International Navigation Officers Course

• Passage planning
• Visual Pilotage
• Blind Pilotage and Radar
• Ship Handling
• Meteorology
• Relative velocity
• Navigation aids, GPS/Echo Sounders/Logs/Gyros
• International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea
• Practical instruction and assessment in a full mission Bridge Simulator conducting visual and blind pilotage by day and night
• Practical instruction and assessment in a Royal Navy warship (OPV/MM) conducting visual and blind pilotage by day and night working closely with the ships Commanding Officer, Navigator, Officer of the Watch and Bridge Team
• Warship Electronic Chart Display & Information System (WECDIS)
• Tides and Time
• Chartwork

• Senior Sub-Lieutenant or junior Lieutenant with the equivalent of the RN’s Bridge Watch-Keeping certificate with at least 2 years seagoing experience and 1000 hours of certified seagoing Bridge watchkeeping experience
• Eyesight standards are detailed at the front of the chapter
• Note: Where IELTS is at 5.5 it may be possible to arrange further assessment in order to meet the course

Continuous assessment and final examination to RN standards in:

• Rule of the Road
• Tides and time
• Chartwork and fixing
• General navigation and ship handling (Simulator)
• General navigation and ship handling (Sea)

Successful students will be awarded with a Pass, Pass with Merit, or Pass with Distinction.