The study modules.
The whole oral syllabus in 23 modules and 227 short lessons. Each lesson takes a few minutes; the worked visuals and simulators sit where they belong, and every module ends with scenario questions and the oral questions with model answers.
- Module 01
Who is the OOW?
Role, responsibilities, watchkeeping duties, handover, restricted visibility, anchor watch & rest hours
13 lessons · 2 visuals & tools · 6 oral questions
- Module 02
Passage Planning
SOLAS Reg 34 · Four stages · Publications · UKC · Monitoring · Ocean / Coastal / Pilotage
9 lessons · 2 visuals & tools · 5 oral questions
- Module 03
COLREGS
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea — the rules, lights, shapes and sound signals, plus the interpretation, precedence and nuances the examiner actually probes
13 lessons · 8 visuals & tools · 8 oral questions
- Module 04
ECDIS
Electronic Chart Display and Information System — types, limitations, alarms, carriage requirements, backup arrangements
10 lessons · 1 visuals & tools · 5 oral questions
- Module 05
What-If Emergencies
MOB · Collision · Grounding · Flooding · Steering Failure · Blackout · Fire · Receiving a Distress
8 lessons · 2 visuals & tools · 4 oral questions
- Module 06
ISM & ISPS
International Safety Management Code · Safety Management System · Flag & Port State Control · ISPS Security Levels
10 lessons · 1 visuals & tools · 5 oral questions
- Module 07
MARPOL
Marine pollution prevention — six annexes, special areas, SOPEP, Oil Record Book, Garbage Management Plan
10 lessons · 1 visuals & tools · 4 oral questions
- Module 08
LSA & Fire
Fire classes & extinguishing agents · LSA equipment · EPIRB · SART · Immersion suits · Drills · Abandon ship
11 lessons · 2 visuals & tools · 6 oral questions
- Module 09
Radar & ARPA
Principles · Modes · Limitations · Sources of error · ARPA · Parallel indexing · COLREGS Rule 7
11 lessons · 5 visuals & tools · 4 oral questions
- Module 10
AIS
Automatic Identification System — principles, carriage requirements, data transmitted, modes, limitations
11 lessons · 1 visuals & tools · 3 oral questions
- Module 11
Chartwork & Navigation
Position fixing · Variation & deviation · Compass courses · Tidal calculations · Notices to Mariners · Sextant
13 lessons · 5 visuals & tools · 4 oral questions
- Module 12
IALA Buoyage & Compass
IALA Region A & B · Lateral marks · Cardinal marks · Special marks · Gyro compass · Magnetic compass · Errors & checks
10 lessons · 6 visuals & tools · 4 oral questions
- Module 13
Manoeuvring
Propeller effects · Helm orders · Wind & current · Squat & interaction · Anchoring · Berthing · Mooring lines
10 lessons · 2 visuals & tools · 3 oral questions
- Module 14
Pilot & GMDSS
Pilot embarkation · OOW responsibilities with pilot · Pilot card · GMDSS sea areas · Equipment · Distress procedures
12 lessons · 3 visuals & tools · 4 oral questions
- Module 15
Stability & Heavy Weather
GM · Righting lever · Freeboard · Slack tanks · Watertight integrity · Heavy weather preparation
12 lessons · 5 visuals & tools · 5 oral questions
- Module 16
COSWP · Publications · Salvage · MLC
Code of Safe Working Practices · MSNs, MGNs, MINs · Salvage law · MLC 2006 · Crew agreements
9 lessons · 1 visuals & tools · 5 oral questions
- Module 17
Meteorology
Instruments · Synoptic charts · Frontal systems · TRS avoidance · Buys Ballot's Law · Fog types · Weather broadcasts
10 lessons · 2 visuals & tools · 5 oral questions
- Module 18
SAR & IAMSAR
IAMSAR Vol III · SAR coordination · Search patterns · OSC · Assisting disabled vessels and ditched aircraft · Helicopter operations
7 lessons · 2 visuals & tools · 3 oral questions
- Module 19
Towing, Ice Navigation & Special Operations
Towing preparations · Being towed · Ice navigation · Ice accretion · Watertight doors · Loadline marks · Steering gear
8 lessons · 2 visuals & tools · 4 oral questions
- Module 20
Surveys, Casualty Reporting & Health and Safety
MAIB reporting · Official Log Book · Statutory surveys · Classification · Improvement notices · Risk assessment · SOLAS training manual
7 lessons · 1 visuals & tools · 3 oral questions
- Module 21
Bridge Equipment, VTS, Damage Stability & Engineering Watch
Echo sounder · Course recorder · NAVTEX · VTS · Damage stability · Flooding trim · Engineering watch · Advanced anchoring
7 lessons · 1 visuals & tools · 3 oral questions
- Module 22
Anchoring, Mooring & Yacht Operations
The anchoring evolution · Anchor watch & dragging · Mooring lines & snap-back · Med mooring · Berthing in wind · Tender & helicopter operations
8 lessons · 1 visuals & tools · 3 oral questions
- Module 23
General Ship Knowledge & Construction
Hull structure & terminology · Materials · Watertight subdivision · Load line & draught marks · Tonnage · Rudders & propellers · Sea inlets · Corrosion & anodes
8 lessons · 3 visuals & tools · 3 oral questions
Your progress is saved on this device. Each module also has a printable study sheet, linked from inside the module.