Home >> Recruiting >> Officer Training >> Course Outline Basic Course Outline Deck Safety Communications VHF SSB GMDSS 4 hours Quiz 1 hour Stability and Damage Control 12 hours Quiz 1 hour HAZCOM (MSDS Sheets, etc.) 2 hours Pilot Ladders (while u/w on Kings Pointer) 2 hours Logkeeping 2 hours STCW Basic Safety Elementary First Aid and CPR 8 hours Proficiency in Survival Craft 30 hours Personal Survival 15 hours Personal Safety and Social Responsibility 4 hours Intro to Nautical Science Nautical Terms and Nomenclature of Ships 2 hours Ship Construction 2 hours Tour of Kings Pointer 4 hours Quiz 1 hour Navigation Chart Projection/Coordinate System 2 hours Nautical Chart/Symbols 4 hours/ Aids to Navigation (ATONS) w/ Light Characteristics 4 hours Magnetism 2 hours Compass(Deviation/Variation) 2 hours Gyro Compass 2 hours Navigation Instruments 2 hours Quiz 1 hour Plotting Exercise 3 hours Publications 2 hours Plotting Exercise 3 hours Time and ETA 4 hours Mercator Sailings 4 hours Use of Bowditch Tables 3 hours Plotting Exercises (2x3 hrs) 6 hours Tides and Currents 4 hours Ocean Currents 1 hour Meteorology 6 hours Quiz 1 hour Electronic Navigation LORAN GPS Depth Sounders 5 hours Quiz 1 hour Plotting Exercise (mini-final exam) 3 hours Celestial Theory 6 hours Nautical Almanac H.O. 229 Azimuth LAN Sun Line 8 hours Quiz 1 hour Plotting Exercise 3 hours Seamanship Marlinspike Seamanship 4 hours Anchoring and Ground Tackle 2 hours Blocks and Tackle 2 hours Quiz 1 hour Ship Handling Types of Propellers and Rudders 2 hours Propeller and Rudder Forces 2 hours Single Screw Shiphandling 2 hours Twin Screw Shiphandling 2 hours Quiz 1 hour Firefighting USCG/STCW Approved 40 hours RADAR USCG/STCW Approved 40 hours ARPA USCG/STCW Approved 32 hours Bridge Resource Management USCG/STCW Approved 36 hours     Last updated: February 29, 2008 10:04 Privacy Policy Disclaimer FOIA NOAA Information Quality Inquiries and comments about NOAA Corps Recruiting should be directed to: NOAACorps.Recruiting@noaa.gov. Inquiries and comments about this web site should be directed to: NOAACorps.comments@noaa.gov. A publication of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce