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Radio English (1 cr)

Code: 888830416-3002

General information


Enrollment

15.08.2020 - 04.09.2020

Timing

26.10.2020 - 10.11.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

12 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Marine Technology

Teachers

  • Mikko Koho

Teacher in charge

Mikko Koho

Groups

  • MKKT18SP
    Marine Technology, full-time studies

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

Location and time

Not an option for this course.

Materials

SMCP handbook, exercise materials will be provided by the teacher.

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
The student attends the required number of lessons and completes obligatory assignments as instructed by the teacher.

Independent track:
Each case must be initiated by the student and will be independently decided.

Blended track:
Not an option for this course.

Exam schedules

All re-sit exam dates within 12 months of the end date of the course.

Completion alternatives

Each case must be initiated by the student and will be independently decided.

Student workload

1.5 ECTS credits

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment is based on an examination.

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.