout
• Limited maneuvering
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10. Understanding chart data (1.0 hr)

The trainee describes the types of electronic charts, and explains the characteristics of ECDIS data or
system electronic navigational chart (SENC) (Refs: T1 ch.1 & 4; T3 ch.4 & 7.2 & 6; B5 ch.14; B7).
10.1. Define the relevant terminology of ECDIS.
10.2. Name the differences between electronic chart systems and ECDIS:
• Different ECDIS systems,
• ECDIS and ECS,
• Vector and raster charts.
10.3. Describe the various electronic chart data formats:

• Vector data,
• Raster data.
10.4. Explain the relationship between ECDIS data and the information presented on the display:
• ECDIS database and its structure,
• ENC data and the SENC,
• How manual updates are stored in the database,
• Steps and responsibilities during ENC creation.
10.5. Explain that only information stored as objects with corresponding attributes in the database
is available for display.
10.6. Describe the chart data selected for display.
11. Chart quality & accuracy (0.5 hrs)

The trainee assesses all errors, inaccuracies and ambiguities in the SENC caused by improper data
management (Refs: T1 ch.9; T3 ch.5; B7).
11.1. Explain what the accuracy of chart data is dependent upon:

• Accuracy of survey and all hydrographic data,
• Shifting of buoys,
• Coverage and completeness of chart data.
11.2. Explain the problems in ECDIS associated with variant datums:

• Different reference systems used for positioning (time, direction, speed),
• The effects of datum (horizontal, vertical),
• Different geodetic coordinate systems.
11.3. Assess all errors, inaccuracies and ambiguities caused by improper data management.
11.4. Explain the need and requirement that electronic chart data must be systematically updated
for safe navigation.
11.5. Demonstrate issues pertaining to computer monitor display resolution:

• Potential distortions in chart scale
• The amount of information that appears on the screen
• Display adapter and the Desktop Area Setting,
• Troubleshooting display problems.
12. Chart organization (0.5 hrs)
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The trainee handles ECDIS data at the workstation (this knowledge will be expanded upon and
exercised in Lessons 15, 33 & 34) (Refs: T1 ch.6.3; T3 ch.10 & 7.2.2; B7).
12.1. Introduce the organization of chart data distribution:

• Explain the organization of chart data by the processes of procurement (downloading),
installation (also applies to updates), selection of chart type (format), initialization, and loading
(autoload by position) (reviewed again in Lesson 33)
• Demonstrate the chart data manager application associated with the type approved
ECDIS,
• Describe the chart data file structure associated with the type approved ECDIS
12.2. Demonstrate the loading (retrieval) of ECDIS data:

• Automatically from the directory of available chart data for the vessel's position
• Automatically from the directory of available chart data for the cursor location
• Manually by chart (cell) name from the directory of available data
 Lesson Plans: Watchstanding Watchkeeping with ECDIS (89.0 hours)
13. Sensors (0.5 hours)

14. Ports & data feeds (0.5 hours)
15. Chart selection (0.5 hours)
16. Chart information (1.0 hour)
17. Changing the settings (1.0 hour)
18. Chart scaling (0.5 hours)
Ex.2 Simulator Exercise – Coastal (chart display settings) (2.0 hours)
19. Information layers (0.51.0 hours)
20. System & position alarms (0.5 hours)
21. Depth & contour alarms (1.0 5 hour)
13. Sensors (0.5 hrs)

The trainee describes the performance limits of sensors and assesses their impact on the safe use of
ECDIS (Refs: T1 ch.2.16 & 6.1 & 6.5.1; T3 ch.8; B7).
13.1. Explain the performance limits of devices for position, course over ground, heading, speed,
depth, radar, and AIS, especially concerning:
• Availability,
• Accuracy,
• Integrity.
13.2. Explain the need for selecting sensor data displayed in ECDIS that is appropriate and
unambiguous, and accurate.
13.3. Evaluate the impairment of ECDIS when sensor performance deteriorates.
13.4. Explain and analyze various sensor alarms and indications:

• Activated when ECDIS receives no data from the external output device,
• Displayed in the second line of the Information Area Where sensor alarms and indications
are displayed as they occur,
• Use Alarm button or free cursor on 2nd-line message to disable the sound and message
from the display,
• Alarm submenu function remains orange parameter returns to set limits, or when function
is deliberately turned off,
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• Correct response is to check the operation and connection of the relevant sensor
14. Ports & data feeds (0.5 hrs)

The trainee recognizes and selects data ports, and assesses sensor input values (Refs: T1 ch.8.2 &
8.3; B4 ch.10.4; B7).
14.1. Select between primary and secondary position source.
14.2. Observe automatic change over to secondary position source.
14.3. Explain the data reference system of each connected sensor:

• Geodetic system,
• Antenna position,
• Transducer position,
• Clock or time source
14.4. Identify the data port assigned to each connected sensor
14.5. Monitor, identify and to a limited extent decode the data stream for each attached sensor:
• Select a sensor and monitor the data stream (live or simulated),
• Generally recognize the sentence syntax associated with the sensor,
• Where possible, associate data with displayed navigational information
14.6. Assess the plausibility of sensor input values to ECDIS.
14.7. Assess the impact on displayed information when a sensor port is improperly selected.
15. Chart selection (0.5 hrs)

The trainee demonstrates manual and automatic selection of charts, and explains the potential error of
the ECDIS display due to improper chart selection (Refs: T1 ch.6.4 & 9.1; T3 ch.5.3 & 7.2; B7).
15.1. Demonstrate the variety of methods that chart data can be loaded and changed (called into
display)
• Automatically,
• Manually for the presently loaded route,
• Manually from the total portfolio,
• Manually displayed by the cursor position
• During the activity of the operator using the graphics cursor (further detail is provided in
Lessons 23 & 24 on Route Planning and in Lesson 29 on User Charts)
15.2. Assess the inaccuracies and ambiguities caused by improper selection of a chart for display:
• When ownship position is on display, chart data list is sorted by scale
• When ownship position is not on display (viewing elsewhere), chart data list is sorted by
name (alpha)
• ECDIS displays largest scale data (smallest area) on the topmost layer, but the user may
prioritize by format, especially ENC to keep ECDIS in the ECDIS mode
• Automatic chart loading may be switched on or off or held to a user-selected chart (fixed)
15.3. Display updates in order to review content and to establish their inclusion in the SENC:
• Review their contents,
• Determine that they have been included in the SENC
15.4. Explain and analyze the data and chart alarms resulting from overscaling (zooming in) and
underscaling (zooming out)
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15.5. Explain and analyze the data and chart alarms resulting from use of a non-WGS 84 geodetic
datum
16. Chart information (1.0 hr)

The trainee matches presentation to situation, and demonstrates how to get the information about the
chart and chart objects (Refs: T1 ch.6.4.6; T3 ch.7.2; B7).
16.1. Select the task panel and apply Apply the functions suitable for position monitoring, route
monitoring, route creation and editing, trial maneuver, creating and accessing user layers:
• Continuous positioning while monitoring navigation,
• Trial maneuvers,
• Route planning and scheduling,
• Creating User Charts,
• Other functions
16.2. Obtain information on charted objects:

• For vector charts, use the Info button and position the acquisition marker box on the object,
Navtex symbol, line, zone, free space, or chart frame corner and cycle through information
window;
• For raster charts (ARCS and BSB), information is available only for the same frame size of
a matching vector chart as described above
16.3. Demonstrate how the presentation of navigation marks is changed according to ownship's
position
16.4. Demonstrate errors of interpretation by the incorrect selection of display categories
17. Changing the settings (1.0 hr)

The trainee demonstrates how to verify the operational settings and to assess that the navigational
process is safe (Refs: T1 ch.6.3 & 8.6; T3 ch.7.6; B7).
17.1. Manually test the major functions of hardware, keyboard, mouse / trackball, sensor data, and
chart data.
17.2. Check and / or select preferred operational settings in the primary relevant task panels and
on the primary information panel:
• Primary task panels
• Primary information panel
• Ship, Alarm, Chart, Logbook, ARPA;
• Configuration, Add Information (user layers), Route
17.3. Evaluate alarm and function status indications:

• Alarms, time, position update, heading and speed log;
• Route keeping, heading vectors, chart scale, track, logbook functions
17.4. Demonstrate errors of interpretation by the incorrect selection of safety values:

• Safety depth; Safety contour;
• Least depth alarm; anti-grounding alarms;
• Alarms for sailing along a route
17.5. Adjust track length and precision
17.6. Evaluate the range of information recorded in the log table (voyage recording):
• Check navigational conditions (ownship progress, charts displayed, etc.),
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• Check routing events (including manual notations),

• Check system events,
• Display additional data groups
18. Chart scaling (0.5 hrs)

The trainee demonstrates the use of chart scaling and explains and avoids interpretation errors due
scale (Refs: T1 ch.6.4; T3 ch.7.2.4; B7).
18.1. Demonstrate scaling of electronic chart display:

• (Scale) and select scale value,
• With chart autoload switched on, use <+> to increase scale (zoom closer), and use <–> to
decrease scale (zoom out),zoom function
• (Zoom) and use cursor to draw quadrangle around area to view
18.2. Apply the automatic changing of chart scale ratio:

• Use a value from –5 to +5 to reset the scale from larger to smaller respectively from the
original chart scale (0),
• Use to display electronic chart on the same scale as the original paper chart
18.3. Apply additional chart scale information:

• Horizontal screen span,
• Display of chart scale, scale bar, and bold-thin scale angle,
• Calculated range (distance) across screen display for scale in use,
• Warning messages associated with scale choice
18.4. Recognize interpretation errors due to scaling:

• Overscale of the display will spread out chart and user information with the possible loss of
familiar cues for estimating distance
• Underscale of the display may cause some information to be hidden
• Underscale with SCAMIN off will result in unacceptable clutter due to data density
• Verify the selection of the appropriate scale
19. Information layers (0.51.0 hrs)

The trainee demonstrates understanding and proficient use of information layers (Refs: T1 ch.6.5 & 6.9
& 7.3; T3 ch.7.5.6 & 7.2.1 & 7.3.2; B7)
19.1. Observe effect on information layers and status indications when chart data is loaded and
when chart area is underscaled:
• Determine native scale of chart data as it is loaded,
• Observe function of SCAMIN on and off when a chart area is underscaled (zoomed too far
out)
• Observe indication of scale value
• Layers additional to ENC must not be excessive so as to obscure the standard display
19.2. Review and apply appropriate display mode:

• Day or night presentation,
• Scale,
• Display category
19.3. Practice selecting information options in display category of “All other information”.
19.4. Differentiate between information layers, User Chart layers, and Event graphic:
• Information layers (chart display categories) and User Chart layers,
• The addition and removal of own chart entries such as manual corrections and voyage
planning notes,
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• The addition of Event on the display and notations made in Logbook
19.5. Respond to the indicators representing the loss of displayed information:

• Layers Lost,
• Position Dropped
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EX - 2. Simulation exercise – open sea (2.0 hours)

• Demonstrate the following task groups on ECDIS while navigating safely in an open sea
setting with non-threatening ARPA targets:
• Use pre-defined route as set by the instructor,
• Check position with pre-defined fix,
• Select pre-defined user layers,
• Set simulation parameters
• Introduce ECDIS underway score sheet for familiarization (see Part E – Evaluation
and Assessment) Provide pre-defined route to the trainee.
• Practice remote monitoring of trainees’ ECDIS use
• Brief and debrief trainees
• Assess accomplishment of tasks according to exercise description
Expected outcomes:
• Individual watchkeeping
• Appropriate selection of user layers and alarms
• Successful fix of manual position
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Piloting in open waters for 12 ownships
Task groups:
Outcomes:
• 1-person watch
• Visual lookout
• Maneuvering
• Familiarization with underway scoring
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(assign 2 times simultaneously)
Task groups:
• Create and apply route
Outcomes:
• 1-person watch
• Visual lookout
• Maneuvering
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Option (C) for Exercise 2
Task groups:
• Observe TSS rules
• Alarm zones
Outcomes:
• 1-person watch
• Visual lookout
• Maneuvering
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20. System & position alarms (0.5 hrs)

The trainee explains the status indications and alarms pertaining to system and position, and
demonstrates the proper responses (Refs: T1 ch.8.3; T3 ch.7.5.3; B7)
20.1. Identify and respond to alarms for primary and secondary positioning systems, such as:
• Primary (Secondary) Failure
• Prim. (Sec.) Diff. Mode Loss,
• Prim/Sec Pos Diverge,
• Echo Ref. Loss,
• Primary (Secondary) Data not WGS84,
• Primary (Secondary) Unreliable Position
20.2. Identify and respond to chart related alarms, such as:

• Off Chart,
• No Official Data,
• Datum Unknown,
• AG (Anti-grounding) Monitoring Off
20.3. Identify and respond to ECDIS alarms from autopilot in Track Control, such as:
• Autochange,
• Autochange restore
The instructor should particularly emphasize which alarms have user settings and teach a
sensible approach to establishing suitable settings. In particular, going over the alarm/ indicator
setting controls for “approaching an area with special conditions” is highly important as incorrect
settings cause very frequent alarms that distract the operator.
21. Depth & contour alarms (1.0 5 hr)

The trainee explains the status indications and alarms pertaining to depth and contours in route
planning and monitoring, and demonstrates the proper responses (Refs: T1 ch.8.4 & 6.5; T3 ch.7.5; B7)
21.1. Describe route monitoring alarms, such as:

• Crossing a safety contour
• Prohibited or other area
• Track error allowance (XTE)
• Waypoint arrival circle
• Safety Contour changed,
• See Sounder Reading
21.2. Identify depth-related information, such as:

• Safe water depth,
• Charted obstruction,
• Depth sounder related alarms
• Depth from sounder
• Depth value of Safety Contour
21.3. Set the safety values for route monitoring:

• Safety Contour will only utilize an existing depth contour in the chart data
• Set the value for a Safety Contour to represent preferred underkeel clearance
• Set the value for Safety Depth
• Set the value for spot sounding display category
21.4. Set the limits pertaining to safe water, such as:

• Apply the ENC option of four shades
• Shallow Contour should be set to represent nothing less than ownship's deep draft
• Nav.Navigational Danger
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• Depth sounder limit

• Set an advance time for approaching the set safety contour,
• In tidal waters, it is sometimes necessary to navigate in waters less deep than the safety
contour. Emphasis should be placed on using all other information mode.
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 Lesson Plans: ECDIS Route Planning and Monitoring (79.0 hours)
22. Vessel maneuvering characteristics (0.5 hours)

23. Route planning by table (0.51.0 hours)
24. Route planning by chart (12.0 hours)
25. Track limits (0.5 hours)
26. Checking plan for safety (0.5 hours)
27. Embedded tide, current, wind & climate almanac Additional Navigational Information (0.5
hours)
28. Route schedule (0.5 hours)
29. User charts in route planning (1.0 5 hour)
Ex.3 Simulator Exercise – Coastal waters (2.0 hours)
22. Vessel maneuvering characteristics (0.5 hrs)

The trainee demonstrates the use of ship’s particulars in the display of route planning and maneuvering
information, and explains the possible errors of interpretation (Refs: T1 ch.8.5; T3 ch.7.5 & 8.3; B7)
22.1. Select appropriate turning criteria for efficient and effective use of Autopilot in heading control
mode:
• Autopilot parameters for turn radius and for turn rate govern the movement of the vessel
with results viewable on ECDIS
• Maneuvers measured on ECDIS may require adjustments in the Autopilot
22.2. Correlate rudder limits in Autopilot with turning radii and rates of turn for curved track
planning on ECDIS
• Turning radius for curved track planning (all waypoints),
• Maneuver data for steering to next route segment when underway using safe speed and
wheel over point settings
22.3.22.1. Determine methods of alert for wheel over when approaching waypoints, such as:
• Turn radius maneuvering characteristics of ownship apply to curved track in ECDIS route
planning.
• Arrival circle centered on waypoint with circumference intersecting wheel over point on
ECDIS route
22.4.22.2. The navigator must Discuss the need for the navigator to verify positioning especially
when ECDIS is connected to auto pilot
• Generally, only the “observed position” is controlled
• An Where an ECDIS curved predictor is provided, caution to be exercised as it may only
project a momentary rate of turn, rather than sophisticated hydrodynamic calculations, and
therefore have limited accuracy
23. Route planning by table (0.51.0 hrs)

The trainee operates all specific functions and obtains all relevant information for route planning by
table (Refs: T1 ch.7.1 & 7.5; T3 ch.7.4; B7)
23.1. Retrieve a stored route plan:

• For use in route monitoring,
• For planning and review.
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• Rename as working route to allow ad hoc changes while underway

• Obtain track courses and distances from list of waypoints as displayed in the table.
23.2. Approve an existing route for planning, safety review and monitoring
• Apply systematic methods of examination
• Utilize appropriate chart data intended for use along the route
• Set alarm parameters,
• Adjust cross track zones
• Scale in on charts for safety check analysis
• Check route for date dependent data
23.3. Select the sea areas and the required waters for planning the whole passage.
23.4. Construct a route plan by inputting waypoint data alphanumerically into a route-planning
table.
23.5. Adjust the route plan by editing, adding and deleting waypoints inside the table.
23.6. Review curved track planning and wheel over indication:

• Ownship maneuvering characteristics,
• Requirements of planning a safe passage including waypoint spacing
23.7. Establish procedures to name, link, rename, archive, retrieve and delete route files:
• Naming, linking and re-naming techniques for Route files
• Archiving route plans
• Deleting route plans
24. Route planning by chart (12.0 hrs)

The trainee operates all specific functions and obtains all relevant information for route planning
graphically by chart (Refs: T1 ch.7.2 & 7.3; T3 ch.7.4; B7)
24.1. Select the sea areas and the required waters for planning the whole passage.
24.2. Construct a route by inputting waypoints directly on the ECDIS display.

