ECDIS - a vast pedagogical experiment Prof. Capt. Ralph Becker-Heins
Conference Stavanger / 31th of May 2012
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Professor Captain Ralph Becker-Heins Professor of Navigation University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany Master Mariner Founder and Chairman of
MSG MarineServe GmbH
Safebridge GmbH
ETC - ECDIS Training Consortium
About me
Regulations always run behind
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• Different GUI • Different philosophies • Navigational tool is implemented by IT-
specialists into a software environment • Some manufacturers try to implement all
functions into one ECDIS, others only deliver the minimum standards
• Some manufacturers develop their ECDIS for the performance standards, others despite the performance standards
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Completely different route planning
Sperry VisonMaster FT5
Raytheon NSC ECDIS
JRC Jan 701B/901B / 2000
Transas Navi-Sailor 4000
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Over 30 manufacturer with + 40 models
• maturity of the software • cost of training • software updates • purchasing • installation of charts
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• Train on the original manufacturer software
• 3-week time window to finish the course
• Access 24/7 from everywhere with internet
• Manufacturer approved course and certificate
Type-specific ECDIS Training Online – with Safebridge
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Generic and type-specific training on-board – on-side – online - worldwide
ETC provides Flag State approved Generic and manufacturer approved type-specific ECDIS Training At 14 ETC centres worldwide Located strategically where seafarers are Flexible, open, ECDIS classes available Standard courses and courseware Train on the original manufacturer software
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