GMDSS General Operators Certificate (GOC)

A two week full time course designed to prepare students for assessment leading to the award of the GMDSS GENERAL OPERATOR\'S CERTIFICATE (GOC) consisting of written and practical examinations in the following areas:

Knowledge of general principles, basic features and use of:

The Maritime Mobile (Terrestrial Radio and Satellite ) Service

Detailed practical knowledge and ability to use the basic communications equipment of a ship station:, including Radio communication transceivers, Digital Selective Calling (DSC), shipborne Inmarsat satellite systems , Navtex , EPIRBs, SARTs , Distress, urgency and safety communication procedures in the GMDSS, Search and Rescue operation

Miscellaneous skills and operational procedures for general communications including, the satisfactory exchange of communications relevant to the safety of life at sea, Obligatory procedures and practices, Practical and theoretical knowledge of general communication procedures

Fees:

£1215 + £160 exam fee

Dates available:

Course content:

Detailed knowledge of the operation of the GMDSS sub-systems and equipment.

You will learn how to operate and describe the function of the following equipment:

MF/HF/VHF transmitters/receivers using telephony and Narrow Band Direct Printing (NBDP)

DSC encoder/decoder

Inmarsat Ship Earth Station (SES)

COPAS/SARSAT & INMARSAT

Radar Transponders

NAVTEX receiver

Propagation

Aerials

Batteries

Use of BITE

Ability to send and receive by radiotelephone and NBDP

You will learn how to use communication procedures by means of telephony using, where appropriate, the phonetic alphabet and standard marine navigation vocabulary. This includes:

Communicating using NBDP

Using QWERTY keyboard at speeds of not less than 50 characters per minute over a direct printing telegraphy circuit, where appropriate, using recognised standard abbreviations

Detailed knowledge of Regulations, Procedures and Charges

How to describe the general provisions of GMDSS

Full knowledge of Distress, Urgency and Safety working

How to avoid harmful interference

How to calculate charges