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RYA VHF Radio Operator
1 day: £130
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East Anglian Sea School offers the RYA Short Range VHF Radio Operators Course (SRC),This is the radio operator qualification which authorises the holder to operate a VHF radiotelephone fitted with Digital Selective Calling (DSC) on board any British vessel which is voluntarily fitted with radio equipment. If you own a marine VHF radio, hand held or fixed on the boat, you are required by law to hold an operators licence. This means that you know the procedures and avoid clogging up the airwaves with unnecessary transmissions, which could block out a Mayday distress call. The VHF Radio is an important piece of safety equipment on board a small craft - this one day course teaches the basics of radio operation, the correct frequencies (channels) to be used, distress, emergency, and medical assistance procedures. |
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Suggested Previous Experience None. But you should study the RYA Booklets G22 & G26 before attending the course. Course Content You will be taught in our East Anglia based water side classroom you learn normal voice procedures for VHF radio and the use of Digital Selective Calling (DSC) using the latest Icom radio simulators, followed by a short written test. This standard qualification for the operation of equipment using procedures and techniques also coves GMDSS equipment such as Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB) and Search and Rescue (SART) as part of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). Digital Selective Calling (DSC) is an integral part of all new VHF sets. This feature allows calls to specific vessels. Syllabus General knowledge of VHF radiotelephone communications in the maritime mobile service The general principles and basic features of the maritime service relevant to vessels not subject to a compulsory fit under the safety of lives at sea (SOLAS) Convention. Detailed working knowledge of radio equipment The VHF radio installation. Purpose and use of Digital Selective Calling (DSC) facilities. Operational procedures and practical operation of the GMDSS equipment Search and Rescue (SAR) Procedures in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety system (GMDSS). Distress, urgency and safety communication procedures in the GMDSS. Protection of distress frequencies. Maritime safety Information (MSI). Alerting and Locating Signals. Operational procedures and regulations for VHF communications Ability to exchange communications relevant to the safety of life at sea. Regulations, obligatory procedures and practices. Practical and theoretical knowledge of radiotelephone procedures. Distress situations Define a distress situation. Initiate a DSC distress alert, with position and time input manually or automatically. Send a Mayday call and massage by voice. Respond appropriately to a DSC distress alert and to a Mayday call message, including relay of a distress message. Deploy an EPIRB and SART. Urgency Situations Define an urgency situation, Initiate a DSC urgency alert. Send a Pan Pan call and message by voice, respond appropriately to an urgency message. Safety Situations Identify a situation in which a safety message is appropriate. Initiate a DSC alert. Send a message by voice. Receive Maritime Safety Information by NAVTEX. Routine Communication Initiate a DSC routine call. Establish communication and exchange messages with other stations by voice on appropriate channels. Test the radio phone by means of an appropriate test call. Enter a DSC group and individual Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI). Maintain an appropriate listening watch on DSC and voice channels. Use the international phonetic alphabet. Award GMDSS Short Range Certificate if successful. Dates Wed 09th Jul 2008 Sat 26th Jul 2008 Sun 10th Aug 2008 Thu 21st Aug 2008 Sat 20th Sep 2008 Wed 08th Oct 2008 Sat 25th Oct 2008 Sat 08th Nov 2008 Thu 20th Nov 2008 Sat 06th Dec 2008 |
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