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Course Name: BRIDGE TEAM MANAGEMENT REFRESHER AND NAVIGATIONAL ASSESSMENT
Entry Criteria:

Only Mstr & C/O (must have done BTM-2 more than 5 years ago)

Course Duration: 3 Days 24 Hours
Course Description:

This course conducted on a Full Mission Simulator depicting real life-like situation is a refresher course for Bridge Team Management.


Navigational Assessment


Each participant is assessed objectively using a set of Technical and Behavioural markers and scores are given against each Navigational shall set and performance of team management while holding the conn during a critical passage situational awareness and their ability to take decisions under stressful situations.

Contents of the Course:

Refresher Training:


  • Principles of ship handling – turning circle, shallow water effects, wind and current effects.
  • Emergency Manoeuvres - Ship handling with navigational equipment failures.
  • Management of Navigational Emergencies.
  • Anchoring in congested waters, anchoring in an emergency.

    Navigational Assessment:


    This assessment is a means to identify human performance in navigational situations which could be stressful and times, and measure their skill in passage planning, ship handling, use of Nav-aids, leadership, communications and management coupled with adherence to COLREGS. All this is done in a safe environ of a full mission 360deg Navigation simulator. Analysis of the markers and the formulation of summarized observations, allows an excellent debriefing to be carried out after each exercise. At the conclusion of the course an assessment report is prepared which provides the measured scores on each skill set mentioning in the remarks:


  • Competency/performance gaps
  • Areas of strengths and weaknesses
  • Recommendations for further training

  • Please find below the list of documents required to get on the first day of the course.
    1. 2 Passport Size Photos
    2. Copy of Passport
    3. Copy of COC
    4. Copy of CDC
    5. Copy of INDOS