Seamanship & Meteorology (Master Yachts)

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Study at the leading maritime training provider – boost your career. At Warsash, we believe that by providing you with the highest quality training we are giving you the best opportunities to succeed in a life-long maritime career.

Study at the original place – Warsash was the first school to provide the training for the MCA 3000GT Yacht Certificates of Competency (CoC) when these were introduced and remained at the forefront ever since.

Study in unrivalled facilities – we have just invested several tens of millions of pounds in new facilities. Study in brand-new classroom with cutting-edge learning technology, in specialist marine engineering workshops, ETO labs, on the manned model ship handling lake or Europe’s largest maritime simulation centre; you will love it.

Course Structure

Master (Yachts) - Seamanship and Meteorology

This course has five sections:

Seamanship including heavy weather, emergency action, ship handling and dry docking

Navigation including watch keeping procedures, IRPCS and passage planning

Meteorology including atmospheric stability, air masses, local variations, pressure and meteorological forecasting

MARPOL including IMO conventions concerning safety of life and environmental protection

Code of Safe Working Practices including personal safety, safety officer responsibility, incident reporting and investigation

Duration

5 Days

Prerequisites

None

Approvals

MCA

Assessment

Written 2.5 hour examination with a pass mark of 60%.

Teaching methods

Classroom theory.