• It is advisable to rough-in the route legs at first (using rhumb line and great circle)
• Fine-tune the waypoint positions, track zones and turn radii using practical navigation
considerations, such as for radar and visual navigation, traffic patterns, and ENC data quality
indicators (Zone of Confidence)
24.3. Adjust the route by graphically editing waypoints.
24.4. Obtain track courses and distances from the chart:

• Cursor position,
• Selection of route segment
24.5. Obtain relevant route planning information, such as:

• Ocean wind, wave and surface current information,
• Tidal heights and currents,
• Sailing directions (port information),
• For special situations (anchoring, chart data quality, special areas, pilotage, quarantine,
etc.)
25. Track limits (0.5 hrs)

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The trainee operates all specific functions and obtains all relevant information for setting track limits in
route planning (Refs: T1 ch.6.5.3 & 8.3; T3 ch.7.5; B7)
25.1. Review the alarm settings used as vessel is proceeding along a monitored route:
• Deviation of the current course angle as set in the planned route,
• XTE (cross track error) exceeds the value set in the route data table
• Guard vector for crossing safety contour,
• Guard vector for entering special purpose areas,
• Guard ring for crossing an isolated danger.
25.2. Modify the setting of XTE in a previously saved route:

• Re-check the route for crossing dangers of navigation according to the setting of XTE
zones,
• Observe the alarm triggering while proceeding along the modified route leg
• Examine results graphically on appropriate scale chart data.
26. Checking plan for safety (0.5 hrs)

The trainee operates all specific functions and obtains all relevant information for checking a route for
the presence of dangers to navigation (Refs: T1 ch.7.4 & 7.7; T3 ch.7.4; B7)
26.1. Check a previously created and saved route for crossing dangers of navigation according to
the setting of cross-track distance:
• Safety contours,
• Isolated dangers,
• Limits of Special Purpose Areas.
26.2. Check the route as it is being created for dangers as listed above
• Use Safety Check while adding a waypoint and leg along a route
• Use Safety Check while modifying an existing leg or waypoint
26.3. Assess a route plan based on a safety check:

• Consider all predictable hazards along the track and assess if it is reliably safe,
• Assess which route should finally be taken,
• Assess which areas and points of the passage are critical.
• Besides using the function for safety checks, the largest scale ENC must be manually
checked as there are cases of ECDIS alarm not activating for isolated dangers.
27. Embedded tide, current & climate almanacAdditional Navigational

Information (0.5 hrs)
The trainee operates specific functions pertaining tidal height, currents, and wind and wave calculations
pertinent to specific situations such as route selection, anchoring and drifting (Refs: T3 ch.7.5 & 7.7 &
15.1; B7)
27.1. Discuss various hydro-meteorological data that could be available in the ECDIS database,
such as :Determine the force and direction of the true wind:
• Observe relative wind speed and direction and ownship’s heading and SOGTide
• Current
• Climatological
• Weather
• Wind
• Ice,
• Enable display of wind vector and assess its graphic validity
27.2. Display the ocean climate wind vectors and lines of equal wave height, selected by month.
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27.3. Display the dynamics of surface currents:

• Zoom out to large area view to locate surface current reference points
• Load by month.
27.4. Determine the tidal rise and tidal currents:

• At the reference station nearest to ownship position (up to 30 nm),
• At a reference station selected by name or by cursor,
• Use chart display features to predict values.
27.5. Use Current option in calculating a Route Plan Schedule.
27.6. Determine bottom type and assess anchor holding ground from information obtained on an
appropriately scaled chart.
28. Route schedule (0.5 hrs)

The trainee operates all specific functions and obtains all relevant information for route scheduling
(Refs: T1 ch.7.5; T3 ch.7.5 & 7.7; B7)
28.1. Observe any deviation from the route schedule setting in use as vessel is proceeding along a
route
28.2. Determine expected passage times:

• Use route schedule table for proceeding along a route,
• Apply effects of surface and tidal currents in calculations,
• Calculate schedule from starting ETD and ETA’s for waypoints,
• Calculate schedule from starting ETD and Log speeds for waypoints,
• Edit input data as required
28.3. Observe calculations of progress along the planned route:

• Load a route and the route schedule created for that route,
• Monitor the route
• Display route monitoring data on ECDIS information panel
• Display schedule information on ECDIS information panel
28.4. Using the ETA application in ECDIS, calculate time or speed at a selected waypoint on a
monitored route:
• Speed to make good (STG) for the indicated waypoint (and display),
• Estimated time of arrival (ETA) at any waypoint
29. User charts in route planning (1.0 5 hr)

The trainee operates all navigational functions pertaining to own (user) chart entries and the use of
planning notes (Refs: T1 ch.7.3; T3 ch.7.3; B7)
29.1. Review the ECDIS function for creating mariner's notes (User Chart)
• A User Chart is vector editor for creating added graphic and textual layers with specified
attributes in the SENC
• Display of User Chart objects is superimposed (layered) on any chart data without
changing it,
• There can be many User Charts maintained in the system directory, but usually only one or
two displayed at a time,
• Voyage planning notes and objects called into one layer may be merged into a file called
into the other layer, and resaved with or without a new name, to construct a composite file
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• A User Chart may also consist of a symbol providing a link to extensive notes and
hyperlinked files including photos and documents
29.2. Determine effective policy regarding User Charts:

• Purpose of particular file or chart or layer (correction, note, reference, etc.)
• Content with regard to visible data and links to data files,
• Naming with regard to purpose and geographic location,
• Value for using one or both layers (A/B) separately or simultaneously
29.3. Select User Chart for display:

• Load and unload various user charts already stored in the appropriate directory,
• Select specific information layers for display,
• Save, re-save, and re-name user charts (observe naming techniques)
29.4. Use the graphic editor for creating and modifying a User Chart:
• Add the many various types of new objects in the required position with care as pertains to
use of scale,
• Edit objects and information,
• Shift Move objects,
• Merge user charts
29.5. Create, save and move an anchor circle guard zone as on a User Chart.
• An anchor circle can include a "danger" attribute triggered by the ECDIS Consistent
Common Reference Point (CCRP)
• The diameter should represent the maximum swing circle of the vessel
• The User Chart anchor circle should be positioned on the vessel's hawse pipe at the
moment the anchor is let go
• Anchor Guard Zone functions provided on ECDIS (as on GPSGNSS units) generally do
not reference the position of the vessel's anchor or the vessel's swing circle
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EX - 3. Simulation exercise – coastal waters (2.0 hours)

• Demonstrate the following task groups on ECDIS while navigating safely in coastal setting
with non-threatening ARPA targets:
• Use route created by trainee including route schedule,
• Select user layers created by trainee
• Validate own ship's position by alternate means,
• Assess environmental conditions such as tide, current, wind, waves,
• Modify the selected route as instructed, check for safety, adjust route schedule.
• Introduce ECDIS underway score sheet for familiarization (see Part E – Evaluation
and Assessment)
• Practice remote monitoring Monitoring of trainees’ ECDIS use
Expected outcomes:
• Appropriate selection of user layers and alarms
• Route successfully monitored
• Radar/ ARPA overlay used
• Successful modification of the route
• Successful creation of route taking into account ship’s draft and under keel clearance.
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Piloting in semi-confined waters for 12 ownships
Task groups:
• Adapt instruments to conditions
• Adapt track-keeping to workload
Outcomes:
• 1-person watch
• Visual lookout
• Maneuvering
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Anchoring in semi-confined waters for 6 ownships (assign 2 times simultaneously for 12 OS)
Task groups:
• Observe anchorage rules
• Apply ECDIS user layer for anchoring
Outcomes:
• 1-person watch
• Visual lookout
• Maneuvering
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 Lesson Plans: ECDIS Targets, Charts & System (86.5 hours)
30. ARPA/ Radar tracked target overlay (0.5 hours)

31. AIS functions (0.5 hours)
32. Radar overlay functions (0.5 hours)
33.32. Procuring & installing chart data (1.0 5 hour)
34.33. Installing charts data (1.0 hour)
Ex.4 Simulator Exercise – Coastal & Confined Restricted (advanced integrated navigation with
ECDIS) (2.5 0 hours)
35.34. System reset & backup (0.5 hours)
36.35. Archiving with ECDIS data management utility and data logging (0.5 hours)
37. Data logging and logbook (voyage recording) (1.0 hour)
38. Playback (0.5 hours)
30. ARPA/ Radar tracked target overlay (0.5 hrs)

The trainee demonstrates the use of ARPA operations in ECDIS (Refs: T1 ch.8.4.3; T3 ch.8.2.3 & 8.5;
B7)
30.1. Examine sensor setup requirements for ARPA tracked targets:

• The identity of associated com port(s) and baud rate matched to ARPA output
• Correct location of sensor reference (Consistent Common Reference Point)
• It is possible that ships fitted with ECDIS prior 01st January 2009 may not have ARPA
overlay feature.
30.2. Determine speed and heading inputs used in ARPA tracked target data calculations
30.3. Access target information display:

• Cursor (mouse over)
• Target table, with sorting options for data fields
• Target name field in table may provide direct display link on chart
30.4. Interpret target symbol features:

• Identify by number from ARPA-A or ARPA-B, or by writing an alias into target table
• Vector and green circle at radar-determined position
• Alarm can may be set when both CPA and TCPA approach limitations are exceeded
• Vector length the same as set for ownship
• Target tracks are saved in daily files, and selectable for viewing on display
•
30.5. Operate the user interface controls for radar overlay

• Target tracking
• Image recording
• The overlay image can be removed from the display by a single interface option
30.6. Demonstrate sources of image offset

• A mismatch can develop between chart and radar data
• Sensor position setup,
• Input of radar data (such as from transceiver problems)heading misalignment,
• Position sensor error,
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• Uncharted and/or incorrectly charted objects, and chart datum error
30.7. Determine source of ECDIS-tracked target data calculations

• ECDIS speed and heading inputs are used in ECDIS-tracked target data calculations
• Radar motion vector may be through the water rather than over ground
• CPA & TCPA are derived from the ECDIS independently from the radar
30.8 Make corrections to own ship’s position, using a reference point captured by ARPA.
• Corrections to own ship's position, using a reference point captured by ARPA/RADAR
• Position check using known object(s) utilizing radar navigation techniques
31. AIS functions (0.5 hrs)

The trainee demonstrates the use of Automatic Identification Systems in ECDIS (Refs: T1 ch.8.4.5 &
6.9; T3 ch.8.4; B4 ch.10.3; B7)
31.1. Describe what the connection of an Automatic Identification System (AIS) to ECDIS enables:
• Receiving identification and navigation information on other targets transmitting on AIS,
• Analysis of target’s motion over ground
• Potential control from ECDIS of ownship's Static and Voyage data
• Data string consists of considerable amount of encapsulated data,
• Data string is transmitted by VHF data link (VDL) with typical line of sight range limitations
• It is possible that ship’s fitted with ECDIS prior 01st January 2009 may not have AIS sensor
input.
31.2. Examine sensor setup requirements for AIS targets:

• Identity of associated com port(s) and baud rate matched to AIS interface
• Correct location of sensor reference (Consistent Common Reference Point)
31.3. Determine alarms and other settings for AIS targets:

• Alarms and other settings for AIS targets are set in ECDIS target panel
• CPA & TCPA calculations on AIS targets are derived from ECDIS speed and heading
inputs
31.4. Access target information display options:

• Cursor (mouse over)
• Target table, with sorting options for data fields
• Target name field in table may provide direct display link on chart
31.5. Interpret AIS target symbol features:

• Position of symbol represents the target's transmitted (D)GPSGNSS antenna position
• An AIS target is displayed graphically as a green isosceles triangle with heading of vessel
(if transmitted), including flag showing direction of turn
• Additional vector from ECDIS calculation of COG, with length the same as set for ownship
• Divergence of COG/SOG vector from heading indicator represents target's drift angle
• Target is processed for collision avoidance by the ECDIS on the same principles as
tracked targets
• Identifier is MMSI number until static information is established then name and call sign
can be displayed (by writing an Alias into Table)
• ARPA tracking on ECDIS can be correlated with an existing AIS target
• Alarm can be set when both CPA and TCPA approach limitations are exceeded
• Target tracks are saved in daily files, and selectable for viewing on display
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32. Radar overlay (RIB) functions (0.5 hrs)

The trainee explains the display of radar signal input, and demonstrates the use of radar image in
ECDIS (Refs: T1 ch.8.4.4; T3 ch.8.2.1 & 8.2.2 & 11.1.5; B7)
32.1. Describe the technical function of the radar integrator board (RIB) hardware
• The RIB functions by means of a hardware module which receives from radar an analog
video signal and the digital processing of that signal,
• RIB gain, filters, scaling, and target tracking function independently of the radar transceiver
delivering the raw video and trigger
• Is displayed in the SENC as a layer over chart data
• RIB functions on ECDIS permit the continuous recording in the ECDIS PC of the radar
picture and motion of tracked targets
32.2. Examine the main functions of the radar integrator board

• Require sensor setups and involve numerous interfaces on the ECDIS task panel
• Radar signal input,
• Radar target selection,
• Formation of a radar image,
• Target functions
• Radar operation functions independent from radar transceiver
32.3. Operate the user interface controls for radar overlay

• Target tracking
• Image recording
• The overlay image can be removed from the display by a single interface option
32.4. Demonstrate sources of image offset

• A mismatch can develop between chart and radar data
• Sensor position setup,
• Input of radar data (such as from transceiver problems)heading misalignment,
• Position sensor error,
• Uncharted and/or incorrectly charted objects, and chart datum error
32.5. Determine source of ECDIS-tracked target data calculations

• ECDIS speed and heading inputs are used in ECDIS-tracked target data calculations
• Radar motion vector may be through the water rather than over ground
• CPA & TCPA are derived from the ECDIS independently from the radar
33.32. Procuring & installing chart data (1.0 5 hrs)

The trainee installs chart license software and chart data of various formats (Refs: T1 ch.4.4; T3 ch.9.2
& 9.3 & 9.4; B7)
33.1.32.1. Review chart data structure, terminology, and installation procedures:

• SENC, and various formats
• DNC format corresponds with American MIL-STD-2407 standards, which are based on the
“Feature/Attribute Coding Catalogue (FACC)” normative document.
• The operator procures, installs / updates, selects; the ECDIS unit initializes, loads
(introduced in Lesson 12)
33.2.32.2. Review chart format requirements for ECDIS:

• ECDIS requires the use of charts in official formats issued by the properly authorized
government hydrographic offices.
• These are currently S 57 specified ENC’s (manufactured by the respective regional
Hydrographic Offices); S-101 ENC product specification is currently being developed; S-100 IHO
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universal hydrographic data model has been developed recently to enable the easier integration
of hydrographic data and applications into geospatial solutions, and will eventually replace S-57
33.3.32.3. Examine data distribution sources for ENC

• Regional/global coordinating centers (RENC) such as Primar (hosted by the Norwegian
HO) and IC-ENC (hosted by the UKHO) are engaged in the distribution of ENC data.
• These centers accumulate chart databases from participating hydrographic offices, ensure
quality standards are met, and provide the data to distributers for procurement by end users.
33.4.32.4. Examine data distribution sources for SENC conversions

• The S 57/ENCs distributed by a SENC service from ENC providers Primar, IC-ENC and
NOAA have been converted to CD8 SENC format for simplified installation and updating.
• The process of converting S-57 (ENC) format charts to SENC format is subject to DNV and
IHO requirements.
33.5.32.5. Examine license structure for various formats, and practice installation
• License / permit structure depends on the chart data format
• License / permit installation generally occurs through the chart data management utility
associated with the ECDIS:
• Proprietary / private vector format may install directly from data file
• ENC chart data in DX-90 format installs from ENC_ROOT folder using chart
management utility
• BSB raster chart data installs from BSB_ROOT folder using chart management utility
• US military data in VPF format (DNC) requires chart management utility
• Admiralty Raster Chart format (ARCS) requires chart management utility
33.6.32.6. Extract information on installation history

• Installation history is retained during installation
• History includes the addition and deletion of individual charts/cells
• History file is generally accessible through the chart data management utility associated
with the ECDIS
34.33. Installing chart corrections (1.0 hr)

The trainee applies manual and automatic updates (corrections) to electronic charts, and assesses the
importance of updating (Refs: T1 ch.4.5 & 6.3; T3 ch.10; B7)
34.1.33.1. Explain why electronic chart data is maintained with up-to-date corrections:
• The safety of navigation requires data that is maintained with up-to-date corrections
• The responsibility of seaworthiness as defined by SOLAS requires charts for the intended
voyage that are up to date
34.2.33.2. Add or modify a chart object using Manual Correction task or appropriate ECDIS function:
• Using the Manual Correction task in ECDIS, a chart object layer may be added or modified
• The manual correction may include attributes and links, may be concealed, may be made
time-active, and may be deleted
34.3.33.3. Examine production license options for accessibility of automatic updates:

• Chart data licensing options may include services for automatic updating
• Sometimes referred to as maintenance in reference to proprietary chart data
34.4.33.4. Install various automatic update formats using various methods

• Using chart managing utility associated with the ECDIS program, install the following
depending on availability:
• Procured or downloaded update files for proprietary chart data
• Procured or downloaded ENC updates
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• Downloaded DNC update patch files

• Procured or downloaded BSB and NDI raster update patch files
• Procured or downloaded ARCS RNC update patch files
• Procedure for applying T&P notices and navigational warnings. The overlay of the T&P
Notice/ Navigational warning is designed to be displayed as an additional information layer
on top of a standard ECDIS chart display.
• Explain that caution must be exercised when performing chart and other updates.
These should not be done during transits through restricted waters or high traffic areas and
should preferably be conducted prior commencement of voyage.
34.5.33.5. Extract information on update history

• Installation history is retained during updating
• History includes the addition and deletion of individual charts/cells
• History file is generally accessible through the chart data management utility associated
with the ECDIS
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EX – 4. Simulation exercise – confined restricted waters (2.0 hours)

The trainee obtains all relevant information for safe navigation and operates specific functions for
collision avoidance while route monitoring in confined restricted waters
• Demonstrate the following task groups on ECDIS while navigating safely in a confined
restricted waters setting with threatening multiple targets in specified waters:
• Validate own ship's position by alternate means when there is loss of one or more
sensor inputs,
• Use ECDIS features to assess target threats and execute course and/or speed
alterations to avoid collision (or advise conn if working in 2-person team in SAR exercise,
where ECDIS operator is advising the conn)
• Comply with COLREGS
• Comply with bridge procedures established by trainee and/or instructor
• Use of Man Overboard (MOB) function
• In SAR exercise (Option A), consider assigning 2 trainees per ownship, where one is
the ECDIS operator and the other makes conning decisions
• Sharing of ECDIS route can be accomplished copying a route file into the source
folder on the other ECDIS units
• Conduct practice grading on ECDIS underway score sheet for (see Part E –
Evaluation and Assessment)
• Practice remote monitoring Monitoring of trainees’ ECDIS use
• Simulate loss of one or more sensor inputs
• Simulate a Man Overboard situation
• Use dead reckoning
Expected outcomes:
• Successful route planning
• Route monitoring
• Successfully fixing of position using alternate means
• Successful recovery of Man Overboard.
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Piloting in open but congested waters for 6

ownships
Task groups:
• Adapt ECDIS route to SAR (on-scene
command vessel creates route, other vessels
retrieve and apply that route)
• Find MOB
Outcomes:
• Share ECDIS route
• 1 or 2-person watch
• Team & communications
• Visual lookout
• Maneuvering
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Piloting in confined waters for 13 ownships
Task groups:
Outcomes:
• 1-person watch
• Visual lookout
• Maneuvering
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Option (C) for Exercise 4
Piloting in confined waters for 8 ownships
Task groups:
• Observe TSS rules
• Alarm zones
Outcomes:
• 1-person watch
• Visual lookout
• Maneuvering
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35.34. System reset & backup (0.5 hrs)

The trainee performs basic troubleshooting and uses the back-up system in the case of ECDIS failure
(Refs: T1 ch.8.7 & 8.8; T3 ch.11.3 & 11.4; B7)
35.1.34.1. Explain the intent of regulations on ECDIS back-up arrangements

