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Introduction to Navigation  Outline the requirements of the course Activity No. 1
 Describe the development of
navigational techniques, practices and Title:
equipment across time Plotting instruments
 Explain the importance of navigation in
relation to the profession Description:
 Explain the different types of navigation Familiarisation of the chart room (set-up,
1 with respect to the phase of the voyage materials, etc.) and identification of 3
 Identify the different plotting plotting instruments.
instruments and their uses
Required equipment/materials:
Plotting i

Time: 3 hours

Chart Projections  Identify the different parts of the great Activity No. 2
circle and its measurements
 Solve for the difference of latitude and Title: Different chart projections
the difference of longitude Description: Students are given two
 Explain basic geodesic concepts in charts with different projections and
relation to chart projection and compare them with regards to their uses
construction and the establishment of and features.
chart datum Time: 3 hours
2–3  Compare and contrast the different 6
types of chart projections in relation to ***
their practical uses and features Activity No. 3
 Explain the difference in coordinates
between datums referred to as ‘datum Title:Chart datum
shift’ Description:Students are given chart to
 Evaluate the effect to the safety to examine with respect to its horizontal
navigation of using a chart given its and vertical datum.
horizontal and vertical datum Time: 3 hours
Charts  Explain the purpose of nautical chart in Activity No. 4
navigation
4  Determine the requirements for the Title: Chart scale 3
carriage of charts used in navigation Description:Given charts of different
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electronic navigational chart equivalence of length on the chart given
 Compare and contrast paper charts a distance and vice versa. Students are
and electronic navigational charts with to identify the natural scale of the chart
regards to their use and limitations and its use.
 Determine the natural scale of the chart Time: 3 hours
and its classification given the said
natural scale
 Determine the length on the chart of a
given distance based on a given scale
and vice versa
Information from Charts, Lists of  Extract information from the chart Activity No. 5
Lights and Other Publications regarding its publication
 Interpret topographical and Title: Chart information and
hydrographical information symbols topographical information
and abbreviations obtained from the Description: The students will be given
Mercator chart a chart with marked objects for the
 Determine the characteristics of buoys students to identify. They are also to
and beacons in the day and night extract information about the chart’s
based on the charted information and publication.
or the information obtained from the Time: 3 hours.
List of Lights
 Compare and contrast regions A and B ***
of the IALA Buoyage System with
regards to the arrangement of buoys Activity No. 6
5–7 and beacons along the direction of 9
traffic Title:Hydrographical information and
 Use catalogue of charts and nautical navigational aids
publications to obtain the required chart Description: The students will be given
and nautical publications for the a chart with marked objects to identify.
intended voyage Time: 3 hours
 Use the nautical charts and
publications in order to obtain the ***
required information for the intended
voyage Activity No. 7

Title: Use of chart catalogue

Description: In this activity, students
are formed into groups and will be
assigned a voyage. Each group are
going to obtain the required charts and
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Tides  Explain the different factors which
affects tidal conditions
 Determine the tidal condition by linear
interpolation and harmonic prediction
 Use tidal prediction software in order to
obtain relevant tidal information
 Calculate the under-keel and vertical
clearance of the ship for the safe
passage
8–9
Corrections to Nautical Charts and  Explain the requirements and
Publications importance of correcting nautical charts
and publications for navigational safety
 Identify the correct equipment and tools
and their uses for the correction of
10 – 11 nautical charts and publications
 Apply and record corrections to nautical
charts and publications from the
Notices to Mariners (NTMs)
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nautical publications and the required
information about the voyage.
Time: 3 hours
Activity 8
Title:Tidal prediction by linear
interpolation
Description: Students are to compute
tidal conditions by linear interpolation.
The under-keel and vertical clearance
are also to be computed.
Time: 3 hours
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Activity 9
Title: Harmonic tidal prediction and
comparison to tidal predication software
Description: Students are to compute
tidal condition in pair. They are assigned
a time so that the whole class are going
to compute for the whole 24-hour cycle.
The result will be compared at the end
of the activity using a tidal prediction
software.
Time: 3 hours
Activity 10
Title:Corrections to nautical publications
Description:Students are to apply
corrections from the Notices to Mariners
to the nautical publications. The 6
equipment and tools for the correction
are also introduced.
Time:3 hours
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Activity 11
Title: Corrections to nautical charts
Description: Students are to apply
corrections from the Notices to Marines
including Preliminary and Temporary
Notices to the nautical chart.
Time: 3 hours
Magnetic and Gyro Compasses  Describe the interactions around a Activity 12:
magnetic field and how the compass Title: Magnetic compass
works within the Earth’s magnetic field Description: Students are to identify
 Compare and contrast permanent the parts of the magnetic compass and
magnetism from induced magnetism their function.
and its effect to the ship’s magnetic Time: 3 hours
compass
 Identify the parts of the magnetic ***
compass and their functions
 Describe the construction of the ship’s Activity 13:
magnetic compass Title:Gyro compass
 Outline the requirements for the Description: Students are to identify
magnetic compass in relation to the parts of the gyro compass and their
compass error function.
 Explain how gyroscopic properties are Time: 3 hours
12 – 17 used to determine the direction of the 18
“True North” ***
 Identify the parts of the gyro compass
and their functions Activity 14
Title: Boxing the compass
 Describe how heading input is supplied
Description: This is an oral recitation
by the gyro compass to other
for boxing the compass clockwise and
navigational equipment such as Radar
counter clockwise from any point of the
 Describe the working principle of a
compass.
fluxgate compass
Time: 3 hours
 “Box the compass” clockwise and
counter clockwise from any point in the ***
compass
 Determine the equivalent compass Activity 15
point of the given heading or course Title: Compass error
and vice versa Description: This is a problem-based
 Explain the sources of magnetic and learning involving compass error,
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gyro compass and their corrections
 Compute the magnetic compass
deviation given values of coefficient
 Obtain magnetic variation in the
nautical chart
 Determine the compass error, variation
and/or deviation based on the given
values by algebraic and/or graphical
method
 Determine the true course and bearing
based on the given values by algebraic
and/or graphical method
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variation and deviation using algebraic
and/or graphical method.
Time: 3 hours
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Activity 16
Title: “Correcting” the compass
Description: This is a problem-based
learning on determining the true course
and bearing based on given values.
Time: 3 hours

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Activity 17
Title: “Un-correcting the compass
Description: This is a problem-based
learning on determining the compass
course and bearing based on given
values.
Time: 3 hours

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