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SIRE Inspector's Top 20 ECDIS Questions Rev 2

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Perform the following using your

WELCOME ECDIS onboard.


As an ECDIS user, it is essential that you 1. Select an ENC. 8. Can you change the charted
are properly trained in order to ensure What Display Mode is the system symbology between Traditional
the safety of navigation. The safety of currently set in? (paper) and simplified (S-52)?
your vessel, shipmates, cargo and the a. Base
b. Standard
environment depends on you operating
c. Other 9. Select an RNC?
ECDIS correctly in a range of situations. a. What are the Limitations
the operator has, when using
Vetting or Port State Inspectors may 2. What are the Safety Contour and RNC on ECDIS?
ask you to demonstrate various ECDIS Safety Depths set to? Can you explain
functions, and it is important that you are the difference between them?
able to do this accurately and confidently. 10. Where is the sensor settings
menu?
This short guide had been produced to 3. Has SCAMIN been applied to ENC
indicate the type of question inspectors setting?
11. Is it possible to deselect GPS
might ask. You are to work through this
sensor and manually go into DR
guide, ensuring that you are able to perform 4. How do you achieve the Best Scale / mode?
all of the tasks as they apply to the specific Compilation Scale when using ENC’s?
type of ECDIS fitted on your vessel.
12. Is there an ENC Chart reference
This is just a guide; of course there 5. How do you Query / Interrogate a on the ECDIS system?
are many other questions that could charted object? a. If so, where is it?
be answered, and through self-study, b. If not, what publication can
discussing with fellow officers, and you consult?
maintaining a professional curiosity, your 6. What is the Cell number of the ENC
which is currently displayed?
ECDIS knowledge will grow, and you will
13. When was the last time an LOP fix
be able to answer many questions with was applied?
confidence. 7. Where would you find the Data a. Can you apply a visual fix in
Quality Pattern / CATZOC / Quality ECDIS?
In the event of any difficulty you should Object Setting? b. Can you apply a radar fix in
consult other watch keepers, the Master, ECDIS?
user manuals, or other information sources
until you are confident about performing
each task properly.
SIRE VIQ
14. Where and how can you Import and SIRE VIQ lists tasks an inspector may ask
Export passage plans? you to perform. This is not a complete list, but
you should able to effectively demonstrate /
answer all of these
15. Where and how can you view the
playback function? 9 Creating and uploading passage plans

9
9 Recalling previous voyage

9
16. Change Brightness and Contrast
display settings? 9 Route checking and management of alarms

9
9 Plotting manual fixes ( visual bearing and

9
17. When was the last Chart Update radar range)
Disk installed?
9 Creating parallel index lines

9
18. How do you apply T&P corrections? 9 Setting safety depths and safety contours as
9
appropriate to the draught of the vessel

19. When was the last Manual 9 Setting of Safety frame/safety cone
9
Correction applied?
9 Ensuring system is updated to the latest
9
corrections
20. Where is the ECDIS system Log
Book? 9 AIS and or Radar overlay if fitted
9
a. What was the last major
event logged? 9 Understanding of limitations of operating in
9
RCDS mode

21. When was the last time the IHO 9 Knowledge of SCAMIN and how it is displayed
9
Data Presentation and Performance
Check, tested on the ECDIS system? 9 Knowledge of CATZOCs
9
a. What were the findings?
9 Familiarity of deck officers with contingency
9
action in case of ECDIS failure.

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