• The regulations on ECDIS back-up arrangements intend that backup is ensured through
electronic and/or paper chart options
• The installation of a duplicate set of ECDIS equipment combined in a single computer
network where each ECDIS PC workstation is connected to the navigational sensors and
assigned “Master” or “Slave” status, guarantees interchangeability without loss of data in case of
failure of one of the systems
• The availability of an updated paper chart collection is required where a single set of
ECDIS equipment is installed (standalone), or when ENC coverage for the intended route is
unavailable, such as when raster or proprietary chart data is provided instead of ENC data
• The purpose of the backup arrangement is to preserve the safety of navigation in the event
of degradation or loss of the ECDIS as the primary means of navigation
35.2.34.2. Perform Discuss back-up procedures in standalone ECDIS failure event:

• Charts include the planned route
• Regular plotting of ship’s position when navigating within restricted waters
35.3.34.3. Perform Discuss networked back-up procedures in (Master) ECDIS failure event:
• Includes prior equalizing of route, chart data and user data
35.4.34.4. Perform Discuss troubleshooting routines in ECDIS, such as for:

• Damaged initialization and configuration files,
• Integrity of cables and com ports integrity,
• Sensor assignment and configuration
35.5.34.5. Recognize consequences to navigation safety while troubleshooting:

• Includes track display, autopilot functions and other systems deriving data feed from
ECDIS
35.6.34.6. Recognize consequences to data storage while ECDIS PC workstation is down:

• Despite continuous functioning of sensors, the consequence while ECDIS PCworkstation
is down is that all data storage ceases.
• There will be a gap graphically on the display upon restoration of ECDIS PCworkstation
and a corresponding gap in electronic logbook data
36.35. Archiving with ECDIS data management utility and Data logging (0.5 hrs)
The trainee stores and retrieves files on the same workstation and transfers certain files between
workstations (Refs: B7)
36.1.35.1. Use DiscussECDIS data management utility to work with files associated with ECDIS
operations:
• Select many groups of navigational data files (logbook, ownship tracks, target tracks, user
charts, routes, ship model, system log, S57 log)
• Convert from binary to text (can be subsequently opened in word processing programs for
formatting, printing or archiving)
• Convert formats
• View and print various converted data files directly within utility
36.2.35.2. Use Discuss ECDIS data management utility to transfer select data files between storage
media:
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• Recognize ECDIS directory structure for file retrieval and storage

• Recognize which files can be copied or moved to other directories or drives
• Copying files into the ECDIS program via Data Tool
• Would normally be done only for user layer files and route plan files created in another
ECDIS installation (such as on another vessel),
• Requires familiarity with the directory structure in ECDIS,
• Copying and moving files is easily done with standard PC methods, but conversions in
and out of binary or text requires the ECDIS data management utility
35.3. Review requirements and functions of logbook task in ECDIS, such as:
• Voyage recording consists of 24-hour data files, changing dates at GMT midnight
• A complete status check of all alarm functions and many setup conditions upon date
change
• Collection of all fields upon:
• Waypoint and Watch change (basic),
• Manually triggered Event,
• Screen coordinates change due to display reset (true and relative motion) and scale
change
• Change in chart data displayed
• Change in alarm status and condition
• Chart data field includes displayed chart number (if ENC, also source, edition, date and
cell)
• Does not include Route or Route Schedule used in monitoring
35.4. Review display functions of ownship track and tracks of AIS, ARPA and overlay targets:
• Includes position and heading data up to every second, but possibly less frequent
depending on the ECDIS and its settings
• Ownship track history from alternate date may be displayed instead of current date -
creating ambiguity if unintentional
• No matter what track date is displayed, current track for six minutes will be displayed
• Targets tracked on ARPA, radar overlay and AIS (as connected sensors) will be included
in track file
37. Data logging and logbook(1.0 hr)

The trainee explains the meaning of voyage recording (Refs: T1 ch.8.6; T3 ch.7.6 & 13.9; B7)
37.1. Examine requirements and functions of logbook task in ECDIS, such as:
• Voyage recording consists of 24-hour data files, changing dates at GMT midnight
• A complete status check of all alarm functions and many setup conditions upon date
change
• Collection of all fields upon:
• Waypoint and Watch change (basic),
• Manually triggered Event,
• Screen coordinates change due to display reset (true and relative motion) and scale
change
• Change in chart data displayed
• Change in alarm status and condition
• Chart data field includes displayed chart number (if ENC, also source, edition, date and
cell)
• Does not include Route or Route Schedule used in monitoring
37.2. Examine display functions of ownship track and tracks of AIS, ARPA and RIB targets:
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• Includes position and heading data up to every second, but possibly less frequent
depending on the ECDIS and its settings
• Ownship track history from alternate date may be displayed instead of current date -
creating ambiguity if unintentional
• No matter what track date is displayed, current track for six minutes will be displayed
• Targets tracked on ARPA, radar overlay and AIS (as connected sensors) will be included
in track file
37.3. Perform various hard copy print outs, such as:

• Direct from ECDIS logbook task
• Direct from ECDIS route planning and route schedule task
• Screen capture of display, including chart area and information panels
38. Playback (0.5 hrs)

The trainee operates the functions pertaining to voyage recording, specifically the reconstruction and
playback of selected situations (Refs: T3 ch.7.6; B7)
38.1. Explain the disruption of ECDIS when operating Playback utility

• Operating Playback utility runs all normal ECDIS functions but also bypasses all inputs,
• Results in the complete disruption of all route monitoring and data logging
38.2. Explain that no route or route plan is securely associated with any playback
• No route or route plan is securely associated with any playback; there will be no indication
of any route plan(s) in the track files
• However, during playback, normal recording of Waypoint approaches in logbook can aid in
determining the route in use
38.3. Explain that no chart data is securely associated with any playback
• No chart data is securely associated with any playback; there may be no record of chart
formats enable or disabled in system setup
• However, during playback, the chart data displayed is captured in logbook with every entry
• Chart data available at the time of the selected track file can only be deduced by reviewing
chart installation and update history file
38.4. Perform a playback of an event or passage specified by date and time

• Select a previous exercise or real vessel track file for review
• In Playback utility, select date for file to observe, start then pause, then advance to desired
time by moving cursor
• Observe the construction of the past track, including tracked target data through targets
task
38.5. Closely observe the position and heading update interval in Playback
• During playback, analyze the updating interval for position and heading
38.6. During playback, analyze the logbook for the quality of navigation:
• Alarms and responses
• Chart data in use
• Operational settings in use
 Lesson Plans: ECDIS Responsibility & Assessment (6.0 hours)
39.36. Responsibility (1.52.0 hours)

40.37. Effective navigation with ECDIS (1.0 hour)
Ev. - 1 Written evaluation (1.0 hour)
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Ev. – 2 Simulation evaluation – coastal & confined restricted waters (2.52.0 hrs)
39.36. Responsibility (1.5 2.0 hrs)

The trainee describes the essential legal aspects and responsibilities in the use of ECDIS (Refs: R1;
R3; R5B11; R6B12; R7; T1 ch.5; T3 ch.13.4)
39.1.36.1. Re-examine Review COLREGS – implicit

• There is no specific mention of ECDIS (or position fixing or AIS) in the COLREGS, yet.
• However, ECDIS use is implied in the phrase “all available means” (Lookout (5), Risk of
Collision (7)) occurring in Conduct of Vessels in Any Condition of Visibility - Rules 4-10
39.2.36.2. Re-examine Review SOLAS, as amended – explicit

• Operating ECS and ECDIS without complete or updated chart data has been considered a
contributing factor in several recent casualties. SOLAS V/2, V/19 & V/27 regulations address:
• The carriage of charts
• The equivalency of ENC format vector charts and paper charts
• The non-equivalency of any other format
• SOLAS V/19 was amended in 6/09June 2009 to require mandate ECDIS carriage
requirement on ships (see MSC.282(86))
39.3.36.3. Re-examine Review IMO approval of equipment and installations

• Equipment and installations are specified in IEC 61174 ed. 3.0, ECDIS operational and
performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results [for purchase];
• Other references to installations include:
• IMO's revised ECDIS Performance Standards, MSC.232(82);
• See also SN.1/Circ.266/Rev.1 (12/ 2010) on ECDIS software maintenance;
• See also SN.1/Circ.265 (10/2007) on bridge design
39.4.36.4. Re-examine Review IMO carriage requirements

• SOLAS ch. V Reg. 19.2.10 and 19.2.11 as amended by resolution Annex 1 of MSC 86/26),
adopted 6/2009June 2009, (also MSC.282(86)) makes the carriage of ECDIS mandatory in a
phase-in schedule from 7/2012July 2012 through 7/2018July 2018. See also details from the
recent International ECDIS Conference, (Singapore, 10/09).
• For the run-up to this development, the following are explanatory. The NAV subcommittee
53rd session (7/07) extensively debated the pros and cons of an ECDIS carriage requirement;
see also DNV article advocating carriage (5/07) and DNV Technical Report No. 2008-0048
39.5.36.5. Re-examine Review national ECDIS carriage regulations (where applicable)

• For US regulations for charts carriage, and permissibility of ECDIS on SOLAS vessels (on
international voyages) see 33CFR164.33(a)(1) & 67 FR 53383, 8/15/02 [USCG-2002-13057], as
extended 69 FR 42192, 7/14/04 Ships calling ports may need to abide by national regulations
governing ECDIS.
39.6.36.6. Re-examine Review STCW Code, as amended

• International ECDIS training requirements are now included in STCW 2010 Part A (Code)
through the Manila Amendments of 6/2010 2010, effective 1/2012 01st January 2012 with a 5-
year grace transition period.
• The basic STCW competence requires maintaining the safety of navigation using ECDIS,
with differences in application between junior and senior deck officersfor operational and
management level deck officers:
• Table A-II/1, Navigation at the operational level, ≥500 GT
• Table A-II/2, Navigation at the management level, ≥500 GT
• Table A-II/3, Navigation at the operational level, <500 GT
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39.7. Re-examine flag state (maritime) implementation

• In the U.S., NVIC 02-03 Carriage of Navigation Equipment by Ships on International
Voyages outlines the interim acceptance for meeting SOLAS carriage requirements regarding
the use of ECDIS for primary means of navigation on board foreign vessels in U.S. waters.
• NVIC 02-03 is considered temporary guidance until U.S. navigation regulations are
formally amended to also include U.S registered vessels. (See also IEC doc on ECDIS, Section
2.12.)
39.8.36.7. Re-examine Review IMO training Guidance (and providing review of course)
• A detailed outline for training and assessment in the operational use of ECDIS is now
included in the STCW 2010 Manila Amendments, Part B: Guidance, but is not to be regarded as
required or enforceable;
• See also SN.1/Circ.207/Rev.1 “Differences between RCDS and ECDIS”;
• This Revised Model Course 1.27 (2010 edition), will provide national authorities with a
detailed training course for guidance in assessment and certification in the primary STCW
competence regarding ECDIS: Maintain the safety of navigation through the use of ECDIS
39.9.36.8. Re-examine Review ISM and IMO requirements of ship owners & operators
• Under the terms of the ISM Code (International Ship Management Code), the ship owner
or operator has a responsibility to ensure that personnel are given proper familiarization with
their duties.
• If a ship is equipped with a compliant an approved ECDIS, as the primary means of
navigation at sea, the ship owner has to provide ECDIS training to ensure that ECDIS users are
both properly trained and familiar with the shipboard equipment before it is used. Future impacts
on insurance and liability are possible. (See also IEC doc on ECDIS, Section 3.3) (Ref:
Paragraphs 6.2,6.3,6.5 of ISM Code)
• Under the terms of the STCW Convention, Regulation I/14:
Responsibilities of companies
1 Each Administration shall, in accordance with the provisions of section A-I/14, hold
companies responsible for the assignment of seafarers for service on their ships in
accordance with the provisions of the present Convention, and shall require every such
company to ensure that:
…..seafarers, on being assigned to any of its ships, are familiarized with their specific
duties and with all ship arrangements, installations, equipment, procedures and ship
characteristics that are relevant to their routine or emergency duties;
•
40.37. Effective navigation with ECDIS (1.0 hr)

The trainee describes how ECDIS is used effectively in navigation (Refs: T1 ch.10.2; T3 ch.7.3 & 8.1 &
11.2 & 16)
40.1.37.1. Describe bridge functions incorporating ECDIS

• ECDIS can be used in support of many important bridge functions, but such support
requires its own skill and knowledge facility, and constitutes an additional bridge function:
• Visual monitoring – effective lookout, verify visual contact
• Planning – charts, updates, routes, weather forecasts, weather routing
• Piloting – course changes, dead reckoning, vessel position, radar overlay, position
history, alarm history
• Maneuvers – conditions (wind, tide, current, ice, climate data), vessel characteristics,
docking, anchoring, lightering, canal transit
• Traffic – collision threat analysis, target data (ARPA, AIS, overlay tracking), verify
ARPA target presentation, trial maneuver, COLREGS application, track history
• At anchor – monitor position, monitor other traffic, tidal current trends
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40.2.37.2. Re-examine Review sample bridge operating procedures addressing ECDIS

• Simplified bridge operating procedures addressing ECDIS should include (but should not
be limited to) the following:
• Maintain visual lookout supplemented by ARPA & ECDIS
• Validate correct functioning of electronic instruments at regular intervals
• Manage chart database and updates
• Maintain voyage plans & files (consistent with approved and filed copies)
40.3.37.3. Define safe and practical navigation with ECDIS

• Safe and practical navigation with ECDIS should include (but should not be limited to) the
following:
• Use of ECDIS unit itself:
• Make setup choices for specific conditions
• Recognize that bridge team members may be viewing the ECDIS for widely
differing purposes, therefore setups should be accommodating
• Perform visual scanning techniques applied to ECDIS pages/screens
• Use of instruments integrated with the ECDIS (centralization of information):
• Cross check (trust but verify) displayed information by all other available means
• Verify settings and functions of sensors connected to ECDIS
• Acknowledgement of the “Problem of Partial Use” (unfamiliarity with the unit and/or
procedures may lead to distracting problem solving attempts at inopportune times, or to a
disuse of the unit altogether, neither of which improves the safety of navigation). Therefore,
navigators should:
• Know what can and cannot be accomplished before the need arises
• Know that limited or restricted use results in unverified and unintended settings
• Perform on ECDIS anything done on a paper chart
• Perform on ECDIS things that cannot be otherwise done as effectively or
efficiently
• Performance of ECDIS could be affected in following cases:
• ECDIS in operation comprises hardware, software and data. It is important for the
safety of navigation that the application software within the ECDIS works fully in
accordance with the Performance Standards and is capable of displaying all the
relevant digital information contained within the Electronic Navigational Chart
(ENC)
• ECDIS that is not updated for the latest version of IHO Standards may not meet
the chart carriage requirements as set out in SOLAS regulation V/ 19.2.1.4
• Any ECDIS which is not upgraded to be compatible with the latest version of the
Product specification or the S-52 Presentation Library may be unable to correctly
display the latest charted features. Additionally, the appropriate alarms and
indications may not be activated even though the features have been included in
the ENC. Similarly any ECDIS which is not updated to be fully compliant with the
latest version of the S-63 Data Protection Standard may fail to decrypt or to
properly authenticate some ENCs, leading to failure to load or install.
•
40.4.37.4. Examine evolving concepts of e-navigation with regards to ECDIS

• With regards to ECDIS, the evolving concepts of e-navigation appear to be leading toward
a thorough and uniform level of competence, reliability and usage of ECDIS in all aspects of
navigation. The e-navigation strategy implementation also depends upon ENC availability,
coverage, consistency and quality (NAV 56/8/7).
• Comprehensive practice with ECDIS is essential for achieving one of the stated purposes
of e-navigation, namely, to prevent the overburdening and distraction of the seafarer.
• “The vision behind the e-navigation strategy … is to integrate existing and new
navigational tools, in particular electronic tools, in an all-embracing transparent, user-friendly,
cost-effective and compatible system that will contribute to enhanced navigational safety … while
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simultaneously reducing the burden on the navigator.” NAV 56 summary (7/2010)

Anomalies in the use of ECDIS
• Trainees should be fully aware of the nature, risk and methods taken to resolve ECDIS
anomalies. In particular it should be understood that as a software driven system ECDIS
will remain susceptible to future anomalies and that advice and guidance regarding this
matter will from time to time be made available to ships.
•
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EV – 1 Written evaluation (1.0 hr)

The trainee shows knowledge and comprehension in the learning areas of ECDIS that could not be
otherwise demonstrated by workstation tasks or in simulation exercises
• Correctly answer questions:

• Each written evaluation will consist of at least 25 questions (see ECDIS Theory Test -
Sample in Part E, below)
• The selection of questions cover all segments of the course requiring assessment in
leaning dimensions of knowledge and comprehension,
• Each evaluation will reflect a similar distribution of questions drawn from the learning
objectives listed above.
• Administer written evaluation according to defined procedures
• Score performance according to standards and measures as defined
• While grading exam, trainees should be offered a course critique to complete
• Passing score should be set at 70%
Ev. – 2 Simulation evaluation – coastal & confined restricted waters (2.5 0

hrs)
The trainee successfully completes a simulated transit (See example of Trainee’s Evaluation on
Simulator, Appendix 5)
The trainee operates specific functions for route monitoring in coastal and confined waters, and obtains
all relevant information for safe navigation
• Demonstrate the following task groups on ECDIS while navigating safely in coastal &
confined setting with potentially threatening targets in specified waters:
alterations to avoid collision
• Modify route as instructed, checking for safety and adjusting schedule,
• Assess tide and current, adjust ETA for timed arrival at waypoint as instructed,
• Comply with bridge procedures established by trainee and/or instructor
• Define unsafe navigation as that involving a clear violation of minimum under keel
clearance or CPA, where such a violation will require a retake of the underway evaluation
• Conduct grading on ECDIS underway score sheet for (see Part E – Evaluation and
Assessment)
• Remotely monitoring of trainees’ ECDIS use for grading of all tasks listed on the score
sheet
• Brief trainees
• Passing score should be set at 70%
• Debrief each trainee who experiences a violation of safe navigation to ensure
understanding prior to attempting a second evaluation
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• Consider the following options in designing scenarios for Underway Evaluation (for
descriptions of optimal simulator arrangements, see Part A - course Framework; also App.4 and
App. 5 in Appendices for the Instructor):
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Option for Underway Evaluation
Piloting in semi-confined waters for 6 ownships
Task groups:
• Create route (from prior lesson) and apply route; modify route underway
• Comply with VTS and TSS rules
Outcomes:
• 1-person watch
• Visual lookout
• Maneuvering
• ECDIS Competency Assessment
(use of all ECDIS functions is observed
and scored)
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Part E –Evaluation and Assessment
 Introduction
Consistent with the inclusion of detailed training objectives for ECDIS into the 2010 Manila Amendments
to STCW, the evaluation plan that follows addresses instrument-related competencies along with
proficiencies on integration of ECDIS with navigational practices. It is consistent with the intent of STCW
that demonstration of skills and practical understanding is determined by direct observation, while
knowledge and theoretical understand is determined through written examination in a variety of question
styles.
 Proficiency checklists and score sheet
Where proficiencies are specified for a specific make and model of ECDIS, the instructional designer
adapting the Model Course should apply the task or concept to the specific ECDIS available in training.
This will be particularly appropriate for the Proficiency Checklist that follows in this Part. The specific tasks
of that document should, in fact, be used as a method to validate the transference and transferability of
skills between one specific ECDIS unit and another. It is well suited to the classroom or open lab training
environment. The Simulation Checklist, on the other hand, provides a less specific method, but no less
focused, more suitable for evaluating and scoring underway skill sets during solo navigation exercises.
For a more specific approach to scoring ECDIS proficiencies, a sample score sheet and associated tally
sheet are provided. These rely on the grouping of tasks introduced through the Simulation Checklist.
This Part contains the following evaluation and assessment tools:

