Course syllabus

Course Guide

Prerequisites

In order to be eligible for a first cycle course the applicant needs to fulfil the general and specific entry requirements of the programme(s) that has the course included in the study programme.

135 credits from the Nautical science programme and 45 credits of on-board training with a nautical profile.

Aim

The course should broaden students' proficiency in all parts of the operative work as officer of the watch (OOW) on board a ship.

Learning outcome
(After completion of this course, the student should be able to…)

1. Plan a voyage including an offshore operation with respect to navigation, service assignment and documentation
2. Conduct an offshore operation as a part of a bridge team according to industry standards
3. Conduct assessment of skills during an offshore operation
4. Conduct a sea voyage as single OOW on the bridge
5. Present documentations from all parts of the voyage according to industry standards for offshore service vessels

Content

Plan and conduct a voyage(operation) in specific segment according to industry standards.

Course literature

• Navigation Advanced – Mates/Masters, 2^nd (2015), Capt. Nadeem Anwar
• International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the Bridge Procedures Guide, 2007
• International Maritime Organization, Resolution A.893 (21), Guidelines for voyage planning
• GOMO, Guidelines for Offshore Marine Operations, 2013
• OCIMF Report Template – OVIQ2
• Different handouts along the course

Course structure and organisation

Project work where the student alone or in group look for information, compile information and present the complete planning for the voyage and the offshore operation. Compulsory simulator exercises in chosen simulators to conduct parts of the voyage

Lectures: (Mandatory/not mandatory) – Subject to change, time edit will be updated.

• 19/1: Introduction to the course – All
• 20/1: Introduction to the assignment profile offshore.
• 21/1: Anchor handling operations
• 22/1: Commercial – Chartering/Vetting - All
• 22/1: Advanced DP operations
• 26/1: Anchor Handling assignment - Cancelled
• 27/1: Route planning in groups at FMBS
• 29/1: Arrival Documents (All)
• 1/2: TBA
• 3/2: HSSEQ Offshore, Floatel. Mandatory
• 5/2: Q & A Assignment
• 12/2: Chartering of Offshore vsl from client's perspective
• 22/2: Commercial conditions OSV market, supply time – Daniel Eriksson and Guest lecturer from NOS.
• 24/2: Q&A Assignment
• 10/3: Presentation of Anchor handling assignment.
• 12/3: Summary & end of course

Work shop and Route planning:

• 27/1: Amending routes from previous course.
• 23/2: Cont. amending routes. (Voluntary.)

Simulator exercises are divided in to three parts:

• Part A in week 4 & 5: Conducting own planned DP operation – See PM Exercise no 1 (For instructions and preparations)
• Part B in week 6: Group specific training for anchor handling operations. – See PM Exercise no 2 (For instructions and preparations)
• Part C in week 10: Single OOW voyage - See Examination simulation PM. (For Instructions and preparations)

Assessment

1. Present written documentation according to industry standard for control body. Shall be completed 7/3 (23:59) and uploaded on Canvas. Examining course objectives, no 1 and 5. Graded “Approved” and “Not approved”
2. Mandatory presence on simulator exercises in an offshore environment. Examining course objectives, no 2 and 3. Graded “Approved” and “Not approved”
3. Approved on simulator exercise as single OOW. Examining objective, no 4. Graded “Approved” and “Not approved”
4. Mandatory presence on external lectures

Evaluation

All courses at Chalmers are evaluated in several steps. As a student, you may at any time address the course responsible, student representatives or anyone in the board or the programme owning the course with your feedback. During the course, the student representatives and the course responsible meet to discuss the progress of the course.

After the course, an evaluation survey is sent out to all students registered at the course. Usually, you have two weeks to fill out the survey, and we encourage you to do so regardless of what your opinions of the course – the more feedback we get, the clearer we understand what has worked well and maybe less well in the course. The course survey is used at the course evaluation meeting, where the course responsible, student representatives and a programme board member meet to discuss what has works will in the course and if something should be changed for next course round.

From last year the course evaluations addressed the following topics.

• In general, a very high satisfaction with the course
• Keep the simulations
• The course is also adjusted that most activity is done in the beginning to allow for better focus on the final thesis work in the end.
• Not optimal with this course running parallel with the thesis work. We will discuss the examination in form of written hand-in or more verbal presentations.
• More clarity on the Assignments.