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ARPA Course

This 4-day course will satisfy the training and assessment requirements for ARPA (Automatic Radar Plotting Aids) for both 46 CFR 11.202(C) and the STCW ARPA assessments for OICNW 3-2A through 3-2N. Subjects include a review of rapid radar plotting techniques, ARPA history and development, display characteristics, limitations and errors, and training in the practical application of ARPA for collision avoidance.

Course $1000.00

The Scuttlebut

Any applicant who has successfully completed your Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA) (INTMTR-37) course will satisfy the ARPA training requirements of 46 CFR 11.202(c). The practical assessments conducted in this course will be accepted as the equivalent of the following assessments from the National Assessment Guidelines for Table A-II/1 and Table II/2 of the STCW Code, as amended: OICNW-3-2A; OICNW-3-2B; OICNW-3-2C; OICNW-3-2D; OICNW-3-2E; OICNW-3-2F; OICNW-3-2G; OICNW-3-2H; OICNW-3-2I; OICNW-3-2J; OICNW-3-2K; OICNW-3-2L; and OICNW-3-2M. Any approved instructor for this course is authorized to sign off for a successful demonstration on the students control sheets. Applicants who have successfully completed your course need not present completed Control Sheets for these assessments in application for STCW certification.

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