 Proficiency Checklist for type approved ECDIS
 Simulation Evaluation Proficiency Checklist
 Sample ECDIS underway score sheet
 Sample ECDIS evaluation tally
 ECDIS Mid-course Exam - Open reference
 ECDIS Theory Test - Sample
Introduction
The effectiveness of any evaluation depends on the accuracy of the description of what is to be
measured.
The learning objectives that are used in the detailed teaching syllabus, Column 3 - Methods for
demonstrating competence - and Column 4 - Criteria for evaluating competence - in Tables A-II/1, A-II/2
and A-II/3 of the STCW Code, set out the methods and criteria for evaluation.
Instructors should refer to these when designing the assessment.
It is consistent with the intent of STCW that demonstration of skills and practical understanding is
determined by direct observation, while knowledge and theoretical understand is determined through
written examination in a variety of question styles.
STCW 2010 Code

The training and assessment of seafarers required under the Convention are administered, supervised
and monitored in accordance with the provisions of Regulation I/6 of the STCW Convention.
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Assessment is also covered in detail in IMO Model Courses [3.12 & 6.09A].
Assessment Planning
Assessment planning should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timebound
(SMART).
Some methods of assessment that could be used depending upon the
course/qualification are as follows and all should be adapted to suit individual needs:
• observation (In oral examination, simulation exercises, practical demonstration);
• questions (written or oral);
• tests;
• simulation (also refer to section A-I/12 of the STCW code 2010);
Validity
The evaluation methods must be based on clearly defined objectives, and must truly
represent what is meant to be assessed; e.g. against only the relevant criteria and the
syllabus or course guide. There must be a reasonable balance between the subject
topics involved and also, in the testing of trainees’ KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING
AND PROFICIENCY of the concepts.
Reliability
Assessment should also be reliable (if the assessment was done again with a similar
group/learner, would similar results be achieved). Different group of learners may have
the same subject at different times. If other assessors are also assessing the same
course/qualification, there is need to ensure all are making the same decisions.
To be reliable an evaluation procedure should produce reasonably consistent results,
no matter which set of papers or version of the test is used.
If instructors are assessing their own trainees, they need to know what they are to
assess and then decide how to do this. The “what” will come from the
standards/learning outcomes of the course/qualification they are delivering and the “how”
may already be decided for them if it is in assignments, tests or examinations.
The instructors need to consider the best way to assess the skills, knowledge and
attitudes of their learners, whether this will be formative and/or summative and the
validity and reliability of the assessment.
All work assessed should be valid, authentic, current, sufficient and reliable; this is often
know as VACSR – “valid assessments create standard results”:
• valid – the work is relevant to the standards/criteria being assessed;
• authentic – the work has been produced solely by the learner;
• current – the work is still relevant at the time of assessment;
• sufficient – the work covers all the standards/criteria;
• reliable – the work is consistent across all learners, over time and at the required
level.
It is important to note that no single method can satisfactorily measure knowledge and
skill over the entire spectrum of matters to be tested for the assessment of competence.
Care should therefore be taken to select the method most appropriate to the particular
aspect of competence to be tested, bearing in mind the need to frame questions which
relate as realistically as possible to the requirements of the officer's tasks at sea.
Compiling assessments
Whilst each examining authority establishes its own rules, the length of time which can
be devoted to assessing the competence of candidates for certificates of competency is
limited by practical, economic and social restraints. Therefore a prime objective of those
responsible for the organization and administration of the assessment system is to find
the most efficient, effective and economical method of assessing the competency of
candidates. An examination system should effectively test the breadth of a candidate's
KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND PROFICIENCY of the subject areas pertinent to the tasks he is
expected to undertake. It is not possible to examine candidates fully in all areas, so in effect the
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assessment samples a candidate's KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND PROFICIENCY by covering

as wide a scope as is possible within the time constraints and testing his depth of KNOWLEDGE,
UNDERSTANDING AND PROFICIENCY in selected areas.
The assessment as a whole should assess each candidates comprehension of
principles, concepts and methodology; ability to apply principles, concepts and
methodology; ability to organize facts, ideas and arguments and abilities and skills in
carrying out the tasks to perform in the duties he or she is to be certificated to
undertake.
All evaluation and testing techniques have their advantages and disadvantages. An
examining authority should carefully analyse precisely what it should be testing and can
test. A careful selection of test and evaluation methods should then be made to ensure
that the best of the variety of techniques available today is used. Each assessment shall be that
best suited to the learning outcome or ability to be assessed.
Quality of test items

No matter which type of test is used, it is essential that all questions or test items used
should be as brief as possible, since the time taken to read the questions themselves
lengthens the examination. Questions must also be clear and complete. To ensure this,
it is necessary that they be reviewed by a person other than the originator. No
extraneous information should be incorporated into questions
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 Proficiency Checklist for type approved ECDIS
These tasks are most effectively mastered by:
• Following a developmental sequence, and
• Practicing them in navigational contexts (in other words, when underway).
• References: Type approved ECDIS User Manual
• Other ECDIS docs: Technical; Operating Principles; Software Description
User
Basic Tasks
Manual
Identify all Control panels, Task panels, Operational panel buttons, Multi-
1
panel
Enable / disable auto-hide (Show) of Control panel; move Control panel

2
windows
3 Set screen color palette – Day / night / etc.;
Open all Tasks – leave open and become familiar with Tabs for each Task
4
panel
5 Set orientation of Main display – N / H / C
6 Set mode of Main display – TM / RM
7 Select Dual display – alignment / mode / orientation / scale choice
Drop and return ownship symbol – View, then Ahead, F8, icon, Position
8
Dropped
9 Reposition ownship in Relative Motion
Use ERBL – offset; info window; from ownship for CPA & TCPA; VRM
10
options
11 Select vector length – fixed / variable
12 Select chart by position & when position is dropped – active list / table
13 Find / load chart anywhere – View (Review) & Enter repeatedly
14 Select Chart Autoload options – on / fix / off
15 Set Chart Autoscale – on / off; manual scaling in Chart Area window
Select correct scale to show chart layers – Zoom, use + & -, scale, “zoom
16
box”
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17 Select chart display categories – Shift-F7 / Shift-F8 [hot keys]
18 Obtain chart object information – vector chart, user chart (Add Info)
19 Set Antigrounding – Safety Contour / Depth
20 Set Area approach – category selection, time before approach
21 Set Navigational danger approach – distance
Overall Presentation of Display
22 Select position & time from best available source
23 Cancel / verify / modify position offset
24 Select chart & scale appropriate to location
25 Create uncluttered display, depending upon context and conditions
26 Choose Main or Dual display in best mode & orientation to view ownship
Load a pre-checked and approved Route for monitoring; load existing

27
schedule
Select Safety Parameters appropriate to location, route monitored and

28
traffic
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User
Intermediate Tasks
Manual
29 Create route plan – rough draft, save, WP editor, scaling with + & -
30 Edit route plan – Focus on Route, fine tune, data entry, link, delete
31 Adjust distance calculations in route planning
32 Perform safety check in route planning – Function Panel / Check Editor
Create & modify Route Schedule ETD, ETA, speeds – Function Panel /
33
Schedule
34 Select Route Data in Multi-panel
35 Use waypoint selection – auto / manual
36 Set / select Route Monitoring alarms – Monitoring / Navigational Alarms
37 Select Route Monitoring features to show – Monitoring / Route Monitoring
Select Navigation Alarm features to show – Monitoring / Navigational

38
Alarms
39 Observe alarm condition (Alarm panel) – active /general / area
40 Set Time Zone for ship’s time
41 Select time icon to display – UTC / ship’s time
Observe & assess target information – display buttons, Target Table,

42
tracks, View
43 Sort targets in table – name, alias, CPA, TCPA
44 Select AIS target identifier; set AIS voyage data; manage AIS messages
45 Search for targets listed in table
46 Set & select target alarm – CPA & TCPA
47 Assess dangerous target(s) – graphically
48 Set anchor watch guard ring & alarm
49 Select tidal information (Task / Tides) – Diagram, table, find place
50 Observe tide & current information – Multi-panel Environment Data

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View Logbook – Select date & event groups (filter); go to logbook entry on
51
chart
52 Make manual entry in the Ship Log – Event button, enter remarks
53 Unload & load existing Add Info charts – Info panel A & B, Task panel
54 Select Add Info features to show / hide
55 Create Add Info with attributes – name & save, view hidden / danger
56 Edit existing Add Info chart – resave, delete, restore, merge, object search
57 Select Manual Correction features to show / hide
58 Manual Correction – show all / hide all / go to / shift / delete objects
Create Manual Corrections with attributes – view / hidden / timing /

59
attached file
60 Activate Man Overboard function – interpret course-to-steer to return
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User
Navigator Tasks
Manual
61 Install / delete chart data – Chart manager
62 Install chart updates – proprietary chart format (TX-97, for example)
63 Install chart updates – ENC chart format (S-57)
64 Create & modify User Graphic configuration
65 Select chart data formats for initialization – Advanced Databases
66 Modify sensor attachments – ports, rate
67 Modify ownship setup
68 Select System Time by GPS
69 Select Entry timing for automatic log entry – configure watch cycle
70 Copy files using Data tool – between hard drive and external media
71 Convert (.txt) & View Logbook files using Data Tool; Print log selection
72 Import ECDIS Add Info files using Data Tool - .cra copied as .ai
73 Import ECDIS Route files using Data Tool – .rte copied as .rt3
74 Convert (.cvt) & View Route to Text files using Data Tool; Print route plan
75 Create SAR date – load as Route to monitor
76 − Copy route plan to external media from route planning
77 View and copy route plan as Excel table from route planning
78 Delete route plan(s) – Route panel, Windows Explorer, Data Tool
79 View track history graphically from Route Monitoring
80 Playback – select date, start position. Cursor data entry
81 Set up network configuration – Master & Slave (Slave in Backup mode)
82 Equalize route files from Master to Slave station
83 Equalize Add Info files from Master to Slave station
84 Equalize manual updates from Master to Slave station

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85 Connect AIS Pilot Plug – configure for positional information
86 Set DR for AIS targets
87 Set & delete training targets
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 Simulation Evaluation Proficiency Checklist
Trainee: A. B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5 F. G. H. 8 I. 9 J. 0 K. L. 2
Bridge :
Simulation Evaluation
Task (see following pages for details)
Use all nav systems interfaced with
1.
ECDIS
2. Verify settings of interfaced sensors
Check that settings conform to
3.
procedures
Monitor info on ECDIS for safe
4.
navigation
5. Verify position by alternate means
6. Adjust settings to suit conditions

Use ECDIS-managed track control
7.
autopilot
Maneuver using accepted navigation
8.
practice
Manage contacts by AIS & radar
9.
interface*
10. Assess environmental factors*
Score each task 3, 2, or 1 according to Evaluation Methods listed below. Max score = 30 pts. Minimum passing score = 21 pts (70%).
Trainee name/ID & score

A G
B H
C I
D J
E K
F L
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NOTES: Methods for evaluating competence: Assessment of evidence obtained from approved ECDIS simulator training in underway scenarios utilizing ship control,
visual scene and sensors providing integrated input to ECDIS including radar, target tracking, positioning, and AIS. (See also STCW B-I/12, Guidance regarding the
use of simulators, and B-II/1 and BII/2, Guidance regarding the certification of officers.) Criteria for evaluating competence: Information obtained from ECDIS is
correctly interpreted and analyzed taking into account the limitations of the equipment and prevailing circumstances and conditions.
Use all navigation systems interfaced with ECDIS [Uses most/all = 3; uses some = 2; uses none = 1]
.1 Determine what ECDIS functions are integrated with other navigation systems in the particular installation
Examples: Position from AIS-DGPS; time from GPS; radar overlay (RIB); radar tracked targets; autopilot track control; compasses;
Verify settings of interfaced sensors [Verifies most/all = 3; verifies some = 2; verifies none = 1]
.2 Routinely inspect sensors interfaced to ECDIS for correct settings and functioning
Examples: GPS allowable fix quality; depth mode for echo sounder (DBK, DBS); ECDIS route display enabled on radar;
Check that settings conform to procedures [Checks most/all = 3; checks some = 2; checks none = 1]
.3 Check the following settings on ECDIS in an efficient manner and ensure they conform to established procedures:
a. Alarm parameters for areas, anti-grounding, contacts, time functions
b. Completeness of chart data, chart licensing status, and chart update status
c. Navigation system backup arrangements
Monitor ECDIS information for safe navigation [Monitors most/all = 3; monitors some = 2; monitors none = 1]
.4 Monitor the following information on ECDIS in a manner that contributes to safe navigation:
a. Sea area
b. Position
c. Navigation information
d. Route monitoring
e. Chart information
f. Contact information
g. Status of alarms and indicators
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Verify position by alternate means [Confirms by two alternates = 3; confirms by one alternate = 2; confirms by no alternates = 1]
.5 Confirm the accuracy of vessel position on ECDIS by alternate means
Examples: Radar overlay; radar cursor (or VRM/EBL); secondary position source (PS2) by alternate GPS, Loran, etc.); visual LOPs;
Adjust settings to suit conditions [Adjusts most/all = 3; adjusts some = 2; adjusts none = 1]
.6 Adjust the following settings and values on ECDIS to suit the present conditions:
a. Sea area display, mode and orientation
b. Chart display categories
c. Chart selection, scale, and automatic functions
d. Route plan and/or route schedule
e. User-created information layers
f. AIS interface functions
g. Radar overlay
Use ECDIS-managed track control autopilot [Effective use of track control = 3; some use of track control = 2; no use of track control = 1]
.7 Adjustments made to ECDIS-controlled track keeping functions to maintain safety of navigation
Examples: Adjust autopilot parameters; re-align route plan intended for track control & perform safety check prior to Monitoring; verify track control;
Maneuver using accepted navigation practice [Effective maneuvers = 3; some inefficiencies in maneuvers = 2; unsafe maneuvers = 1]
.8 Decisions to amend course and/or speed are both timely and in accordance with accepted navigation practice
Examples: Use ECDIS trial maneuver for maneuver planning; use CPA/TCPA alarms on ECDIS; apply COLREGS; observe transit restrictions for given port;
Manage contacts by AIS & radar interface* Effective contact management = 3; some inefficiencies in contact management = 2; unsafe/no contact
management = 1]
.9 Identify contacts repeated on ECDIS from AIS and/or radar, and communicate with contacts by text messaging through ECDIS-AIS interface
(* Interfacing is recommended but not required.)
Assess environmental factors* Effective use of available functionality = 3; some sue of available functionality = 2; no use of available
functionality = 1]
.10 In addition to onboard environmental sensors interfaced with ECDIS, access port-supported binary messaging, and real-time tidal gauge data
(*Functionality is optional through ECDIS licensing and by regional availability.)
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 Sample ECDIS underway score sheet

Task groups – The task groups shown below provide organization and flexibility to scoring underway
proficiencies in ECDIS. These are meant to isolate significant skill sets directly related to effective ECDIS
navigation. The groups that focus on ECDIS account for using critical interfaces on ECDIS (1), procedural
setups (3), relevant info (4), all position options (5), and making adjustments (6). The other groups
account for externals critical to effective ECDIS navigation.
No. Task Group Focus
1 Use all navigation systems interfaced with ECDIS On ECDIS
2 Verify settings of interfaced sensors Other sensors
3 Check that setting conform to procedures (briefing) On ECDIS
4 Monitor information on ECDIS for safe navigation On ECDIS
5 Verify position by alternate means On ECDIS
Adjust settings to suit conditions and adapt to changing

6 On ECDIS
conditions
7 Use ECDIS-managed track control autopilot On autopilot
Maneuver according to accepted navigational practice and Conning & situational

8
with regard to COLREGS awareness
Situational awareness
9 Responses to role play with regards to ECDIS use
with VTS on ECDIS
10 Manage AIS and assess environmental conditions On ECDIS (optional)
The last group (On ECDIS: manage AIS and assess environmental conditions) is considered optional for
two reasons: First, AIS messaging and environmental factors such as tidal current cycles may not suit all
evaluation exercise scenarios, and second, not all Integrated Multiple Ownship Simulators can be
expected to include this functionality, although they should since these are commonly a vital and integral
aspect of navigation in confined and semi-confined waters.
Sample score sheet – The sample score sheet shown below is meant for each trainee in the underway
evaluation. Instructions are to: Score 3 (all), 2 (some), or 1 (not enough), or leave blank if n/a. Scoring 0
on [*] (in Task group 8) represents a Critical Fault. In that instance, the trainee should retake the
evaluation because it is always plausible that better use of ECDIS would have mitigated the dangers
related to close quarters and proximity to shoal water. An important consideration used in this scoring
scheme is to avoid a penalty for un-scored tasks, unless the entire Task Group is un-scored.
The scoring could be kept simple with the use of integers, or decimal values could be used for finer
differentiation. Consistency in either case is essential. The values recorded in the underway score sheet
are applied in the evaluation tally with weighted averages for each Task Group.
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ECDIS Underway Score Sheet

1.10000 = Average of weights
Scoring: Leave blank if n/a; Enter: 3 (all), 2 (some), 1 (not enough);
Entering 0 on [*] (in Task group 8) triggers Critical Fault (retake evaluation)
Task groups: score comment
Use all navigation systems interfaced with ECDIS – on ECDIS
1 Tag targets 1
1.5 Acquire radar targets 2
DGPS on PS1 3
Verify settings of interfaced sensor – other sensors
2 GPS HDOP recorded 4
1.0 Sounder set to DBK 5
Speed log set to BT 6
PS2 unit on & initialized 7
Radar displaying route 8
AP settings adjusted for Track Control 9
Check that setting conform to procedures (briefing) on ECDIS
3 Anti-grounding parameters set 10
1.5 Vector length set 11
Route monitored 12
Route waypoints named & displayed 13
Route XTE zones set for passage 14
Ship Time Zone set 15
Paper chart backup: route, DR, notes 16
Monitor information on ECDIS for safe navigation – on ECDIS
4 EC look ahead - occasional 17
1.5 EC scale adjusted - occasional 18
EC chart choice 19
Route Data panel displayed 20
Query tracked targets, chart objects 21
Acknowledge alarms 22
Verify position by alternate mean – on ECDIS
5 Cursor from radar on EC 23
1.0 PS2 input into EC (if on) 24
Radar overlay - occasional 25
Paper chart: plot visual & radar fixes 26
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Adjust settings to suit conditions and adapt to changing conditions – on ECDIS

