ITI's which provides courses for Vessel Navigator

Sem. I

Sr. No.

Subjects of Study

Trade Practical

Trade Theory

1

Practical Navigation

Seamanship, Safety And Watch Keeping introduction to the trade: Familiarisation with institute, Job opportunities in the Marine sector, Machinery used in Trade. Types of work done by the students in the shop floor.

2

Practical related to Safety and Health, Demonstration on PPE (Personal Protection Equipments) Demo on First aid and Fire safety, Use of fire extinguishers.

Occupational Safety & Health Basic safety introduction, Personal protection: Basic injury prevention, Basic first aid, Hazard identification and avoidance, safety signs for Danger, Warning, caution & personal safety message.

3

The shape of the earth. Poles, equator, meridians, Parallel of latitude.  Position by latitude and longitude. Bearing distance, units of measurement. Difference of latitude difference of longitude, departure, mean and middle latitude, difference of meridional parts and the relationship between them. Use of position lines with or without run.

General parts of ship, construction (9 hrs) Definition of main dimensions. The names of the principal parts of a Vessel Mid ship section of a vessel, Framing, Beam, Maintaining water tight integrity, Freeing ports, Rudders, steering gear, shell and deck plating, bilge keel, double bottoms, sounding pipes, air pipes, stiffening and strengthening to resist painting, pounding and longitudinal stresses.

4

Fishing Gear Technology practical-i and Viva voce Onboard Training navigational Aspects and Fisheries Including Seamanship & Navigation and Viva voce

Fundamentals (5hrs) Basics of Physics - Heat engines - Terminology of I.C. engines - Classifications of I.C. engines Standard marine Phrases Terms and meanings (30 hrs) Block co-efficient, Displacement and Dead weight Laws of floating today.

5

1. Basic netting – mesh bar, mesh size – stretch mesh and cross mesh (Run with the mesh and across) (25 hrs) 
1. Preparation for sailing
2. Watch keeping on the bridge
3. Use and maintenance of LSA & FFA
4. Fishing gear operation and maintenance

Elementary Marine Engineering: Principles of operation of I.C. engines (20hrs) Working Principle of four stroke engine - two stroke engine - Cycle of operation - P.V. diagram two stroke - four stroke engines – Valve timing diagram two stroke – four stroke engines - Indicator diagram - Advantages Disadvantages

6

1. Net making implements – Needle and gauge (5 hrs) Viva voce The rigging of fishing vessels, methods of ascertaining proof and safe-working loads of ropes including synthetic fibre and wire ropes with and without certificates of proof loads. Rigging purchases and a knowledge of the power gained their use. (5hrs)

Components of marine diesel engine (25hrs) Identification of parts Free hand sketch of parts

7

1. Basic net making – practice with trawl knot reef knot (square knot double knot etc.) (15hrs) To read understand and make use of a barometer and thermometer. The instruments supplied by the Meteorological office will be taken as standard. (2hrs) Knots, hitches and bands in common use. Seizing, rackings, rope

System of marine diesel engine (30 hrs) Fuel system -Cooling system - Starting system -Lubrication system Understanding the systems and its Accessories Free hand sketch of systems.

Project Work

Sem. II

Trade Practical

Trade Theory

1

Practical problems on plane, parallel and Mercator sailing (10hrs) To calculate position arrived, course, distance using Noris tables and without using tables (20 hrs) On board the vessel, Dry dock using the equipments and making report (6 hrs)

Maintenance of vessels including fishing vessels (18 hrs) Safety care and maintenance of all life saving and fire appliances, light and sound signals and safe practices to be followed when fishing. Causes and simple methods of prevention of corrosion in a ship's structure.

2

The use of the traverse tables to obtain the position of the ship at any time, given compass courses, variation deviations and the run recorded by long or calculated by time and estimated speed, allowing for the effects of wind and current, if any (10hrs)

Sextant (3 hrs) The construction and use of the marine sextant including the optical principles involved. The detection and correction of sextant errors. The principles and use of the vernier and micrometer scales.

