Uses and training programmes include:

• High speed craft operations to 60 knots
• Collision avoidance and navigation in confined waters in clear and reduced visibility
• Bridge Team Management
• Bridge watchkeeping procedures
• Navigation and Pilotage with Vessel Traffic Services (VTS)
• The use of radar, ARPA and navigational equipment including electronic charts, GPS, Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) and LOng RAnge Navigation C (LORAN-C)
• Marine casualty investigation

Ship models range from Very Large Crude Carrier’s (VLCC’s) to high and ultra high-speed ferries. Port and open sea areas include major areas of traffic convergence such as Sydney Harbour, Port Phillip Bay, Torres and Malacca Straits.

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