6 Set day/night palette 27
1.5 Custom layers set for low clutter 28
Dual panel - full screen + MultiPanel 29
Route plan schedule set for ETAs 30
ETA + speed made good on
MultiPanel displayed 31
CU/HU/NU mode, RM/TM 32
Revise route as needed 33
Add Info layers used & revised 34
Radar overlay adjusted 35
Use ECDIS-managed track control autopilot – on autopilot
7 Track Control - occasional 36
0.5 TC turns follow safe radius on EC 37
Maneuver according to accepted navigational practice and with regard to COLREGS – conn & situational awareness
8 VHF contact made 38
1.0 Proactive passing arranged 39
[*] Safe CPA at all times 40
Safe turns executed 41
Safe speed at all times 42
[*] Safe DBK at all times 43
Nav lights on 44
Fog signals on 45
Rough Log completeness 46
Responses to role play with regards to ECDIS use – situational awareness with VTS on ECDIS
9 Provide ETA on request 47
1.0 Provide revised plan on request 48
Provide environmental info on request 49
Call in to VTS on request 50
Manage AIS and assess environmental conditions – on ECDIS (optional)
10 AIS messaging managed from EC 51
0.5 RIB targets tracked on EC 52
Display tide & current info on EC 53
Query tide & port info on EC 54
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 Sample ECDIS evaluation tally

Evaluation tally – For each trainee, a score is delivered to each Task Group on the evaluation tally
directly from the underway score sheet:
[1] Task Group = Avg of tasks*Weight
As noted above, blank entries for specific tasks in the underway score sheet are disregarded in this initial
averaging per Task Group. The intent is to provide a flexible scoring system in the event that certain
devices are not included in the integrated simulation. On the other hand, simply entering a zero value in
place of a blank will cause that entry to be included in the average, significantly penalizing omitted
behaviors, and rendering the scoring system far more rigorous. Such a choice should be left to the
training course developer, and should not be directly dictated by a scoring system. The formulation here
yields to the scorer (0 or blank).
Each trainee’s total score is represented by the average of non-zero values:
[2] Avg = Σ Task Group scores / Σ Weights [excluding #10 if blank]
The achievement of each trainee by percentile is determined by utilizing 3 as the maximum possible
score for any given task in the score sheet:
[3] Score % = Avg [non-zero] / 3
There is considerable value in tracking the average scores by Task Groups over a succession of
underway evaluation exercises, in particular to aid in assessing and validating the outcomes of the ECDIS
navigation training overall. For example, certain Task Groups may show under-performance over several
iterations, indicating the need for revised emphasis of certain tasks in the underway context. Likewise, the
overall score for the evaluation exercise can be determined and tracked.
For each Task Group across all trainees:
[4] Max score = Task Group Weight / 3
For the non-zero values of each Task Group:
[5] Task Group Avg = Avg [formula 2]
For the tally of each Task Group by percentile:
[6] Task Group % = Task Group Avg / [formula 4]
For the overall evaluation score:
[7] Score = [formula 5] / Σ Weights [excluding #10 if blank]
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ECDIS evaluation tally
Trainee:
Session:
A B C D E F
Bridge:
Date:
Simulation Evaluation
Task (see underway score sheet for details) Avg.
[4]
1 Use all nav systems
interfaced with ECDIS [1]
2 Verify settings of [5]
interfaced sensors
3 Check that settings
conform to procedures [6]
4 Monitor info on ECDIS
for safe navigation
5 Verify position by
alternate means
6 Adjust settings to suit
conditions
7 Use ECDIS-managed
track control autopilot
Maneuver using
8 accepted navigation
practice
9 Manage contacts by
AIS & radar interface* [2]
[7]
10 Assess environmental
factors* [3]
Average (non-zero):
Score (%):
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 ECDIS Mid-course Exam - Open reference
Multiple choice: Select the best answer and cite Revised P.S. (MSC.232(82))
1. The primary function of ECDIS is to:

a. Eliminate the need to use paper charts.
b. Reduce the number of persons on the bridge.
c. Contribute to safe navigation
d. Computerize shipboard navigation
C – PS 1.1
2. An important benefit of ECDIS is:

a. Simple and reliable updating of the ENC
b. Reducing navigational workload
c. Providing appropriate alarms or indications
d. All of the above.
D – a) PS 1.4, b) PS 1.5, c) PS 1.8
3. Which of the following is mandatory equipment that must be connected to ECDIS?

a. Radar/ARPA
b. Positional navigation sensors (e.g., GPS)
c. Track control (autopilot)
d. AIS
B – PS 2.1, 10.5.7, 12.2
4. Aside from the requirements for the Display Base and Standard Display, who selects the
display categories of the “All other information” display level?
a. The hydrographic office issuing the ENC data
b. The ECDIS manufacturer
c. The mariner
d. All of the above
C – PS 2.1, Appx. 2 Item 2.3
5. Which of the following is “equivalent to an up-to-date paper chart.”?

a. The ENC
b. The SENC
c. The ECDIS display
d. Official updates in digital format
D – PS 2.3
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Short-answer: Write a brief explanation (2-lines) and cite the relevant P.S. paragraph
6. What is the difference between an ENC and the SENC?
ENC – database issued by hydrographic office that contains all chart info needed for safe
navigation; may contain supplemental info [PS 2.2]
SENC – database transformed by ECDIS; equivalent to up-to-date paper chart; may contain
info from other sources [PS 2.3]
7. What is the difference between Standard Display and a Display Base?
Standard Display – level of SENC info shown when ECDIS first turned on; used for route
planning; can be modified by mariner depending on needs [PS 2.4]
Display Base – level in info that cannot be removed from display; required at all times; not
intended for safe navigation [PS 2.5]
8. What is meant by the –term “single operator action”?
Note: Mentioned in IMO PS but not adequately defined!
Examples: Standard Display [PS 3.3], Remove radar info [PS 6.2]
Also: “shown on demand” [PS 9.5], “displayed on demand” [PS Appx.2 Item 3]
“manually on demand” (or Event) [PS 10.5.12.1]
9. In regard to the scale of the display, what are two important indications that an ECDIS
must show?
1. Info that is displayed at larger scale than ENC [PS 5.1]

2. Ship’s own position covered by ENC at larger scale [PS 5.2]
10. What is the difference between an Indication and an Alarm?
Alarm – announced by audible and/or audible & visual means; a condition that requires
attention
[PS Appx. 5]
Indicator – a visual indication about condition of system or equipment

[PS Appx. 5]
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11. In the Route Planning Mode, what are the four primary ways to adjust a planned route?
1. Adding waypoints
2. Deleting waypoints
3. Changing the position of waypoints
4. Alphanumerically & graphically [all PS 10.4.2]
12. During Route Monitoring, what are the two primary things that should always appear on the
ECDIS display?
1. Selected route
2. Own ship’s position [both PS 10.5.1]
13. In terms of voyage recording, what are two major types of data that must be recorded at
one-minute intervals during the previous 12 hours?
1. Record of own ship’s track; time, position, heading, speed [PS 10.6.1.1]
2. Record of official data used (e.g., ENC) [PS 10.6.1.2]
14. What are the two primary reasons for backup arrangements in case of ECDIS failure?
1. Safe take-over of ECDIS functions; avoid critical condition [PS 14.1]

2. Safe navigation for remaining part of voyage [PS 14.2]
15. What is meant by “ship’s safety contour”?
Selected from depth contours provided; more emphasis shown (bold) than other contours
[PS 3.8]
Indication provided during route planning [PS 10.4.4]
Alarm given if approaching within a specified time period [PS 10.5.3]
Default safety contour: 30m or next deeper [PS 3.8.1]
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Multiple choice: (Questions 16-35 are typical of those presented on certificate examinations.)
16. If the electronic chart is part of an ECDIS, it must display the minimum data required by
IMO/IHO, to include all of the following EXCEPT __________.
a. Hydrography
b. aids to navigation
c. tidal currents
d. regulatory boundaries
17. Which of the following must the electronic chart of an ECDIS display, as required by
IMO/IHO?
a. Hydrography
b. Ferry routes
c. Regulatory boundaries
d. All of the above
18. ECDIS units incorporate Digital Chart Data Formats, which include __________.
a. vector only
b. raster only
c. vector and raster
d. imposed viewing
19. Which of the following are data layer categories to be displayed on ECDIS?
a. ECDIS warnings and messages
b. Hydrographic Office data
c. Notice to Mariners information
d. All of the above
20. Which of the following data layer categories is NOT displayed on ECDIS?
a. Notice to Mariners information
b. ECDIS warnings and messages
c. Ship hydrodynamic information
d. Hydrographic Office data
21. The database resulting from (1) the transformation of the electronic navigational chart (ENC)
by ECDIS for appropriate use, (2) the updates to the ENC by appropriate means, and (3) the
additional data added by the mariner, is called the __________.
a. Display base information
b. Standard display information
c. System electronic navigational chart
d. Chart display information
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22. The database information that should be shown when a chart is first displayed on ECDIS is
the __________.
c. System electronic nautical chart
23. The level of database information which cannot be removed from the ECDIS display and
consists of information which is required at all times in all geographic areas and under all
circumstances is the __________.
c. System electronic nautical chart
24. ECDIS must give an alarm for which of the following cases?
a. When the specified limit for deviation from the planned route is exceeded
b. If the ship, within a specified time set by the watch officer, is going to cross a safety
contour
c. If the ship, within a specified time set by the watch officer, is going to cross the boundary
of a prohibited area
d. All of the above
a. If the ship is going to reach a critical point on the planned route
b. When the speed of a dangerous target exceeds a set limit
c. If the ship's ETA has changed beyond the set limit
d. All of the above
a. When the speed of a dangerous target exceeds a set limit
b. When the specified limit for deviation from the planned route is exceeded
c. If the ship's ETA has changed beyond the set limit
d. None of the above
27. Chart information details to be used in ECDIS should be the latest edition of information
originated by a government-authorized hydrographic office and conform to the standards of
(the) __________.
a. International Maritime Organization
b. International Hydrographic Organization
c. NASA
d. US Coast Guard
28. An ECDIS is required to display which information?

a. Radar targets
b. ARPA vectors
c. Hydrographic data
d. All of the above
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29. ECDIS must have the capability to preserve the record of the voyage track for the previous
__________.
a. 4 hours
b. 6 hours
c. 12 hours
d. 24 hours
30. Which data must ECDIS be able to record at one-minute intervals?

a. Position
b. Electronic navigational chart source
c. Course made good history
d. All of the above

a. Soundings
b. Waypoints
c. Meteorological data
d. Radar targets

a. Water temperature
b. Climatology data
c. Speed of advance
d. Depth contours
33. Which data must ECDIS be able to record at one-minute intervals?

a. Course made good history
b. Estimated time of arrival
c. Speed through the water
d. Shaft RPM
34. ECDIS must be able to perform all of the following EXCEPT __________.
a. Determine true bearing and distance between two geographical points
b. Determine magnetic compass deviation
c. Transform a local datum to the WGS-'84 datum
d. Convert "graphical coordinates" to "display coordinates"
35. Which of the following must an ECDIS system be able to perform?

a. Conversion of "graphical coordinates" to "display coordinates"
b. Transformation of local datum to WGS-'84 datum
c. Calculation of true azimuth and distance between two geographical points
d. All of the above
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 ECDIS Theory Test - Sample
Name: Date:
Read the question carefully, and then select the best answer. Mark the test. Each question = 4
points.
1. A faulty GPS position presents (a great risk / no risk) to navigation with ECDIS.
2. ECS is not intended to comply with the up-to-date chart requirements of SOLAS:
True / False.
3. RCDS is a mode of operation using raster data, whereas the ECDIS mode uses official
vector data: True / False.
4. When zooming out (“underscaling”) on an ECDIS using vector chart data, all information
layers remain on the display: True / False.
5. ENC data and official updates are transformed into the SENC database:
True / False.
6. Except for Display Base, the operator selects chart data for display that is relevant to the
current passage: True / False.
7. GPS position information is not correlated to any particular geodetic datum:

True / False.
8. The position of own ship on ECDIS is unreliable if the position sensor and the displayed
chart information have different geodetic coordinate systems:
True / False.
9. Vector chart data is organized according to points, lines and polygons that are geo-
referenced and have coded attributes: True / False.
10. Match all of the following conditions to the resulting alarm or indication:
Position system failure 1 a Indication only (visual only)

Route planning across the safety contour 2 b Alarm (audible or audible & visual)
Larger scale ENC available 3
Actually crossing the safety contour 4
1 → a or b 2 → a or b 3 → a or b 4 → a or b
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11. a) Zooming in very close on an ECDIS is called “overscaling”: True / False
b) When zooming in very close on an ECDIS displaying a vector chart, some chart objects
may be dropped from the display as lost layers: True / False.
12. Automatic updates are transformed into the SENC in a manner invisible to the user:
True / False.
13. ENC updates may be viewed on the ECDIS display: True / False
14. a) Manual corrections are transformed into the SENC as a user-added information layer:
True / False
b) The user cannot alter the contents of manual corrections: True / False
15. Vessels subject to SOLAS requirements must carry charts for the intended voyage that are
issued by an official hydrographic office and that are up-to-date: True / False.
16. Chart data used by an ECDIS meeting SOLAS requirements is produced according to IHO
S-57 edition 3 specifications: True / False.
17. Which of the following is a performance standard for the display of SENC information?
a. Information contained in the Display Base can be easily removed from the display.
b. The selected safety depth is always displayed, even with spot soundings turned off.
c. The selected safety contour is displayed with greater emphasis than other
contours.
d. When a chart is first displayed, the Standard Display at the smallest scale is presented.
18. Identify the orientation and mode of display required by the Performance Standards.
a. Ship’s draft plus under keel clearance.
b. North-up orientation and true motion mode.
c. Overwriting of the track file every 24 hours.
d. Any orientation in either true or relative mode.
19. Which of the following reflects the statement that ECDIS only supports the mariner in
performing navigational tasks?
a. Without official updated ENC data for the intended voyage, ECDIS does not replace
paper charts.
b. ARPA targets do not show up on ECDIS unless they are acquired and tracked.
c. ECDIS does not take the place of a proper lookout.
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20. Which of the following statements best describes manual chart corrections for ECDIS?
a. Manual corrections constitute user information layers, added by the mariner, with
no automatic record of installation.
b. Manual corrections are included in the CD that vessels receive periodically from NGA
(formerly NIMA).
c. When U.S. Notice to Mariners are downloaded from the NGA website, the .pdf and .jpg
files are automatically installed into the ECDIS chart database.
21. What error may occur in the ECDIS if hydrographic or chart survey data is inaccurate?
a. The vessel’s geographic position may not match the charted display.
b. Own ship may not be navigating in safe water, despite the information on the ECDIS
display.
c. Radar overlay and chart data may appear to be mismatched.
22. If it is thought or known that floating aids to navigation (buoys) have shifted, how should this
be interpreted on ECDIS?
a. Charted buoy locations are always more reliable than own ship’s GPS position
information.
b. ECDIS always shows the actual location of buoys.
c. Physical buoy positions may differ from charted locations on ECDIS, as with any
type of chart information.
d. Buoy position changes are never included in ENC updates.
23. If the ECDIS monitor’s resolution is poor or improperly set, what may be affected on ECDIS?
a. Chart scale may be misrepresented.
b. Chart features may not be shown in the intended color.
c. Fineness of detail may be lost.
24. Which of the following reference systems affect the information on ECDIS?
a. Draft of vessel entered into sounder that is connected to ECDIS.
b. Physical location of scanner for ARPA connected to ECDIS.
c. Geodetic system used in the creation of the chart data.
25. With radar overlay on ECDIS, what can be the cause(s) of radar echoes not matching the
charted position of a fixed object?
a. Incorrect input of ship’s position fixing device (GPS).
b. Improper coordinate setting of radar antenna, conning station or ship’s dimensions.
c. Either the Chart Display Category is in Base Display or the scale is so small that it is
showing Layers Lost.
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Appendices for the ECDIS Instructor

This Part of the Model Course includes the following appendices:
 Appendix 1: Introduction of to the Operational use of ECDIS
 Appendix 2: ECDIS Performance Standard references
 Appendix 3: ECDIS Carriage Requirements
 Appendix 4: STCW Manila Amendments onRegulation I/12 and Section A-I/12 and B-I/12 on
use of simulators for ECDIS training
 Appendix 5a: Training scenario types and scenario successExample of Trainee’s

Proficiency Checklist on use of ECDIS
 Appendix 5b: Example of Trainee’s Evaluation on Simulator
 Appendix 6: Integrated navigation training exampleExample: Equipment set up for ECDIS

training
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Appendix 1
Introduction to the operational use of ECDIS

This document is the first revision to the original ECDIS Model Course 1.27 published by the IMO in 2000.
In the intervening decade, several considerable advances have occurred:
 Comprehensive improvements in type-approved ECDIS, including software, chart data,

PCECDIS workstation hardware, and integration with critical ship functions
 Widespread experience in effective navigation with ECDIS aboard vessels
 Publication of textbooks, articles and information booklets on ECDIS
 Development of simulation that makes available to each trainee a certifiedan ECDIS
workstation in an underway context with vessel controls and full visualization
 Amendments to STCW requiring competency in the use of ECDIS for all Watch watchkeeping
Officers officers wherever type-approved units are installed
 The advent of track control autopilots deriving control information from ECDIS
 The advent of paperless bridges where a new generation of apprentice mateswatchkeeping
officers gain little or no practice in backup skills such as paper plotting of LOPs
The purpose of this Introduction is to explain in some detail:
 The importance of revising the ECDIS Model Course to establish specific minimal
performance standards in the a use of ECDIS,
 How the lessons and practice can be effectively structured to produce the ECDIS
proficiencies specified in the 2010 STCW Manila amendments
 Optimal simulation classroom and lab arrangements to achieve these outcomes
 ECDIS-centered navigation training

The mastery of ECDIS can only really occur in the context of navigation. The primary objective of ECDIS
training should be the effective integration of ECDIS-based digital and graphical information into the
ongoing navigational situation. An important outcome of ECDIS training should be that ECDIS-based
information is not the source of navigation, but a collecting point of navigational information, some
repeated, some unique.
To train on ECDIS as if its information were the source of navigation is to risk the disintegration of
navigational awareness, analysis and decision-making. Although this may seem self-evident to maritime
trainers and educators who have stood navigational watches using ECDIS, such loss of integration is
often the de facto outcome of training that is not properly conducted.
Seafarers who developed their navigational skills in the 20th Century may be able to keep ECDIS-
centered training in the context of visual navigation. They may be able to regard the risks to safe
navigation that are posed by exclusive focus on ECDIS for prolonged periods of time. However, seafarers
developing their navigational skills in the 21st Century are likely to misapprehend the supportive role
intended for ECDIS unless they are specifically trained and individually assessed in integrative skills.
ECDIS can be a very effective tool for introducing and illustrating general concepts of navigation, i.e.,
cartography, projections, direction, distance, depth, position fixing, plotting, sailings, deduced reckoning,
buoyage, tides and currents, ocean currents. ECDIS is, by definition, an integrative tool. The attempt to
present it outside the context of navigation results inevitably in its use as a substitution for navigation. On
the other hand, when a navigation training program is centered on ECDIS, navigation training remains the
focus and ECDIS remains a supportive tool.
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 ECDIS practice & training

Following a decade of ECDIS use onboard and of certified ECDIS training around the world, several
shortcomings in practice and training have become evident. The correction of these items is a primary
goal of this revised edition of the ECDIS Model Course:
 ECDIS training cannot presume the existence of skills in visual navigational