3

Fishing gear Technology Practical-II And viva voce Starting, Transportation and finding the error of the equipment (6 hrs)

Chronometer (3 hrs) The use and care of marine chronometer and its errors

4

1. Shaping of netting by braiding, creasing, baiting (15hrs) 2.Shaping of netting by tailoring (20hrs) 3. Hanging (mounting) of netting, Top & side mounting, different Methods Hanging ratio. (10 hrs)

Elementary Marine Engineering

5

VIVA VOCE Fishing Technique

Power Development (2 hrs) Power - IHP -BHP - FHP - SHP - EHP – Power rating

6

Onboard Training Navigational Aspects and Fisheries Including Seamanship & Navigation And Viva Voce Starting procedure, watch keeping and overhauling

Engine handling (10 hrs) Operation -Preparation for starting - Watch keeping the running - Precaution for stopping - Maintenance -Scheduled maintenance –Preventive maintenance - Break down maintenance

7

1.Use and maintenance of LSA & FFA
2.Navigational lights, sound signals
3.Anchoring procedures and anchor watch
4.Safety precaution while fishing Field visit for acquainting with the System Free hand sketch of systems

Power Transmission (20 hrs) Gear Box -Intermediate shaft -Stern tube -Propeller

8

Viva voce: Field visit and on board training in dry dock

Dry docking procedures (5hrs) Dry docking procedure – preparation before docking and undocking –preparation of defect list – safety procedure for entering and working in confined

9

Preparations of getting under way. Duties prior to proceeding to sea, making harbour, berthing alongside quays, jetties, or other ships and securing to buoys. (4hrs)

Naval Architecture and ship Construction-I

10

Helm orders, conning the fishing vessel. Effects of propellers on the steering of a fishing vessel. Stopping, going astern knowledge of manoeuvring capabilities of fishing vessels including turning circles, stopping distances etc.

Hydrostatics (8 hrs) Density - Relative density – pressure exerted by a liquid -load on an immersed plane - centre of pressure – load diagram - sheering force on bulkhead stiffeners Calculation on hydro pressure, load etc.

11

The duties of the watch keeping officer at sea, at anchor and at open roads. (3hrs)

Displacement, TPC, coefficients of form (8 hrs) Archimedes principle –displacement –tonne per cm immersion –coefficient of form – wetted surface area

12

Anchors and cables: their use and stowage (3hrs)

Centre of gravity (4 hrs) Centre of gravity – effect of addition of mass – effect of movement of mass –effect of suspended mass

13

Knowledge of the use of all deck Appliances including emergency steering gear (2hrs) Class room Practical Sketch a cross section of ship and mark various stability parameters

Stability of ships (8 hrs) Statically stability at small angles of heel – calculation of BM – metacentric diagram – inclining experiment – free surface effect – stability of large angles of heel – stability of a wallsided vessel, Centre of gravity, Centre of buoyancy, Equilibrium of ships, Angle of loll, Metacentre, Metacentric ht.

14

On board sketch the effect of the propellers and show how the fishing vessel turned in a short round

Manoeuvring : (4 hrs) Types of propellers, Effect of propellers, Shallow water effect, Turning a vessel in a short round, squat Introduction of fishing crafts (1hour) Boat Building materials (3 hrs)

15

Plotting Free hand drawing

Terms in boat building (2 hrs) General descriptions Importance of lofting in boat building (2 hrs) Caulking and stopping (1hour) Wheel house and other superstructures, rigging (1hour) Sheathing (1 hour) Underwater fittings (1hour) Painting and varnishes (1hour)

Project Work

Sem. III

Trade Practical

Trade Theory

1

To find the latitude by meridian altitude of a heavenly body. (10 hrs) Take the meridian altitude and to calculate the observed latitude and position line using nautical almanac. (10 hrs) Parts, checking the error Find the deviation, deviation card preparation (4 hrs)

Magnetic Compass (3 hrs) The use and care of magnetic compasses. Magnetic and nonmagnetic materials and their effect on the compass. Checking compasses. Practical limitation of the magnetic compass, flux gate compass.

2

To find position line and position through which it passes from an observation of sun Or star out of the meridian. (10hrs) To work our problems by various methods such as long by chord, Intercept, ex-meridian. (10hrs) Starting, stopping, finding the error (4 Hrs)

Gyro Compass (3 hrs) An elementary knowledge of the use and care of marine gyro compasses, including the procedure for starting and stopping. Routine oiling and cleaning and its effects. Routine operational checks. Application of latitude and speed error.

3

Fishing gear Technology Practical-III and Viva voce Taking the bearing and finding the error (4 hrs)

Bearing Instruments (3 hrs) The construction and use of azimuth mirrors. Procedure for checking accuracy of azimuth mirrors.

4

Joining of netting (10hrs)

Maintenance of navigational records (3 hrs)

5

Mending (15hrs)

Naval architecture and Ship construction - II

6

Marine Fisheries, Fish Processing Use and upkeep of sounding appliances, use and care of light and sound, signalling equipment including pyrotechnic light (3hrs)

Construction Backbone assembly, Building stock, making the moulds, Rabbet building of wood Hull planking -different types Framing and longitudinal Deck beams and carlings Knees, Riders and pointer, Deck planking.

