TESTS, CERTFICATES, NINE FUNCTIONS,
AVAILABLE IN SIMULATOR
POSITION
REPORTING,
AAIC, ALRS VOLUME,
EPIRB
FALSE ALERT CANCELLATION
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BATTERY TEST
- ON/OFF LOAD CHECK – Daily
- CAPACITY TEST – Yearly
VHF DSC TEST
- SELF TEST – Daily
- TEST with another VHF DSC of own vessel
- TEST with another ship
MF HF DSC TEST
Live
Test with CRS/MRCC on any of HF DSC Distress frequency -weekly
(SELF
TEST – Daily Test)
EPIRB TEST
(SELF
TEST)
1.
MONTHLY
TEST
2.
Annual
Test at SBM
3.
When
a new EPIRB is provided, Test should be conducted on board.
Annual Test by SBM
Every
year EPIRB should be tested at SBM.
We
can check the annual service date in the EPIRB LABEL.
SBM
will issue a annual service TEST CERTIFICATE.
This
should also be made in log entry.
Every Two years,
HRU
should be replaced with a new HRU.
HRU validity is two years.
SART TEST:
1.
MONTHLY
TEST on board – (at sea maintenance)
2.
Annual
Test – at SBM
3.
SELF
TEST ( need not tell, unless examiner asked about this)
GMDSS VHF TEST
- Monthly Test
- Annual Test – Test at SBM
CERTFICATES
- SHIP STATION license – issued by Ministry Of Communications – In INDIA
(Radio Station License)
With Renewal license
- GOC operator’s license - issued by Ministry Of Communications – In INDIA
With renewal license
- CARGO and SHIP SAFETY RADIO certificate – issued by classification society
- EPIRB, SART and GMDSS VHF annual Test certificate – issued by SBM
- EPIRB registration certificate – issued by MCC
- LRIT, AIS TEST certificate
( Related questions to certificates and
licences to be discussed with a copy of certificates )
- RADIO LOG BOOK
- RADIO TARIFF BOOK
- ITU MANUAL for the use by MMS and MMS
- ITU LIST of COAST STATIONS
- ITU LIST of SHIP STATIONS and CALL SIGNS
- ITU LIST of RADIO DETERMINATION and SPECIAL SERVICES
- ALRS VOLUMES – 1 to 8 – not mandatory
NINE
FUNCTIONS – GMDSS REQUIREMENTS
1.
Distress
alerting – ship to shore – EPIRB, DSC, INMARSAT
2.
Distress
alerting – shore to ship – DSC, SafetyNET and NAVTEX
3.
Distress
alerting – ship to ship - VHF CH 16 and CH 13, VHF DSC and MF HF DSC
4.
SAR
communication – ships , shore (MRCC/CRS) and SAR aircraft
5.
On
scene communication
6.
Locating
– SART
7.
Transmission
and Reception of MSI – NAVTEX and EGC (safetyNET)
8.
GENERAL
RADIO COMMUNICATION – mf hf transceiver, VHF and INMARSAT
9.
Bridge
to Bridge communication - VHF
AVAILABLE IN SIMULATOR
EPIRB – MANUAL ACTIVATION
EPIRB – TEST
SART – ACTIVATION
SART – TEST
BATTERY ON/OFF LOAD CHECK
GMDSS VHF
(you will be asked to show
these in simulator)
EPIRB
FALSE ALERT CANCELLATION
How to
stop continuous transmission of EPIRB?
If manually activated:
Pull
back the switch to OFF position, put the locking pin
If automatically activated:
Wipe
out the sea water contact screw with cotton cloth
(Dry
the sea water contact screw)
If EPIRB can not be retrieved:
EPIRB
will stop transmission after 48 hours
we
can inform RCC
you have retrieved EPIRB. But you can
not stop the continuous transmission
of EPIRB. What will you do?
Remove
the battery.
EPIRB
has two halves. Upper half and lower half. Unscrew the joining screws.
Battery
in the lower half.
OR
Fully
cover EPIRB with an aluminium tin foil sheet. No transmission will be sent out
from the aluminium tin foil cover (Protection)
EPIRB FALSE
ALERT CANCELLATION through TEERESTRIAL communication
In SEA AREA A4:
Send
DSC URGENCY ALERT to CRS on HF or MF (depends on the distance)
After
that
On
voice – MF or HF
Give
the cancellation message to CRS and request them to forward the cancellation message
to RCC
RCC
phone numbers are available in the ALRS VOLUME 5 – SAR pages
(If
you can contact RCC through terrestrial, you can convey the cancellation
message)
(Example:
VLADIVOSTAK/MURMANSK –RUSSIA)
POSITION REPORTING
AMVER - ship reporting system
AUSREP - Australian ship reporting system
JASREP - Japanese ship Reporting system
AMVER, AUSREP & JASREP – are free of charge to the
ship station if sent VIA CRS
AMVER
-REPORT TYPE
Sailing plan - SP
Position Report -PR
Deviation report -DR
Arrival report (final Report) - FR
Why ocean
region is divided in to sea areas?
For DSC alerting and terrestrial communication purpose
Why ocean region
is divided in to four ocean regions?
For maritime satellite communication purpose
Why ocean region
is divided in to NAVAREAS and METAREAS?
NAVAREAs and METAREAs
for worldwide navigational and meteorological
warning service
21 NAVAREAs
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AAIC
Where can you
refer your AAIC?
In ITU LIST OF SHIP STATIONS, 10th column
Who is the
AAIC for Indian ships?
TATA Communications
(also Essar shipping and SCI also available )
AAIC
You can prepare the bills of charges for the calls
made and messages sent with the TARIFF
BOOK and add Accounting Authority code in the bill
Company will not pay the bill directly to the service
provider. They will pay through the agency called Accounting Authority. They
have a code AAIC
What is
IAMSAR?
International Aeronautical & Maritime SAR manual published
by IMO
(IAMSAR 3 is required for our use)
ALRS VOLUME
ALRS VOLUME 1 (part 1 and part2)
Coast Radio Stations contains details of shore stations services, Ids,
frequencies, classes of emissions, details on the use of INMARSAT, ship
reporting systems like AMVER, pollution and piracy reporting procedure, info
about Radio Medical advice, Radio quarantine reports
ALRS VOLUME 3
MSI services, Radio weather and Nav warning services, Navtex referances
with related diagrams
ALRS VOLUME 5
GMDSS
ALRS VOLUME 6
Pilot services, VTS and port operations, detailed pilot information and
VTS with associated diagrams, harbour VHF facilities
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