 ECDIS training will eventually serve to introduce cartography and other basics of terrestrial
navigation
 ECDIS use demands efficient interaction with all source sensors
 ECDIS functions and documentation are typically not designed by seafarers and therefore
should not be expected to describe system use in a navigational context or priority of importance
to navigation
 Improvements in ECDIS are impeded by the type-approval process; the fact that this has not
been the case with ECS should be incorporated into ECDIS training
 The single-query approach to ECDIS must be emphasized and practiced when underway to
the point of habit (this is referred to as the "7-second glance" method in Lesson 4)
 All ECDIS functions must be explored to overcome the common situation where the user is
trapped by an unfamiliar page or menu (this is referred to as the "Problem of Partial Use" in
Lesson 4)
 The trainee must learn to regard ECDIS as if it were controlling the vessel's rudder, as
eventually this integration with track control autopilot will become commonplace and reliable
 Even where Track Control integration with ECDIS is not enabled, ECDIS presentations may
nonetheless include a "predictor" vector that is highly accurate when based on vessel particulars;
in such instances, the ECDIS presents maneuvering information that is new in form, unique to the
ECDIS, and immediately vital to the watch team, and so should be incorporated into the training
when possible
 ECDIS in its present stage of type-approval is likely to be the final 2-D presentation in the
evolution of navigation; its ongoing successful integration of vessel control and live chart data
updates and real-time depth display is leading the way toward Augmented Reality for seafarers
where navigation displays will be visualized in 3-D presentations; in other words, now is the time
to learn how to reliably navigate with ECDIS
 All electronic chart data, in the near term, has not been created equal, and specification
details will continue to evolve, such as Zones of Confidence
 ECDIS will always be about chart data, from user choices of cells and formats, to online
updates and real-time licensing, to trustworthy indications of survey validity
 ECDIS training is most effective at establishing safe navigational practices when it is taken as
the opportunity to teach new seafarers how to navigate by repeatedly integrating their scans of
the horizon, vessel environment, instrument data and graphics
 ECDIS must be taught as a tool meant to enhance rather than impede safe decision making
 Reliable ECDIS installations by definition promote the deterioration of plotting skills on paper
charts, such as of LOPs derived from radar and visual bearings; even with enhanced user tools
on new ECDIS units, such plotting is likely to be applied as the occasional double check, at most;
one countermeasure to this is the constant rehearsal of paper and electronic chart navigation
during every aspect of ECDIS training (see Exercises 1-4 & Underway Evaluation)
 ECDIS users must be trained in seeking and swiftly resolving ambiguities in sensor data and
its presentations, especially as it applies to visually derived information; the visual scene must
therefore be included in the ECDIS training environment, and critically applied whenever possible,
e.g., variable visibility, aids to navigation, prominent points, tidal conditions, contact aspect,
contact data, unreliable data for position and heading and speed, etc.
 Trainees must repeatedly rehearse the setup and adaptation of ECDIS and its connected
sensors as underway conditions change
 ECDIS operators should realize that all members of a watch should have something
meaningful to look at, including remote displays provided for the Master and for the engineering
watch; in other words, the operator should be able to adapt the ECDIS to not only the
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navigational purpose at the moment, but also to changing navigational points of view without
suffering any loss of situational awareness
 Dividing a training course into "generic" ECDIS training (any aspect not requiring an actual
ECDIS) and "type-specific" training (some selected functionality of a particular ECDIS) has
produced regrettable outcomes:
• The course is not taught as navigation using ECDIS
• The course divests itself of responsibility for teaching and assessing the underway
use of ECDIS,
• The 3 or 4 day course making little or no use of one ECDIS unit per trainee in an
integrated visual navigation setting cannot be effective in achieving the minimum
objectives of the Model Course, original or revised
 Competency by the letter and the spirit of STCW means unequivocally that the trainee must
be assessed individually during the course on one or another type-approved ECDIS, (the same
issue was settled long ago with regards to radar, ARPA and GMDSS training)
 The issue of ECDIS competency is especially relevant under the Manila Amendments to the
STCW Convention and Code through:
• Details of expected outcomes,
• Application to all deck watch officers sailing where ECDIS is fitted,
• Through reference to this Model Course as presently revised
 As best practices evolve regarding ECDIS use, discussion and practice involving applicable
COLREGS must be included in ECDIS training, especially where AIS and radar information can
be combined in the ECDIS display (see Lessons: 3, 13, 31, 32, 36, 37, 39, 40, Proficiency
Checklist, and Evaluation Checklist)
 In e-Navigation, a role is envisioned for ECDIS that is quite ubiquitous, and implies a
thorough and uniform level of competence, reliability and usage. One purpose of e-Navigation
aims to prevent the overburdening and distraction of the seafarer; as such, principles and
practices of e-navigation must be included in ECDIS training (see Lesson 40)
 Reliance on ECDIS
Past ECDIS training has focused on ECDIS functionality and the importance of training users to avoid
over-reliance on a computer-based navigation system.
These are somewhat valid considerations, when properly qualified, but they are counter effective
approaches to training. The over-arching goal of ECDIS training should be, in fact, to enable a very high
degree of reliance on ECDIS as a supportive tool. This presumes an approach to the limitations inherent
in every aspect of navigation, to include all instruments and sensors and visual assessments. This also
presumes that ECDIS functionalities are presented for their value and priority to navigational tasks. In its
most mature implementation, becoming more prevalent with most newly built ships, ECDIS is installed
with the intent of effectively applying rudder through Track Control.
With this in mind, there are three crucial and related points to remember when learning and teaching
ECDIS:
 At the end of the day, it is not ECDIS you are learning or teaching, but navigation using
ECDIS
 What navigation actually is varies widely across the spectrum of ECDIS users, their vessels,
and their waterways
 No one ECDIS setting can possibly suit all circumstances; this means that it is paramount to
emphasize and practice the adjustment of settings appropriate to changing conditions, such as
when changing between open and confined waters, changes in ambient light, monitoring and
changing route information, etc.
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All of these points require that the ECDIS trainee becomes skilled in adapting the ECDIS to a wide variety
of conditions and to changes in conditions while navigating in a visual environment. In fact, the
fundamental desired outcome should be that the use of ECDIS enhances rather than interferes with the
safety of navigation.
ECDIS training provides nothing short of comprehensive practice in safe navigation. ECDIS training
should therefore focus on the supportive tasks ECDIS has proven to perform, including:
 Positioning, route monitoring, passage planning and route making

 Contact management
 Monitoring of environmental and sensor conditions
 Integration with radar, AIS and autopilot
Without being methodically assimilated into the training, these capabilities quickly become overwhelming
to the ECDIS user. Without practice in a comprehensive course, the ECDIS user will develop partial skills
even over the long term, and relegate the ECDIS to a secondary role in navigation. Thus the admonition
to avoid over-reliance is perpetuated.
The fallacy in this all-too-common circumstance is that ECDIS itself is unreliable. However, in a
comprehensive training approach to ECDIS such as this revised Model Course proposes, trainees can
discover for themselves the great extent to which ECDIS can be relied upon to improve the safety of
navigation.
Keeping ECDIS training in the context of navigation means that the various functions of the device should
be introduced in their order of priority to the overall project of navigation, rather than for their appeal as
presented by the manufacturer. Broadly speaking, the training should approach three stages in fairly strict
succession:
1 Basic (display presentation for the watch) - [Lessons 1 through 20]

2 Intermediate (adjustment of settings & data for passage) - [Lessons 21 through 31]
3 Navigator (tasks for person in charge of ECDIS) - [Lessons 32 through 35]
The Proficiency Checklist that has been developed for inclusion in this 2010 edition to the Model Course
aims to keep this developmental process clearly in focus throughout the training on ECDIS. With its more
than 80 items, the Checklist, in fact, firmly establishes the importance of learning ECDIS with an ECDIS
unit running in simulation where there is no dire consequence to standing an inattentive watch while
experimenting with ECDIS.
 ECDIS competency
There are two significant changes with regards to ECDIS in the Manila Amendments to the STCW Code:
 The Officer of the Watch at both management and operational levels serving aboard vessels
larger and smaller than 500 GT fitted with ECDIS must be certified in the operational use of
ECDIS
 Competence in ECDIS is defined in its use to maintain the safety of navigation, while the
knowledge, understanding and proficiency in the various tables is defined as:
• Table A-II/1: "Navigation using ECDIS: Knowledge of the capability and limitations of
ECDIS" and "Proficiency in operation, interpretation, and analysis of information obtained
from ECDIS"
• Table A-II/2: "Management of operational procedures, system files and data"
• Table A-II/3: "Thorough knowledge of and ability to use ECDIS"
(Tables A-II/1, A-II/2, and A-II/3, as amended, are included as Appendix 3 in the Annex to the
Instructor Manual.)
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The intent and specific criteria of the amended STCW Code on ECDIS is plain to see. Any Officer in
Charge of a Navigational Watch (OIC) must be able to monitor information on ECDIS in a manner that
contributes to safe navigation, while any Chief Mate or Master must be able to also establish, apply and
monitor operational procedures for using ECDIS.
Where these skills are acquired and assessed using approved ECDIS simulator training, or its equivalent,
the simulator and the associated ECDIS course of instruction must be able to produce a navigational
environment where unsafe events will occur when ECDIS information is incorrectly monitored and when
ECDIS operating procedures are inadequately applied.
In other words, it is the unsafe navigational events in a given scenario, where preventable by proper
operation of ECDIS, which should determine the baseline competency. Interwoven with this is the
opportunity to practice and apply the very many specific ECDIS functions that add up to proper operation,
and which will help avoid distractions resulting from unfamiliarity with ECDIS.
The methods for demonstrating this competence require either ECDIS simulator training or its equivalent
in underway experience. One purpose of this revised Model Course is to establish the high importance of
replicating that underway navigational experience with ECDIS in simulator training, or its equivalent. It is
fair to state that ECDIS simulator training that does not meet the "underway standard" cannot possibly
satisfy the letter or intent of the revised STCW Code. It is therefore appropriate that the learning and
assessment objectives of this revised Model Course and its Framework should deliver a practical
demonstration of this underway standard. (See Evaluation Checklist in the Evaluation Plan of the
proposed Revised Model Course, as it is applicable to some degree in every exercise.)
Perhaps the most significant challenge facing instructional design for ECDIS use is the recognition that
the mastery of navigational functionality of the device does not equate to skillful and safe navigation with
ECDIS. Because ECDIS is an integrative device by its structure and purpose and placement in integrated
bridge systems, the use of it and its use in the various acts of navigation cannot be separated for very
long.
The consequence of training on ECDIS outside of its navigational context is to develop skills that depend
upon not having any other navigational distractions. This may be the most undesirable outcome
imaginable for training in the use of ECDIS. Regrettably, this particular approach, common to part-task
training everywhere, has taken hold in most instances of ECDIS certified training worldwide.
The STCW Manila Amendments, however, now define the fundamental competence in ECDIS as a
navigation function at both levels: Maintain the safety of navigation through the use of ECDIS (See
Appendix 3 in the Appendices for the Instructor). As with many other STCW navigational competencies,
this desired outcome of ECDIS use must be demonstrated as a solo act, and that fact demands that safe
navigation with ECDIS is practiced, and ultimately evaluated, in a solo navigational environment.
Many general aspects of navigation must be evaluated when ECDIS competence is kept in its integrated
context, as well as the use of specific ECDIS functions at the right time and place. Indirectly, the behavior
that is being assessed is the trainee’s ability to divide attention evenly amongst all navigational aids and
systems, not least being the visual scene.
When considering the STCW criteria for evaluating ECDIS competence as desired outcomes, Table A-II/1
requires:
 Monitoring appropriate information

 Interpreting that information correctly
 Controlling the vessel’s speed and autopilot
 Utilizing effective communications,
Likewise, Table A-II/2 requires (in the same evaluation):

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 Making and using operational procedures

 Making navigation safe by minimizing risk
Such training should encourage the application of judgment and the development of situational
awareness.
 Simulation in STCW
As given under Section A-I/12, Standards governing the use of simulators, the STCW Code requires that
any simulator used for mandatory simulator-based training "be capable of simulating the operating
capabilities of shipboard equipment concerned, to a level of physical realism appropriate to training
objectives and assessment objectives." The content of this section of the Code has not been altered in
the Manila Amendments.
As given under Section B-I/12, Guidance regarding the use of simulators, as amended, performance
standards for non-mandatory simulation equipment used for training and/or assessment of competence or
demonstration of skills in navigation and watchkeeping and in ship handling and maneuvering should
"provide a realistic visual scenario by day or by night ..." This is in addition to meeting all applicable
performance standards set out in section A-I/12. Here also, the content has not been altered from STCW-
95.
However, as given under Section B-I/12, Guidance regarding the use of simulators, significant details
regarding training and assessment in the operational use of the ECDIS has been added in the Manila
Amendments. The source of this section of STCW is STCW.7/Circ.10, June 2001 (STW 32 and MSC 74).
The Guidance section recognizes the necessity gaining practical skills on individual ECDIS simulators.
Although this guidance as STCW.7/Circ.10 predates the cost-effective technology now available for
individual ownship workstations integrated with the visual scene and all instrumentation including type-
approved ECDIS, the intent to promote navigational understanding and skill with ECDIS is fully relevant.
"The main objective of simulator exercises is to ensure that trainees understand their responsibilities in
the operational use of ECDIS in all safety-relevant aspects and are thoroughly familiar with the system
and equipment used" (Section B-I/12, paragraph 47, as amended).
 Effective ECDIS simulation

ECDIS is unlike any other navigational aid in its ability to capture the user's attention for extended periods
of time. Absorption in menus, functional tasks, and potential ambiguities in information can swiftly
undermine the safety of navigation even where the user has the best intentions of standing a vigilant
watch. ECDIS is an encyclopedia of live information both graphic and textual, in the medium of a PC
display whose near total capture of the digital age has evolved on the basis of surfing, browsing,
interacting, storing, retrieving - in general, of being captivating.
Effective ECDIS training demands that each user develops the practical discipline of approaching the
ECDIS with a single question to resolve at any one time - confirm position, present track tendency,
confirm progress in a critical turn, next course to steer, ETA to upcoming waypoint, chart information,
contact data, adjustment to display, adapting the route to changes in plans, etc. Developing this single-
point query approach helps ensure that the ECDIS serves as an aid to navigation, such that its reliability
can be efficiently verified.
For this form of training, each trainee in an ECDIS course adhering to this edition of the Model Course
should optimally be provided with their own live ECDIS to operate and their own vessel to operate
through simulation, the navigational functions of which are fully integrated.
This approach is necessary for the progressive development of skills and for the assessment of their
achievement in the underway context of navigation. There is, in this optimal approach to the training, no
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place for multiple users on one ECDIS, or an ECDIS that is not receiving underway sensor input, or an
underway environment devoid of an integrated visualization of the scene.
For all of the foregoing reasons, ECDIS simulation performance standards and the description of an
optimal ECDIS training environment have been included in the Part A - Course Framework of this 2010
edition of Model Course 1.27.
Appendix 2
ECDIS Performance Standard references

The current electronic chart display and information system performance standards adopted by the
Organization are:
 Resolution MSC.232(82), revision to the previous Performance Standards:

• Applying to new ECDIS equipment installations on or after 1 January 2009
 Resolution A.817(19), Performance Standards for Electronic Chart Display and Information
System (ECDIS); resolution MSC.64(67), annex 5, amending resolution A.817(19); resolution
MSC.86(70), annex 4, amending resolution A.817(19):
• Applying to ECDIS equipment installations between 1 January 1996 and 1 October
2009;
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Appendix 3
ECDIS Carriage Requirements

ANNEX 1
RESOLUTION MSC.282(86)
(adopted on 5 June 2009)
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR

THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974, AS AMENDED
THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization

concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING FURTHER article VIII(b) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
(SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as the Convention), concerning the amendment procedure
applicable to the Annex to the Convention, other than to the provisions of chapter I thereof,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-sixth session, amendments to the Convention, proposed

and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) thereof,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to the Convention,
the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present resolution;
2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the Convention, that the said
amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2010, unless, prior to that date, more
than one third of the Contracting Governments to the Convention or Contracting Governments the
combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50% of the gross tonnage of the world's
merchant fleet, have notified their objections to the amendments;
3. INVITES SOLAS Contracting Governments to note that, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of
the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on 1 January 2011 upon their acceptance in
accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article VIII(b)(v) of the Convention, to

transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex
to all Contracting Governments to the Convention;
5. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and its Annex
to Members of the Organization, which are not Contracting Governments to the Convention.
ANNEX
AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF

LIFE AT SEA, 1974, AS AMENDED
[. . .]
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CHAPTER V
SAFETY OF NAVIGATION
Regulation 19 – Carriage requirements for shipborne navigational systems and equipment
3 In paragraph 2.1, the existing subparagraph .4 is replaced by the following:
“.4 nautical charts and nautical publications to plan and display the ship’s route for the
intended voyage and to plot and monitor positions throughout the voyage. An electronic chart
display and information system (ECDIS) is also accepted as meeting the chart carriage
requirements of this subparagraph. Ships to which paragraph 2.10 applies shall comply with the
carriage requirements for ECDIS detailed therein;”.
[. . .]
5 After the existing paragraph 2.9, the new paragraphs 2.10 and 2.11 are added as follows:
“2.10 Ships engaged on international voyages shall be fitted with an Electronic Chart Display
and Information System (ECDIS) as follows:
.1 passenger ships of 500 gross tonnage and upwards constructed on or after 1 July
2012;
.2 tankers of 3,000 gross tonnage and upwards constructed on or after 1 July 2012;
.3 cargo ships, other than tankers, of 10,000 gross tonnage and upwards constructed
on or after 1 July 2013;
.4 cargo ships, other than tankers, of 3,000 gross tonnage and upwards but less than
10,000 gross tonnage constructed on or after 1 July 2014;
.5 passenger ships of 500 gross tonnage and upwards constructed before 1 July
2012, not later than the first survey* on or after 1 July 2014;
.6 tankers of 3,000 gross tonnage and upwards constructed before 1 July 2012, not
later than the first survey* on or after 1 July 2015;
.7 cargo ships, other than tankers, of 50,000 gross tonnage and upwards constructed
before 1 July 2013, not later than the first survey* on or after 1 July 2016;
.8 cargo ships, other than tankers, of 20,000 gross tonnage and upwards but less
than 50,000 gross tonnage constructed before 1 July 2013, not later than the first
survey* on or after 1 July 2017; and
.9 cargo ships, other than tankers, of 10,000 gross tonnage and upwards but less
than 20,000 gross tonnage constructed before 1 July 2013, not later than the first
survey* on or after 1 July 2018.
2.11 Administrations may exempt ships from the application of the requirements of
paragraph 2.10 when such ships will be taken permanently out of service within two years after
the implementation date specified in subparagraphs .5 to .9 of paragraph 2.10.”
_________________________
* Refer to the Unified interpretation of the term “first survey” referred to in SOLAS regulations
(MSC.1/Circ.1290).
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Appendix 4
STCW Manila Amendments Regulation I/12 and Section A-I/12 and B-

