Dynamic Positioning Sea Time Reduction
Course highlights
Reduce the period of supervised Dynamic Positioning (DP) sea time days by a maximum of 30 days with the satisfactory completion of an intensive DP Simulator Course.
This course enables graduates to operate vessels safely in DP, with regard for safety of life at sea and protection of the marine environment.
Participants will learn:
- Operational administration planning, risk assessment and hazard identification tasks, checklists, logs and how to perform thorough watch handovers
- Knowledge of the DP system and additional equipment and instruments
- Situational awareness and the ability to analyse trends and pre-empt problems before they arise
- Set up the DP system for a designated task
- Communication and team work skills and the discussion of systems failures
- Decide on courses of action based on systems failures in a calm manner with reason and confidence
- Reacting to alarms and printer readout and initiate DP Alert status alarms.
Key facts
| Start Date(s) |
Please contact us for more information *All courses will proceed subject to numbers, a minimum of 2 and maximum of 4 students is required to run this course. |
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| Duration | Five days |
| Time | 8am - 4pm |
| Study location(s) | New Zealand Maritime School |
| Study method |
Please contact us for more information
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| Domestic fees | $5,180 (approx.) |
| International fees (NZD) | NZD$5,180 (approx.) |
| Course code | 941.612 |
| Offered by | School of NZ Maritime |
For more information, phone 0800 62 62 52 or enquire below.
Information is correct as at 18 January 2024. The fee quoted is an indicative short course fee. You will be advised of the current fees at the time of enrolment. Short courses stated as eligible for free study in 2024 are based on the 2023 fee structure and subject to funding confirmation for 2024. International Students holding an appropriate visa may enrol on this course. All short course fees are in New Zealand Dollars and inclusive of GST. Manukau Institute of Technology reserves the right to cancel or postpone a course with insufficient enrolments or for any other reason where cancellation is necessary before the course is planned to start. Manukau Institute of Technology is part of Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology. Te Pukenga is accredited under the provisions of the Education and Training Act 2020.