MSC.1/Circ.1209 Information on Simulators Available for Use in Maritime Training

 

Circular Letter
MSC.1/Circ.1209

INFORMATION ON SIMULATORS AVAILABLE FOR USE IN MARITIME TRAINING

(22 May 2006)

 

1. The Maritime Safety Committee, at its sixty-third session (16 to 25 May 1994), instructed the Secretariat to compile, from the replies received in response to MSC/Circ.567/Rev.1 (Information Required on Simulators available for use in maritime training), a list of maritime training institutions equipped with simulators, to provide a source of information on availability of such training for use by administrations, shipowners and others. The first list was circulated by MSC/Circ.633 and subsequent information by MSC/Circ.721 and MSC/Circ.852.

 

2. The Sub-Committee on Standards of Training and Watchkeeping (STW), at its thirty-seventh session (23 to 27 January 2006), noting that many simulators at existing training institutions may have been replaced and new simulators may have been installed at other training institutions, agreed that it was necessary to update the information at an early date.

 

3. The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-first session (10 to 19 May 2006), endorsed the corresponding request by the Sub-Committee and urged Member Governments to provide the information on the availability of simulators in their training institutions in the format set out in the annex, at an early date, to enable the Secretariat to compile an updated circular.

 

Annex.

INFORMATION ON SIMULATORS AVAILABLE FOR USE IN MARITIME TRAINING

 

Information required is as follows:

 

1. Location of the maritime training simulator and contact information

 

Country: ___________________________

 

Location: __________________________

 

Mailing address: ___________________

 

Telephone: _____________ Telefax: ____________ E-mail: _____________

 

Contact person: ____________________

 

2. Bridge Training Facility

 

Type: ___________________________________________________

 

Date of Manufacture: ____________________________________

 

Number: _________________________________________________

 

Description: ____________________________________________

 

Number of Lecturers: ____________________________________

 

Number of Students simultaneously: ______________________

 

Visual System:

 

Day [ ]

 

Night [ ]

 

Field of View: (degrees)

 

Horizontal ___________________

 

Vertical ___________________

 

Sound [ ]

 

Engine Vibration [ ]

 

No. of Own Ships: ________________

 

No. of Targets: __________________

 

NAVAIDS (radar, GPS, AIS, etc.): __________________________________

 

Communications Equipment (GMDSS, VHF, etc.): ______________________

 

How Built: ________________________________________________________

 

Other information: ________________________________________________

 

Cost to Students: _________________________________________________

 

3. Engine Room Training Facility

 

Type(Diesel)(Steam)(Slow or Medium Speed): _____________________

 

Date of Manufacture: ________________________

 

Number: _____________________________________

 

Description: ________________________________

 

Number of Lecturers: ________________________

 

Number of Students simultaneously: __________

 

Engine Room: ________________________________

 

Control Room: _______________________________

 

Remote Monitoring: __________________________

 

Auxiliaries: ________________________________

 

Electrical Panel: ___________________________

 

Auxiliary Panels: ___________________________

 

Ballast Panels: _____________________________

 

Piping System: ______________________________

 

Boiler: _____________________________________

 

Auxiliary Generators: _______________________

 

Other information: __________________________

 

Cost to Students: ___________________________

4. Other simulator training facilities

 

Type: _____________________________________

 

Stability: ________________________________

 

GMDSS: ____________________________________

 

Cargo Handling: ___________________________

 

Liquid Cargo: _____________________________

 

Ballast management: _______________________

 

Fishing Simulator: ________________________

 

VTS: ______________________________________

 

Other simulators: _________________________

 

In each case indicate:

 

Date of manufacture: _____________________

 

Number of Lecturers: ____________________

 

Number of Students simultaneously: __________

 

Cost to Students: _______________________

 

 

5. General

 

Language(s) in which training is conducted: __________________________

 

Related teaching aids and documentation available to (e.g. books, notes,

video recordings,

etc.): _______________________________________________________________

 

Language of teaching aids/documentation: _____________________________

 

Can the simulator be used for problem solving exercises: _____________

 

Can the simulator be used for training in emergency situations:

______________________________________________________________________

 

Does the simulator provide a review of the trainees performance on

completion of the

exercise: ____________________________________________________________

 

Is the simulator training open to students from other countries:

______________________________________________________________________

 

if so, cost per student: ___________________________________________

 

Any additional information: __________________________________________