I/12 on ECDISuse of simulators for ECDIS training
Regulation I/12
Use of simulators
1 The performance standards and other provisions set forth in section A-I/12 and such other
requirements as are prescribed in part A of the STCW Code for any certificate concerned shall be
complied with in respect of:
.1 all mandatory simulator-based training;
.2 any assessment of competency required by part A of the STCW Code which is

carried out by means of a simulator; and
.3 any demonstration, by means of a simulator, of continued proficiency required by

part A of the STCW Code.
Section A-I/12
Standards governing the use of simulators
PART 1 − PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
General performance standards for simulators used in training
1 Each Party shall ensure that any simulator used for mandatory simulator-based training
shall:
.1 be suitable for the selected objectives and training tasks;
.2 be capable of simulating the operating capabilities of shipboard equipment

concerned, to a level of physical realism appropriate to training objectives, and
include the capabilities, limitations and possible errors of such equipment;
.3 have sufficient behavioural realism to allow a trainee to acquire the skills

appropriate to the training objectives;
.4 provide a controlled operating environment, capable of producing a variety of

conditions, which may include emergency, hazardous or unusual situations
relevant to the training objectives;
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.5 provide an interface through which a trainee can interact with the equipment, the
simulated environment and, as appropriate, the instructor; and
.6 permit an instructor to control, monitor and record exercises for the effective
debriefing of trainees.
General performance standards for simulators used in assessment of competence
2 Each Party shall ensure that any simulator used for the assessment of competence required
under the Convention or for any demonstration of continued proficiency so required shall:
.1 be capable of satisfying the specified assessment objectives;
.2 be capable of simulating the operational capabilities of the shipboard equipment

concerned to a level of physical realism appropriate to the assessment objectives,
and include the capabilities, limitations and possible errors of such equipment;
.3 have sufficient behavioural realism to allow a candidate to exhibit the skills

appropriate to the assessment objectives;
.4 provide an interface through which a candidate can interact with the equipment
and simulated environment;
.5 provide a controlled operating environment, capable of producing a variety of

conditions, which may include emergency, hazardous or unusual situations
relevant to assessment objectives; and
.6 permit an assessor to control, monitor and record exercises for the effective
assessment of the performance of candidates.
Additional performance standards
3 In addition to meeting the basic requirements set out in paragraphs 1 and 2, simulation
equipment to which this section applies shall meet the performance standards given hereunder in
accordance with their specific type.
Radar simulation
4 Radar simulation equipment shall be capable of simulating the operational capabilities of

navigational radar equipment which meets all applicable performance standards adopted by the
Organization* and incorporate facilities to:
.1 operate in the stabilized relative-motion mode and sea- and ground-stabilized

true-motion modes;
*
See relevant/appropriate performance standards adopted by the Organization.
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.2 model weather, tidal streams, current, shadow sectors, spurious echoes and other
propagation effects, and generate coastlines, navigational buoys and search and
rescue transponders; and
.3 create a real-time operating environment incorporating at least two own-ship

stations with ability to change own ship’s course and speed, and include
parameters for at least 20 target ships and appropriate communication facilities.
Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA) simulation
5 ARPA simulation equipment shall be capable of simulating the operational capabilities of

ARPAs which meet all applicable performance standards adopted by the Organization*, and shall
incorporate the facilities for:
.1 manual and automatic target acquisition;
.2 past track information;
.3 use of exclusion areas;
.4 vector/graphic time-scale and data display; and
.5 trial manoeuvres.
PART 2 − OTHER PROVISIONS
Simulator training objectives
6 Each Party shall ensure that the aims and objectives of simulator-based training are
defined within an overall training programme and that specific training objectives and tasks are
selected so as to relate as closely as possible to shipboard tasks and practices.
Training procedures
7 In conducting mandatory simulator-based training, instructors shall ensure that:
.1 trainees are adequately briefed beforehand on the exercise objectives and tasks
and are given sufficient planning time before the exercise starts;
.2 trainees have adequate familiarization time on the simulator and with its
equipment before any training or assessment exercise commences;
.3 guidance given and exercise stimuli are appropriate to the selected exercise
objectives and tasks and to the level of trainee experience;
.4 exercises are effectively monitored, supported as appropriate by audio and visual

observation of trainee activity and pre- and post-exercise evaluation reports;
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.5 trainees are effectively debriefed to ensure that training objectives have been met
and that operational skills demonstrated are of an acceptable standard;
.6 the use of peer assessment during debriefing is encouraged; and
.7 simulator exercises are designed and tested so as to ensure their suitability for the
specified training objectives.
Assessment procedures
8 Where simulators are used to assess the ability of candidates to demonstrate levels of
competency, assessors shall ensure that:
.1 performance criteria are identified clearly and explicitly and are valid and
available to the candidates;
.2 assessment criteria are established clearly and are explicit to ensure reliability and
uniformity of assessment and to optimize objective measurement and evaluation,
so that subjective judgements are kept to the minimum;
.3 candidates are briefed clearly on the tasks and/or skills to be assessed and on the
tasks and performance criteria by which their competency will be determined;
.4 assessment of performance takes into account normal operating procedures and

any behavioural interaction with other candidates on the simulator or with
simulator staff;
.5 scoring or grading methods to assess performance are used with caution until they
have been validated; and
.6 the prime criterion is that a candidate demonstrates the ability to carry out a task
safely and effectively to the satisfaction of the assessor.
Qualifications of instructors and assessors*
9 Each Party shall ensure that instructors and assessors are appropriately qualified and
experienced for the particular types and levels of training and corresponding assessment of
competence as specified in regulation I/6 and section A-I/6.
*
The relevant IMO Model Course(s) and resolution MSC.64(67), Recommendations on new and amended
performance standards, may be of assistance in the preparation of courses.
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Section B-I/12
Guidance regarding the use of simulators
TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT IN THE OPERATIONAL USE OF ELECTRONIC

CHART DISPLAY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ECDIS)
Introduction
36 When simulators are being used for training or assessment in the operational use of
Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS), the following interim guidance
should be taken into consideration in any such training or assessment.
37 Training and assessment in the operational use of the ECDIS should:
.1 incorporate the use of ECDIS simulation equipment; and
.2 conform to standards not inferior to those given in paragraphs 38 to 65 below.
38 ECDIS simulation equipment should, in addition to meeting all applicable performance

standards set out in section A-I/12 of the STCW Code, as amended, be capable of simulating
navigational equipment and bridge operational controls which meet all applicable performance
standards adopted by the Organization, incorporate facilities to generate soundings and:
.1 create a real-time operating environment, including navigation control and

communications instruments and equipment appropriate to the navigation and
watchkeeping tasks to be carried out and the manoeuvring skills to be assessed;
and
.2 realistically simulate “own ship” characteristics in open-water conditions, as well

as the effects of weather, tidal stream and currents.
39 Demonstrations of, and practice in, ECDIS use should be undertaken, where appropriate,
through the use of simulators. Training exercises should preferably be undertaken in real time, in
order to increase trainees’ awareness of the hazards of the improper use of ECDIS. Accelerated
timescale may be used only for demonstrations.
General
Goals of an ECDIS training programme
40 The ECDIS trainee should be able to:
.1 operate the ECDIS equipment, use the navigational functions of ECDIS, select
and assess all relevant information and take proper action in the case of a
malfunction;
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.2 state the potential errors of displayed data and the usual errors of interpretation;
and
.3 explain why ECDIS should not be relied upon as the sole reliable aid to
navigation.
Theory and demonstration
41 As the safe use of ECDIS requires knowledge and understanding of the basic principles
governing ECDIS data and their presentation rules as well as potential errors in displayed data
and ECDIS-related limitations and potential dangers, a number of lectures covering the
theoretical explanation should be provided. As far as possible, such lessons should be presented
within a familiar context and make use of practical examples. They should be reinforced during
simulator exercises.
42 For safe operation of ECDIS equipment and ECDIS-related information (use of the
navigational functions of ECDIS, selection and assessment of all relevant information, becoming
familiar with ECDIS man–machine interfacing), practical exercises and training on the ECDIS
simulators should constitute the main content of the course.
43 For the definition of training objectives, a structure of activities should be defined.

A detailed specification of learning objectives should be developed for each topic of this structure.
Simulator exercises
44 Exercises should be carried out on individual ECDIS simulators, or full-mission

navigation simulators including ECDIS, to enable trainees to acquire the necessary practical
skills. For real-time navigation exercises, navigation simulators are recommended to cover the
complex navigation situation. The exercises should provide training in the use of the various
scales, navigational modes, and display modes which are available, so that the trainees will be
able to adapt the use of the equipment to the particular situation concerned.
45 The choice of exercises and scenarios is governed by the simulator facilities available.
If one or more ECDIS workstations and a full-mission simulator are available, the workstations
may primarily be used for basic exercises in the use of ECDIS facilities and for passage-planning
exercises, whereas full-mission simulators may primarily be used for exercises related to
passage-monitoring functions in real time, as realistic as possible in connection with the total
workload of a navigational watch. The degree of complexity of exercises should increase
throughout the training programme until the trainee has mastered all aspects of the learning
subject.
46 Exercises should produce the greatest impression of realism. To achieve this, the
scenarios should be located in a fictitious sea area. Situations, functions and actions for different
learning objectives which occur in different sea areas can be integrated into one exercise and
experienced in real time.
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47 The main objective of simulator exercises is to ensure that trainees understand their
responsibilities in the operational use of ECDIS in all safety-relevant aspects and are thoroughly
familiar with the system and equipment used.
Principal types of ECDIS systems and their display characteristics
48 The trainee should gain knowledge of the principal types of ECDIS in use; their various
display characteristics, data structure and an understanding of:
.1 differences between vector and raster charts;
.2 differences between ECDIS and ECS;
.3 differences between ECDIS and RCDS*;
.4 characteristics of ECDIS and their different solutions; and
.5 characteristics of systems for special purposes (unusual situations/emergencies).
Risks of over-reliance on ECDIS
49 The training in ECDIS operational use should address:
.1 the limitations of ECDIS as a navigational tool;
.2 potential risk of improper functioning of the system;
.3 system limitations, including those of its sensors;
.4 hydrographic data inaccuracy; limitations of vector and raster electronic charts

(ECDIS vs RCDS and ENC vs RNC); and
.5 potential risk of human errors.
Emphasis should be placed on the need to keep a proper look-out and to perform periodical
checking, especially of the ship’s position, by ECDIS-independent methods.
Detection of misrepresentation of information
50 Knowledge of the limitations of the equipment and detection of misrepresentation of

information is essential for the safe use of ECDIS. The following factors should be emphasized
during training:
.1 performance standards of the equipment;
*
SN/Circ.207/Rev.1 – Differences between RCDS and ECDIS.
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.2 radar data representation on an electronic chart, elimination of discrepancy

between the radar image and the electronic chart;
.3 possible projection discrepancies between an electronic and paper charts;
.4 possible scale discrepancies (overscaling and underscaling) in displaying an

electronic chart and its original scale;
.5 effects of using different reference systems for positioning;
.6 effects of using different horizontal and vertical datums;
.7 effects of the motion of the ship in a seaway;
.8 ECDIS limitations in raster chart display mode;
.9 potential errors in the display of:
.9.1 the own ship’s position;
.9.2 radar data and ARPA and AIS information;
.9.3 different geodetic coordinate systems; and
.10 verification of the results of manual or automatic data correction:
.10.1 comparison of chart data and radar picture; and
.10.2 checking the own ship’s position by using the other independent
position-fixing systems.
51 False interpretation of the data and proper action taken to avoid errors of interpretation
should be explained. The implications of the following should be emphasized:
.1 ignoring overscaling of the display;
.2 uncritical acceptance of the own ship’s position;
.3 confusion of display mode;
.4 confusion of chart scale;
.5 confusion of reference systems;
.6 different modes of presentation;
.7 different modes of vector stabilization;

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.8 differences between true north and gyro north (radar);
.9 using the same data reference system;
.10 using the appropriate chart scale;
.11 using the best-suited sensor to the given situation and circumstances;
.12 entering the correct values of safety data:
.12.1 the own ship’s safety contour,
.12.2 safety depth (safe water), and
.12.3 events; and
.13 proper use of all available data.
52 Appreciation that RCDS is only a navigational aid and that, when operating in the RCDS
mode, the ECDIS equipment should be used together with an appropriate portfolio of up-to-date
paper charts:
.1 appreciation of the differences in operation of RCDS mode as described in

SN.1/Circ.207/Rev.1 “Differences between RCDS and ECDIS”; and
.2 ECDIS, in any mode, should be used in training with an appropriate portfolio of

up-to-date charts.
Factors affecting system performance and accuracy
53 An elementary understanding should be attained of the principles of ECDIS, together

with a full practical knowledge of:
.1 starting and setting up ECDIS; connecting data sensors: satellite and radio
navigation system receivers, radar, gyro-compass, log, echo-sounder; accuracy
and limitations of these sensors, including effects of measurement errors and
ship’s position accuracy, manoeuvring on the accuracy of course indicator’s
performance, compass error on the accuracy of course indication, shallow water
on the accuracy of log performance, log correction on the accuracy of speed
calculation, disturbance (sea state) on the accuracy of an echo-sounder
performance; and
.2 the current performance standards for electronic chart display and information
systems adopted by the Organization*.
*
See relevant/appropriate performance standards adopted by the Organization.
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Practice
Setting up and maintaining display
54 Knowledge and skills should be attained in:
.1 the correct starting procedure to obtain the optimum display of ECDIS

information;
.2 the selection of display presentation (standard display, display base, all other
information displayed individually on demand);
.3 the correct adjustment of all variable radar/ARPA display controls for optimum
display of data;
.4 the selection of convenient configuration;
.5 the selection, as appropriate, of required speed input to ECDIS;
.6 the selection of the timescale of vectors; and
.7 performance checks of position, radar/ARPA, compass, speed input sensors

and ECDIS.
Operational use of electronic charts
.1 the main characteristics of the display of ECDIS data and selecting proper
information for navigational tasks;
.2 the automatic functions required for monitoring ship’s safety, such as display of
position, heading/gyro course, speed, safety values and time;
.3 the manual functions (by the cursor, electronic bearing line, range rings);
.4 selecting and modification of electronic chart content;
.5 scaling (including underscaling and overscaling);
.6 zooming;
.7 setting of the own ship’s safety data;
.8 using a daytime or night-time display mode;
.9 reading all chart symbols and abbreviations;

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.10 using different kinds of cursors and electronic bars for obtaining navigational
data;
.11 viewing an area in different directions and returning to the ship’s position;
.12 finding the necessary area, using geographical coordinates;
.13 displaying indispensable data layers appropriate to a navigational situation;
.14 selecting appropriate and unambiguous data (position, course, speed, etc.);
.15 entering the mariner’s notes;
.16 using north-up orientation presentation and other kinds of orientation; and
.17 using true- and relative-motion modes.
Route planning
.1 loading the ship’s characteristics into ECDIS;
.2 selection of a sea area for route planning:
.2.1 reviewing required waters for the sea passage, and
.2.2 changing over of chart scale;
.3 verifying that proper and updated charts are available;
.4 route planning on a display by means of ECDIS, using the graphic editor, taking
into consideration rhumb line and great-circle sailing:
.4.1 using the ECDIS database for obtaining navigational,

hydro-meteorological and other data;
.4.2 taking into consideration turning radius and wheel-over points/lines when
they are expressed on chart scale;
.4.3 marking dangerous depths and areas and exhibiting guarding depth
contours;
.4.4 marking waypoints with the crossing depth contours and critical
cross-track deviations, as well as by adding, replacing and erasing of
waypoints;
.4.5 taking into consideration safe speed;

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.4.6 checking pre-planned route for navigational safety; and
.4.7 generating alarms and warnings;
.5 route planning with calculation in the table format, including:
.5.1 waypoints selection;
.5.2 recalling the waypoints list;
.5.3 planning notes;
.5.4 adjustment of a planned route;
.5.5 checking a pre-planned route for navigational safety;
.5.6 alternative route planning;
.5.7 saving planned routes, loading and unloading or deleting routes;
.5.8 making a graphic copy of the monitor screen and printing a route;
.5.9 editing and modification of the planned route;
.5.10 setting of safety values according to the size and manoeuvring parameters
of the vessel;
.5.11 back-route planning; and
.5.12 connecting several routes.
Route monitoring
.1 using independent data to control ship’s position or using alternative systems

within ECDIS;
.2 using the look-ahead function:
.2.1 changing charts and their scales;
.2.2 reviewing navigational charts;
.2.3 vector time selecting;
.2.4 predicting the ship’s position for some time interval;
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.2.5 changing the pre-planned route (route modification);
.2.6 entering independent data for the calculation of wind drift and current
allowance;
.2.7 reacting properly to the alarm;
.2.8 entering corrections for discrepancies of the geodetic datum;
.2.9 displaying time markers on a ship’s route;
.2.10 entering ship’s position manually; and
.2.11 measuring coordinates, course, bearings and distances on a chart.
Alarm handling
58 Knowledge and ability to interpret and react properly to all kinds of systems, such as
navigational sensors, indicators, data and charts alarms and indicator warnings, including,
switching the sound and visual alarm signalling system, should be attained in case of:
.1 absence of the next chart in the ECDIS database;
.2 crossing a safety contour;
.3 exceeding cross-track limits;
.4 deviation from planned route;
.5 approaching a waypoint;
.6 approaching a critical point;
.7 discrepancy between calculated and actual time of arrival to a waypoint;
.8 information on under-scaling or over-scaling;
.9 approaching an isolated navigational danger or danger area;

.10 crossing a specified area;
.11 selecting a different geodetic datum;
.12 approaching other ships;
.13 watch termination;
.14 switching timer;

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.15 system test failure;
.16 malfunctioning of the positioning system used in ECDIS;
.17 failure of dead-reckoning; and
.18 inability to fix vessel’s position using the navigational system.
Manual correction of a ship’s position and motion parameters
59 Knowledge and skills should be attained in manually correcting:
.1 the ship’s position in dead-reckoning mode, when the satellite and radio
navigation system receiver is switched off;
.2 the ship’s position, when automatically obtained coordinates are inaccurate; and
.3 course and speed values.
Records in the ship’s log
.1 automatic voyage recording;
.2 reconstruction of past track, taking into account:
.2.1 recording media;
.2.2 recording intervals;
.2.3 verification of database in use;
.3 viewing records in the electronic ship’s log;
.4 instant recording in the electronic ship’s log;
.5 changing ship’s time;
.6 entering the additional data;
.7 printing the content of the electronic ship’s log;
.8 setting up the automatic record time intervals;
.9 composition of voyage data and reporting; and
.10 interface with a voyage data recorder (VDR).
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Chart updating
.1 performing manual updating of electronic charts. Special attention should be paid

to reference-ellipsoid conformity and to conformity of the measurement units
used on a chart and in the correction text;
.2 performing semi-automatic updating of electronic charts, using the data obtained

on electronic media in the electronic chart format; and
.3 performing automatic updating of electronic charts, using update files obtained

via electronic data communication lines.
In the scenarios where non-updated data are employed to create a critical situation, trainees
should be required to perform ad hoc updating of the chart.
Operational use of ECDIS where radar/ARPA is connected
.1 connecting ARPA to ECDIS;
.2 indicating target’s speed vectors;
.3 indicating target’s tracks;
.4 archiving target’s tracks;
.5 viewing the table of the targets;
.6 checking alignment of radar overlay with charted geographic features;

.7 simulating one or more manoeuvres;
.8 corrections to own ship’s position, using a reference point captured by ARPA;

and
.9 corrections using the ARPA’s cursor and electronic bar.