7

Onboard Training Navigational Aspects And Fisheries Including Seamanship & Navigation And Viva Voce The use and care of lifesaving Appliances including handling characteristic, construction and stowage of life-rafts.

Engine installation, alignment (5hrs) Bottom and side framing Double bottom –internal structure –side framing – tank side bracket – beam knees – web frames Free hand sketches

8

1.International collision regulations
2.Marine pollution The sue and care of fire appliance including the smoke helmet, emergency fire pump and self – contained breathing apparatus (5hrs)

Tanks and plumbing work (3hrs) Deck fittings (2 hrs) Shell and decks Shell plating –bulwarks – deck plating – beams –deck guarders and pillars discontinuities– hatches – hatch corners Free hand sketches

9

Action to be taken on discovering a fire – in port – at sea (5hrs)

Bulk heads Water tight bulk head – water tight doors – non-water tight – bulkhead Free hand sketches general Meteorology: Composition and vertical structure of Atmosphere, weather and climate, Properties of atmospheric temperature – lapse rate, DALR, SALR, Diurnal variation of atmospheric temperature, Isotherms, Atmospheric pressure, Barometric tendency, isallobars

10

Knowledge of the precautions to be observed to prevent pollution of the marine environment (4hrs)

Fore end arrangements Stem plating – anchor – cable arrangement Free hand sketches Water vapour in the atmosphere

11

The sue and care of fire appliance including the smoke helmet, emergency fire pump and self – contained breathing apparatus (5hrs)

Aft end arrangements Transom stern – stern frame and rudder – ship tunnel - Kort nozzle – fixed pitch propeller – variable pitch propeller Free hand sketches Fish hold Insulated fish hold.

Project Work

Sem. IV

Trade Practical

Trade Theory

1

To find the true bearing of a heavenly body, the compass error and hence the deviation of the magnetic compass of the direction of the ship's head. (5hrs)

Basic knowledge of IMCO recommendations concerning the stability of fishing vessels and use of stability data provided on board (5 Hrs)

2

Fishing Gear Technology Practical-Iv And Viva Voce On board practical while fishing and prepare record (2hr)

Loading and discharging operation with special regard to heeling moments due to gear during fishing operations (3 hr)

3

Splicing – rope splicing and wire rope splicing. (10hrs) On board practicals during fishing trip and make a report (4hrs) Viva voce A full knowledge of the content and application of the Collusion Regulations (25hrs)

General knowledge of the measures designed for the protection of the crew on decks, superstructure, at deck opening and on stairway and ladders. (2 hr)

4

Fabrication of model nets (25hrs) Workshop practicals and dry dock. And prepare the observation (2hrs) Distress and pilot signals, penalties for misuse. International life-saving signals (2hrs)

General ideas of welding, types of weld, precautions taken (3 hrs)

5

Fish Finding Equipments A knowledge of the contents of ‘Merchant Shipping Notices’ and ‘Notices to Mariners’.

Marine Meteorolgy

6

Onboard Training Navigational Aspects And Fisheries Including Seamanship & Navigation And Viva Voce The IALA system of buoyage. Precautions while using floating navigational aids. E.g. buoys, light vessel etc. (4hrs)

General circulation of atmosphere over the earth, ITCZ, Thermal equator, Trade winds, coriolis force, seasons, Buys Ballots law, Pressure and wind distribution over Indian Ocean sector, Monsoon winds, wind pattern during SW and NE monsoon period over Indian sub continent and adjacent areas, Norwesters and Elephantas

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1. Operation Navigational equipments and communication equipments
2. Fishing gear operation and maintenance
3. Safety precaution while fishing
4. Various fishing technique followed During fishing operation The examiner may ask the candidate questions arising out of the written work. if it is deemed necessary on account of Weakness shown by the candidate.

Tropical Revolving storms (TRS) –cyclones and anticyclones and their directions in N.H. and S.H. structure of cyclone, origin tracks and life span of TRS, Parts of TRS- eye, eye wall, outer storm area, weather conditions, Ideal conditions for the formation of cyclone, prediction of cyclone, storm warning signals, weather reporting system for fishermen. Storm surges General aspects of ocean waves and tides, wave classification and wave parameters, tidal currents, flood and ebb tides, spring and neap tides, tsunamis.