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Annex D – Training and assessment in the

operational use of Electronic Chart Display and

Information Systems (ECDIS)

Extract of relevant paragraphs of Section B-I/12 of the STCW Code – using
original paragraph numbering

Introduction

36. 
    

    When simulators are being used for training or assessment in the operational
    use of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS), the
    following interim guidance should be taken into consideration in any such
    training or assessment.

    
    


37. 
    

    Training and assessment in the operational use of the ECDIS should:

    
    

.1 incorporate the use of ECDIS simulation equipment; and

.2 conform to standards not inferior to those given in paragraphs 38 to 65

below.

38. ECDIS simulation equipment should, in addition to meeting all applicable
    performance standards set out in section A-I/12 of the STCW Code, as
    amended, be capable of simulating navigational equipment and bridge
    operational controls which meet all applicable performance standards
    adopted by the Organization, incorporate facilities to generate soundings and:

.1 create a real-time operating environment, including navigation control

and communications instruments and equipment appropriate to the

navigation and watchkeeping tasks to be carried out and the

manoeuvring skills to be assessed; and

.2 realistically simulate “own ship” characteristics in open-water

conditions, as well as the effects of weather, tidal stream and currents.

39. Demonstrations of, and practice in, ECDIS use should be undertaken, where
    appropriate, through the use of simulators. Training exercises should
    preferably be undertaken in real time, in order to increase trainees’
    awareness of the hazards of the improper use of ECDIS. Accelerated
    timescale may be used only for demonstrations.