COURSE SCHEDULE

-Total Trainee: 8 per class
-Schedule: 09:00-17:00, Monday to Friday

-Total Hours: 28hour, including time for assessment and on-line exam

-Language: English with Chinese aids, will provide assistance to whom with difficult in English listening and understanding.

REQUIREMENT FOR CANDIDATES

Participants should be an Engineer Officer / ETO or shore based Technical Staff. Participants should have a knowledge of their employers’ company procedures and vessel safety management system (SMS), particularly relating to DP operations.

The course may also be useful to Deck Officers and Masters who require a greater technical understanding of the operation of DP equipment.

COURSE AIMS

To give the student the following:

1)     Understanding of the theoretical and practical operation of DP systems;

2)     Technical understanding of the component parts of the DP and associated systems;

3)     An understanding of the limitations of equipment and the effects of equipment failures;

4)     An understanding of the limitations and the effects of incorrect operation of the systems;

5)     An understanding of work which can safely be undertaken with and without the help of equipment manufacturers, and more importantly, when to stop before affecting the vessels capability to perform DP operations or redundancy;

6)     The ability to fault find the DP system and its components;

7)     Familiarisation with FMEAs and the philosophy of system redundancy;

8)     An improved ability to operate the Engine Room and DP equipment in a safe and competent manner

9)     This course covers DP knowledge and can be combined with a Type Specific equipment training.

COURSE TOPIC  

The course will be theory and NI “B” class simulator based and will give the participant an overview of DP operation and the effects of system and component failures. On completion of this course participants will understand the general arrangements for DP systems and the principles of operation of the equipment. Participants will gain an understanding of the importance of the interaction between the system components and the modes of operation.

The elements of maintenance and operation of a DP system will be covered by the following sections.

1)     Power System

2)     Thruster System

3)     DP Control System

4)     Documentation

5)     Manning and Training

6)     DP Support

7)     Safety

8)     Essential Non-DP Systems

9)     Future Trends including automation and Integrated Bridge Management Systems

10)  Simulator Exercises

SIMULATION EQUIPEMNT

1)     One set Transas Nav-Trainer 5000 w/ Navis DP 4000 Class B Bridge

2)     A set MT DP controller with IO unit, and simulator software

ASSESSMENT and EXAMS

An online assessment using multiple-choice questions will be completed by each student at the end of the course. The NI will administer an online assessment.  

CERTIFICATE

Participants will be awarded Certificate of Training with NI log on successful completion of Part A and of the course.

BOOKING

Candidates can refer to our website and we-chat public number to obtain information courses and availability.

For booking, you can download Booking Application Form, fill out the form and email to contact@hico-marine.com, our staff will get back to you after evaluation of your personnel qualification.