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Radio EnglishLaajuus (1.5 cr)

Course unit code: 888830416

General information


Credits
1.5 cr
Teaching language
Finnish
Institution
Peppi

Objective

After completing the course, the student is able to communicate via VHF radio onboard a ship in routine, urgency and distress situations using standardised terminology and phrases (IMO SMCP).

Content

The course covers the following sections of SMCP handbook:
General procedures
Selected standardised terminology
Selected standardised phrases (e.g. traffic in fairway, port entry and departure, anchoring, weather and sea state, buoyage)
Urgency and distress communication

Evaluation

Students can
- use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
- look for information in the key information sources of the field.
- evaluate operations in customer, user and target group situations.
- choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.

Qualifications

Participation in this course requires that the student has completed the courses Maritime English 1, Maritime English 2 and Maritime English 3, or is simultaneously completing them.

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