See also section B-I/12, Guidance regarding the use of simulators (pertaining to radar
and ARPA), especially paragraphs 17 to 19 and 36 to 38.
Operational use of ECDIS where AIS is connected
.1 interface with AIS;
.2 interpretation of AIS data;

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.3 indicating target’s speed vectors;
.4 indicating target’s tracks; and
.5 archiving target’s tracks.
Operational warnings, their benefits and limitations
64 Trainees should gain an appreciation of the uses, benefits and limitations of ECDIS
operational warnings and their correct setting, where applicable, to avoid spurious interference.
System operational tests
.1 methods of testing for malfunctions of ECDIS, including functional self-testing;
.2 precautions to be taken after a malfunction occurs; and
.3 adequate back-up arrangements (take over and navigate using the back-up system).
Debriefing exercise
66 The instructor should analyze the results of all exercises completed by all trainees and
print them out. The time spent on the debriefing should occupy between 10% and 15% of the
total time used for simulator exercises.
Table A-II/1 Function: Navigation at the operational level

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Competence Knowledge, understanding and Methods for Criteria for
proficiency demonstrating evaluating
competence competence
Use of ECDIS to Navigation using ECDIS Examination and Monitors
maintain the safety assessment of information on
of navigation Knowledge of the capability and evidence ECDIS in a
limitations of ECDIS operations, including: obtained from manner that
Note: Training and one or more of contributes to safe
assessment in the .1 a thorough understanding of Electronic the following: navigation
use of ECDIS is Navigational Chart (ENC) data, data
not required for accuracy, presentation rules, display .1 approved Information
those who serve options and other chart data formats training ship obtained from
exclusively on experience ECDIS (including
ships not fitted .2 the dangers of over-reliance radar overlay
with ECDIS .2 approved and/or radar
.3 familiarity with the functions of ECDIS ECDIS tracking functions,
These Limitations required by performance standards in simulator when fitted) is
shall be reflected force training correctly
in the interpreted and
endorsements Proficiency in operation, interpretation, analysed, taking
issued to the and analysis of information obtained from into account the
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seafarer ECDIS, including: limitations of the

concerned equipment, all
.1 use of functions that are integrated connected sensors
with other navigation systems in (including radar
various installations, including proper and AIS where
functioning and adjustment to desired interfaced), and
settings prevailing
circumstances and
.2 safe monitoring and adjustment of conditions
information, including own position, sea
area display, mode and orientation, Safety of
chart data displayed, route monitoring, navigation is
user-created information layers, maintained
contacts (when interfaced with AIS through
and/or radar tracking) and radar adjustments made
overlay functions (when interfaced) to the ship’s
course and speed
.3 confirmation of vessel position by through ECDIS-
alternative means controlled track-
keeping functions
.4 efficient use of settings to ensure (when fitted)
conformance to operational Communication is
procedures, including alarm clear, concise and
parameters for anti-grounding, acknowledged at
proximity to contacts and special all times in a
areas, completeness of chart data and seamanlike
chart update status, and backup manner
arrangements
.5 adjustment of settings and values to

suit the present conditions
.6 situational awareness while using

ECDIS including safe water and
proximity of hazards, set and drift,
chart data and scale selection,
suitability of route, contact detection
and management, and integrity of
sensors
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Table A-II/2 Function: Navigation at the management level

Competence Knowledge, understanding and proficiency Methods for Criteria for
demonstrating evaluating
Maintain the safety Management of operational procedures, Assessment of Operational
of navigation through system files and data, including: evidence obtained procedures for using
the use of ECDIS from one of the ECDIS are
.1 manage procurement, licensing and
and associated following: established, applied,
updating of chart data and system software
navigation systems and monitored
to conform to established procedures .1 approved in-
to assist command
service
decision making .2 system and information updating, including Actions taken to
experience
the ability to update ECDIS system version minimize risk to
Note: Training and in accordance with vendor’s product .2 approved safety of navigation
assessment in the development training ship
use of ECDIS is not experience
.3 create and maintain system configuration
required for those and backup files .3 approved
who serve ECDIS simulator
exclusively on ships .4 create and maintain log files in accordance
training
not fitted with with established procedures
ECDIS. .5 create and maintain route plan files in
accordance with established procedures
This limitation shall
be reflected in the .6 use ECDIS log-book and track history
endorsement issued functions for inspection of system functions,
to the seafarer alarm settings and user responses
concerned .7 use ECDIS playback functionality for
passage review, route planning and review
of system functions
Table A-II/3 Function: Navigation at the operational level

Competence Knowledge, understanding and proficiency Methods for Criteria for
demonstrating evaluating
Plan and conduct a Navigation Examination and
coastal passage and assessment of
determine position Thorough knowledge of and ability to use evidence obtained
ECDIS from one or more of
Note: Training and the following:
assessment in the
use of ECDIS is not .1 approved
required for those training ship
who serve experience
exclusively on ships .2 approved
not fitted with ECDIS simulator
ECDIS. These training
limitations shall be
reflected in the
endorsement issued
to the seafarer
concerned
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Appendix 5a
Training scenario types and scenario success

Training Scenario types with various ship types and various geographic and environmental settings
include:
 Some or all ownships operating in a large port area,

 Some or all ownships operating in open or coastal waters with converging traffic patterns
 Smaller groups transiting narrow passages in converging or opposing patterns,
 Group SAR operations that are visually demanding and ECDIS-dependent
Simple dynamics requiring effective use of ECDIS can include changes in passage requirements,
environmental conditions, vessel types, task emphasis through procedural orders, etc.
Scenarios can vary between 15 minutes and more than 100 minutes depending on the number and depth
of task elements involved
For example, six ships approach an anchorage at about the same time (an additional group can be run in
parallel):
 All practice ship handling, visual navigation, communications, contact management

 All practice specific tasks on ECDIS
For example, two ships each with one assist tug (four ownships) entering a basin or channel is
exponentially more complex than one ownship with an instructor controlling a tug and numerous target
ships (additional groups of four can be run in parallel, depending on simulator capability):
 Two trainees conn ships, two trainees conn tugs

 All practice visual navigation, communications, maneuvering, lines, etc.
All of the foregoing scenario types apply ECDIS in a wide variety of navigational tasks
The following concerns are crucial to the success of such scenarios:
 Limit number ownships involved to preserve event realism and plausibility

 Embedding automatic assessment of selected variables
 Clearly established desired outcomes provided per ownship, especially through assessed
value of actions taken & not taken
 Suiting workload to size of conning team (one or two)
 Responsibility of conn to keep detailed record of events and actions
 Provisions for backup means – alternate position and traffic plotting, etc.
 Opportunity to plan passage
 Opportunity to check instrument configuration
 Exercise debrief in classroom setting, to include playback with ownships re-assigned,
systematic self-review of critical events per ownship
Example of Trainee’s Proficiency Checklist on use of ECDIS

These tasks are most effectively mastered by:
• Following a developmental sequence, and
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• Practicing them in navigational contexts (in other words, when underway).

• References: Type approved ECDIS User Manual
• Other ECDIS docs: Technical; Operating Principles; Software Description
Basic Tasks
1 Identify all information panels and functions
2 Enable / disable display of panels and functions
3 Set screen color palette – Day / night / etc.;
4 Become familiar with how to open panels and functions
5 Set orientation of Main display – N / H / C
6 Set mode of Main display – TM / RM
7 Select Dual display – alignment / mode / orientation / scale choice
8 Learn how to return to ownship display.
9 Reposition ownship in Relative Motion
10 Use of EBL and VRM.
11 Select vector length
12 Select different chart formats
13 Load specific charts
14 Select Chart options if available such as auto-load, auto scale, fixed
15 Select correct scale to show chart layers- Use of zoom function
16 Select chart display categories and layers
17 Obtain chart object information (vector chart)
18 Set Antigrounding – Safety Contour / Depth
19 Set Antigrounding cue or equivalent ECDIS function
Overall Presentation of Display
20 Select position & time from best available source
21 Cancel / verify / modify position offset
22 Select chart & scale appropriate to location
23 Create uncluttered display, depending upon context and conditions
24 Choose most appropriate display, orientation and motion
25 Load a pre-checked and approved Route for monitoring; load existing schedule
Select Safety Parameters appropriate to own ship location, route and
26
environment.
27 If in TM, select appropriate chart setting/ look ahead value.
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Intermediate Tasks
28 Create route plan – rough draft, save
29 Edit route plan – Focus on Route, fine tune additional data entry
30 Adjust distance calculations in route planning
31 Perform safety check
Create & modify Route Schedule ETD, ETA, speeds – Function Panel /
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Schedule
33 Select appropriate panel for display of route monitoring data
34 Select the appropriate active way point.
Set / select Route Monitoring alarms – Monitoring / Navigational Alarms if
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available to do so.
36 Select appropriate display layers for route monitoring
37 Select relevant Navigation Alarms
38 Observe alarm condition (Alarm panel)
39 Set Time Zone for ship’s time
40 Select time icon to display – UTC / ship’s time
41 Observe & assess target information
42 Configure ARPA settings.
43 Configure AIS settings
44 Set anchor watch guard ring & alarm
45 Select tidal information from vector charts
46 View Logbook if available.
47 Make manual entry in the Ship Log if available
48 Unload & load existing user charts
49 Create a user chart object
50 Edit a user chart object
51 Insert a manual correction
52 Delete a manual correction
53 Activate Man Overboard function and view available data
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Navigator Tasks
54 Install / delete chart data
55 Install chart updates for RNCs.
56 Install chart updates for ENCs.
57 Modify ownship settings.
58 Toggle between UTC and local time
59 Import data files
60 Export data files
61 Print route plan
62 Create SAR date if option is available
63 Delete route plan(s)
64 View track history graphically
65 Playback files if option is available
66 Select DR mode
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Appendix 5b
Example of Trainees Evaluation on Simulator
The trainee operates specific functions for route monitoring in coastal and restricted waters, and obtains
all relevant information for safe navigation
• Demonstrate the following task groups on ECDIS while navigating safely in coastal &
restricted setting with multiple targets in specified waters:
alterations Modify route as instructed, checking for safety and adjusting schedule,
• Assess tide and current, adjust ETA for timed arrival at waypoint as instructed,
• Define unsafe navigation as that involving a clear violation of minimum under keel
clearance or CPA, where such a violation will require a retake of the underway evaluation
• Monitoring of trainees’ ECDIS use for grading of all tasks listed on the score sheet
• Brief trainees
• Debrief each trainee
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Appendix 6
Integrated navigation training example

Example: Equipment set up for ECDIS training
The following description of integrated navigation training provides an example of how proficiencies in
ECDIS may be developed with proven success.
In order to accommodate 150 trainees per year, 2 integrated navigation labs (INL) are configured, each
with 16 isolated ownships (32 total). Additionally, a classroom (open lab) with 24 workstations, and
another classroom with 18-workstations are also configured. All four labs have the same fully integrated
simulation software package installed. Each lab is designed to run any combination of interacting
ownships, depending on the exercise design.
The coaching on equipment and exercise review are conducted in the classrooms (open lab, Figure 1,
below). Although each trainee sits at a dual-display desktop configuration, all of the same conning
capabilities are present, including full visualization. In this environment, familiarization with tasks and
functionalities are accomplished in a group manner that assures all trainees are developing the required
skills.
Each ownship in the integrated navigation labs (INL) consists of the visual scene on a 42” display,
conning including autopilot with track control and other navigation instruments, ECDIS and radar, VHF,
and chart table (Figure 2, below). Sound is also integrated. Each ownship is in a 9ft x 5ft cubicle, where
the conning officer stands. Space in each cubicle is sufficient for a team of two. The optimal training in the
labs is in solo watchstanding with ECDIS, paper chart backup, and all other navigational aids.
The real learning for each trainee, however, takes place in the semi-isolated multiple ownships of the INL.
The integration means there is always a visual scene for the underway context. The multiple ownships
allow for a wide variety of scenarios, from single ownship exercises run simultaneously in parallel, to a
single exercise with all ownships interacting as well as with target vessels from the instructor. In any case,
specific learning objectives can be achieved by clustering task elements that support the overarching goal
of safe navigation.
Figure 1 24-workstation integrated navigation classroom Figure 2 16-workstation Integrated Navigation Lab
for coaching in ECDIS functionalities and navigation (INL) for solo ECDIS navigation and assessment
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1 Equipment specification for ECDIS Training
The following equipment specifications describe an example setup for ECDIS training, other
systems may be equally acceptable provided the system can deliver equal functionality.
Provided there is sufficient equipment and an acceptable layout the "ECDIS ship
mini-simulator" may be used for all relevant exercises in the course. If a full bridge simulator
is used for the final passage plan exercises; the trainee will be required to undertake individual
watchkeeping duties.
2 Equipment specification for ECDIS classroom Training

This equipment is for ECDIS workstation classroom training to allow demonstration and
practice of ECDIS functionalities. The number of workstations required will depend on the
number of trainees on the course and the time needed to complete the required exercises.
There is to be a sufficient number of workstations for each trainee to be able to
adequately interact with the equipment and achieve the learning outcomes.
3 Trainee Workstation to include:

i) workstation with dual monitor display to meet minimum ECDIS display requirements,
compatible operating system sufficient to run ECDIS software and electronic chart data;
ii) workstation to be integrated into server network with navigational and ship
control functionality to allow trainee interact with other trainees and the
instructor's workstation;
iii) the ECDIS display is to be provided on one monitor;
iv) the other monitor to provide information on ship controls, navigational
instruments and radar. This could be on either a split screen or menu
selection or both. For added realism, the system may also show visuals
from a bridge lookout perspective if split-screen functionality is provided;
and
v) the ECDIS display to be able to show both radar and AIS data along
with the chart data.
4 Instructor Workstation to include:

i) single workstation with either dual monitor display to meet minimum ECDIS display
requirements or a single larger display able to offer display requirement equivalent functionality
through split-screen capability; and
ii) workstation with simulator instructor controls and monitoring software that
is able to design exercises locally and execute and playback these
exercises at any workstation; provided the hardware has sufficient
capability, the instructor's workstation and server/network may be contained
in one unit.
5 Server/Network to include:
i) server system of sufficient capability to store and run the required software
and data;
ii) simulator system software installed with suitable ownship models of
different characteristics and geographical sea and coastal training areas;
iii) full network control, which is interfaced with the installed simulator software
and hydrodynamic modelling data; and
iv) the transfer of data between various hardware components may be either
hard-wired or using wi-fi provided there is sufficient bandwidth and
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continuity of service.
6 Projection Display
A projection or other visual system to be provided so that exercises for group
demonstration of ECDIS functionality, ownship control and techniques of ECDIS-based
navigation can be displayed for instruction, feedback and other discussions.
7 Equipment specifications for ECDIS navigational mini ship simulator

This equipment to be designed to assess the trainee’s watchkeeping capability using
ECDIS on a ship's bridge. This will include realistic simulation of the execution and monitoring
stages of the passage plan created in earlier exercises.
8 Trainee ECDIS ownship mini simulator for use in route monitoring exercises:
i) workstation with ECDIS software and chart data installed with compatible
operating system sufficient to run installed ECDIS software and electronic
chart data;
ii) three displays that can separately display ECDIS data on the first screen, radar on
the second screen, and with engine control navigational equipment on the
other;
iii) the ECDIS, conning, radar scenes to be capable of being displayed separately and
continuously;
iv) the workstation to be connected to an ECDIS integrated ownship
network with navigational and ship control functionality and to have the
capability to operate in either an independent or interactive way; and
v) the ECDIS display to be able to show both radar and AIS data along
with the chart data.
9 Instructor Workstation for a mini simulator to include:

i) workstation with suitable display and compatible operating system with
installed simulator instructor control and monitoring software; and
ii) workstation to be capable of designing and executing exercises.
Note: in a multiple ownship set-up, it is preferable that the instructor's workstation is remote
from the trainee’s ownship simulator.
10 Server/Network for a mini simulator to include:

i) server system of sufficient capability to store and run the required software
and data; and
ii) simulator system software with suitable ownship models, geographical
training areas and hydrodynamic modelling data, to provide full network
control of exercises used on the workstations.
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SUB-COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF STW 43/WP.6/Add.1

VALIDATION OF MODEL TRAINING COURSES

Report of Drafting Group 1

(2010 2012 Edition)

This 2010 2012 Edition of the IMO Model Course on

IMO wishes to express its sincere appreciation to

Introduction to model courses

 Use of the model course

 Properly qualified instructors

Part A: Course Framework

 Course Certificate, diploma or document

 Course intake limitations

It is also recommended that the instructor in charge of the course should:

 Be especially skilled in the particular ECDIS employed in the training course

Assistant instructor should have relevant knowledge of ECDIS operation.

 Teaching Facilities and equipment

 Recommended ECDIS simulation performance standards

1) handle ENC data, licenses and update files

 An optimal ECDIS training environment

There is a fundamental difference between an instructor-led demonstration and practice of ECDIS

 ECDIS-integrated ownships in classroom network, with total navigational

 ECDIS is displayed on one monitor, while split-screen visual scene and

 Site for simulation software and all hydrodynamic modeling

6 stand-up  ECDIS-integrated ownships in lab network, with total navigational and

 Inclusion of steering and throttle hardware is a preferred enhancement in

 Inclusion of remote assessment option is a preferred enhancement in

 Site for simulation software and all hydrodynamic modeling

 Teaching Aids (A)

A1.1 Course Framework (Part A of the course)

A1.2 Instructor Manual (Part D of the course)

A2 Audiovisual aids: Video/DVD player, visual presentation, document projector, etc.

A3 Simulator providing ownship functionality in a visualan underway navigational context

A6 Raster Navigational Charts (RNC) including permits and updates

B3 Gale, H. (2009) From Paper Charts to ECDIS. London: Nautical Institute

B6 Simulator reference manual (Manufacturer, Date)

B13 IHO S- 57, Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC), Edition 3.1

 Electronic media (E)

T2E2 AIS, Seagull CBT, CD #109 v.A, 8/2003

T3E3 ECDIS Training Course, Videotel CBT #871, 5/2008

 IMO & regulatory references (R)

R3 Revised ECDIS Performance Standards, MSC.232(82), IMO, 12/2006

R4 ECDIS Performance Standards, IMO Resolution A.817(19) as adopted 11/1995, including

R5 IMO MSC.1/ Circ.1391, Operating anomalies identified within ECDIS

R7 Guidelines for Voyage Planning, IMO Res. A.893(21)

R8 COLREGS - International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, as amended

R9 IMO Model Course 1.27, The Operational Use of ECDIS, 2000

Part B: Course Outline and Timetable

 Course Outline - Total 40.0 hours minimum

Subject Area and topics Hours

Elements of ECDIS 109.5

1. Course introduction & familiarization plan

Subject Area and topics Hours

11. Chart quality & accuracy

Subject Area and topics Hours