Maritime Further Education

Shipping skills

ARPA - Automatic Radar Plotting Aid

Objectives

Knowledge and skills for the operational use of radar equipment with ARPA, radar navigation in restricted visibility, radar interpretation, collision avoidance.

Contents

ARPA system display characteristics, IMO performance standards for ARPA, acquisition of targets, tracking capabilities and limitations, errors of interpretation, application of COLREGS

Facts

Duration: 3 days | Language: English and German | Target group: navigational officers on board ships with ARPA equipment, pilots, professional small craft skippers | Costs: EUR 1,050 per person (or individual by appointment in small groups)

RADAR/ARPA is a BSH-accredited course (registration number BSH-2014-922-001).