Course Description
Stability & Ships Construction: Basic - OICNW - Course #203
This 5 day course provides candidates with an understanding of the Theory and Calculations for Stability and Ships Construction for the OICNW.
Any applicant who has successfully completed Ship Construction & Basic Stability (MARTPT-449) course swill satisfy the following:
- The stability and ship construction training requirements of 46 CFR 11.309(a)(4)(xii) and Table A-II/1 of the STCW Code, as amended 2010, for an endorsement as OICNW on vessels of 500 GT or more; AND
- The ship construction and stability requirements of 46 CFR 11.317 and Table A-II/3 of the STCW Code, as amended 2010, for an endorsement as Master on Vessels of Less Than 500 GT Limited to Near Coastal Waters; AND
- The ship construction and stability requirements 46 CFR 11.321 and Table A-II/3 of the STCW Code, as amended 2010, for an endorsement as OICNW on Vessels of Less Than 500 GT Limited to Near Coastal Waters; AND
- The assessment tasks from NVIC 13-14(Ch-l): 8.1.A; 8.2.A; 8.3.A; and 8.4.A; AND
- The assessment tasks from NVIC 12-14(Ch-2): 10.1, 11.3, 13.l, 13.2, 13.3, and 13.4; AND
- The assessment tasks from NVIC 02-18: IO.I.A, 11.3.A, 13.1.A, 13.2.A, 13.3.A, and 13.4.A.
Applicants who have successfully completed this course need not present completed Task Control Sheets for these assessments in application for STCW certification.
Approved Assessments
NVIC 12-14 (Ch-1) and NVIC 02-18 Tasks completed in class include:
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10.1 – Effect of Cargo on Seaworthiness
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11.3 – Ship Structure
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13.1 – Stability, Trim & Stress Tables and Diagrams
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13.2 – Partial Loss of Intact Buoyancy
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13.3 – Fundamentals of Watertight Integrity
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13.4 – Ship Structure
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NVIC 13-14 Tasks completed in class include:
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8.1.A - Determine stability data
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8.2.A - Partial Loss of Intact Buoyancy
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8.3.A - Watertight integrity
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8.4.A - Vessel construction
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Stability Subjects Include:
- Displacement
- Buoyancy
- Fresh Water Allowance
- Statical Stability
- Initial Stability
- Statical Stability Curves
- Movement of Center of Gravity
- List and Correction
- Slack Tanks and Free Surface Effects
- Trim
- Partial Loss of Intact Buoyancy Calculations
Construction Subjects Include:
- Ship Dimensions & Form
- Ship Stresses
- Hull Structure
- Bow & Stern
- Fittings
- Rudders & Propellers
- Load Lines & Draft Mark Calculations
