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AVAILABILITY AND USE OF TRAINING FACILITIES AND SIMULATORS
KEY AREA 4
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In line with the requirements of
Section A-I/6.1.1 of the Code, the
Annex C.1 of JCMMC No.2 series of
2019 and in annex C of JCMMC No.
01, series 2019 provides the ratio of
minimum
requirement
for
simulator equipment to student,
which is one simulator per three
students.
However, the BIT International
College does not have available
sufficient navigation simulators
for all the students enrolled. In
particular, it allows, for a given
exercise, seven students in each
of its three computers ‘mini
bridges’. These included three
computer screens displaying an
ECDIS image, a Radar image and
the own ship’s conning display at
the same time, a keyboard and a
mouse, which were appropriate
for no more than three students
depending on the exercise and
relevant
learning
outcomes.
Hence, the above arrangement
of the BIT International College
does not ensure that each
student carries out the training
time specified in the syllabi of the
ARPA and ECDIS courses to
achieve the relevant learning
outcomes.
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In line with the requirements of
Section A-I/6.1.1 of the Code, the
Annex C.1 of JCMMC No.2 series of
2019 and in annex C of JCMMC No.
01, series 2019 provides the ratio of
minimum
requirement
for
simulator equipment to student,
which is one simulator per three
students.
However, the PMI Colleges the
bridge simulator and Radar
ARPA and ECDIS simulator
stations
available
are
not
sufficient to train all the students
enrolled in the relevant courses,
since the instructors’ allocated
groups of seven or eight students
per station to conduct an
exercise in the ARPA simulator
and groups of five in the bridge
and navigation ‘mini bridge’
simulators. Hence, this does not
ensure that each student carries
out sufficient training to achieve
the relevant learning outcomes.
