Diploma in Ship Handling and Seamanship

Name: Diploma in Ship Handling and Seamanship
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Learn about ship manoeuvring methods, functions of the IAMSAR manual and safety at sea in this free online course.

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In this free course, you will learn how to:

Discuss how to berth and unberth a ship under various conditions of wind and current
Explain the effects of wind and current on ship handling
Compute the constant rate of turn
Discuss the effects of the ship’s behaviour when exposed to interaction, bank suction effect and squat
Identify the importance of emergency steering and its operation
Analyse the IAMSAR manual, search patterns and ‘man overboard’ manoeuvre
Explain the effects of a vessel’s pivot point in ship handling and the transverse thrust effect
Identify the search pattern as recommended in the IAMSAR manual

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