PMI COLLEGES, INC.

DECK ONBOARD MONITORING INSTRUMENT

ONBOARD TRAINING GUIDANCE (OTG) FOR BSMT STUDENTS

Name of Student Name of MHEI

Name of Vessel Vessel 1 Vessel 2 Vessel 3
Type of Vessel
Shipping Company
Flag Nationality

Instructions:

1. Upon joining the ship, familiarization of duties and all ship arrangements, installation, equipment, procedures, and ship characteristics that are relevant to the routine or emergency duties that are
required to be undertaken by the student based on the SMS of the ship and recorded in TRB.
2. In the preparation of the Onboard Training Guidance (OTG) for each student, the Onboard Training Supervisor shall coordinate with the shipping/manning company where the student will be deployed
to gather information such as: the particular type of vessel and the available machineries, equipment, and instruments onboard. The corresponding Objectives Evidence (column 2) shall also be
identified. The task schedules (from Month 1 to Month 12) shall be accomplished during monitoring activity of the OTS at the specific month when the student actually carried out the duties/tasks
onboard.
3. The indicated objective evidence in column 2 are sample only. The OTS must be able to identify the actual objective evidence/s that can be practically produced onboard in consideration of the type of
vessel and the available machineries, equipment, and instrument onboard.
4. The duties and tasks listed below are based from the approved TRB and are classified into:
a. Sea projects- are duties/tasks (shaded in yellow) that can be performed by the cadets on their own time without interfering with ship’s operations. The sea projects are required to be 100%
completed during the onboard training.
b. Operational tasks- are duties/tasks (shaded in blue) wherein performance is dependent on actual ship operation or in accordance with ship’s Planned Maintenance System. During onboard
training, at least 70% of the operational tasks are expected to have been completed.
5. Project Works are assignments to ensure gaining progressively knowledge of the ships and equipment and life-saving appliance carried onboard that is required to be accomplished aside from sea
projects and operational tasks. Project work are required to be completed at least 70% during the student’s onboard training.
6. The report on sea projects and operational tasks on various shipboard operations undertaken during onboard training shall be prepared by the students for the final evaluation of the assigned
Shipboard Training Officer onboard. This shall contain any of the following: (a) detailed information; (b) drawings; (c) photos; (d) description of activities in narrative form.
7. For the Task Schedule (months 1 to 12) the students are expected to distribute the tasks over a period of 12 months. Accomplishment of these tasks shall be reposted to the Shipboard Training
Supervisor during their monthly monitoring together with entries in the TRB and corresponding objective evidence/s.
8. This OTG shall be used in monitoring the progress of students’ onboard training by the Onboard Training Supervisor, Monitoring Team of the Commission and the Maritime Administration, and the
Shipboard Training Supervisor.

Approved by:

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Name and Signature of Onboard Training Supervisor/Date

Objective Evidence
(Pictures, Videos, Documents,
Drawings, Circulations & etc. Task Schedule
Ref. as per specific task/duty as
No. Duty/Task stated with the attestation,
actual date and signature of
the OOW)
Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1 Competence: Plan and conduct a passage and determine

position

1.1 Consult navigational publications

.1 Demonstrate an undertaking of the chart folio system and Narrative supported with
assist in correcting charts and other publications pictures
.2 Demonstrate an understanding of contents and the use of:
Notice to mariners
.3 Sailing Directions and ship’s routeing information
.4 List of lights and fog signals
.5 Tide tables, tidal stream and current atlases
.6 Pilot books
.7 Radio navigational warnings

1.2 Select charts of adequate scale

.1 Assist deck officers in preparing navigational passages and

in voyage planning
.2 Select appropriate scale charts from paper chart portfolio
Electronic Chart System (ECS) or Electronic Chart Display
and information System (ECDIS)

1.3 Set Course

.1 Demonstrate the use of the compass when setting courses

.2 Set up:
Course Recorder
.3 Course Alarm
.4 Estimate and make allowance for leeway
and tidal currents

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.5 Practise tidal calculations

Objective Evidence
(Pictures, Videos, Documents, Task Schedule
Drawings, Circulations & etc.
Ref. Duty/Task as per specific task/duty as
No. stated with the attestation,
actual date and signature of Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month
the OOW) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1.4 Calculate Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)

.1 Practise calculations for distance, average

Speed

1.5 Determine and apply compass error for

Courses and compass bearings

.1 Apply magnetic variation and deviation

.2 Practice use of the azimuth mirror

.3 Practice:
Azimuths

.4 Amplitudes

.5 Understand the use of and make entries in

the compass error book and interpret information recorded

1.6 Recognise conspicuous objects and other

terrestrial/celestial
aids to navigation in daylight and at night

.1 Perform look-out duties and report objects

in degrees or points
.2 Identify aids to navigation including
lighthouse, beacons and buoys
Identify star constellation and stars of first magnitude and
.3 learn to use
Chart and chart finder
Practise compass bearings and visual fixes
.4
Demonstrate a knowledge of the IALA
.5 System of buoyage

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Objective Evidence
(Pictures, Videos, Documents, Task Schedule
Ref. Drawings, Circulations & etc. as per
specific task/duty as stated with
No. Duty/Task the attestation, actual date and
signature of the OOW) Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1.7 Use azimuth mirror and sextant to fix ship’s position by

celestial and terrestrial observation

.1 Use azimuth mirror to fix ship’s position

Use a sextant and demonstrate how to
.2 Identify and remove errors
.3 Practise vertical and horizontal sextant angles
Make noon calculations e.g., distance, average speed,
.4 course made good, set and drift and ETA

1.8 State ship’s position by dead reckoning

.1 Estimate and make allowance for leeway

and tidal currents
.2 Practice tidal calculations
Operate all electronic navigational equipment required to
be carried on the ship and apply the information obtained
1.9 to ascertain the ship’s position.
Practise:
.1 Radar switch on and set up procedure
.2 Radar plotting
.3 Position fixes by RADAR
.4 Parallel indexing
.5 Practise using ARPA
.6 Demonstrate an understanding of the limitations of RADAR
Under supervision demonstrate set up of AIS and input
.7 ship’s data. Read static (ships type, dimension etc.) and
dynamic data (course, speed etc.) of other vessels
.8 Understand other uses and capabilities of AIS
.9 Operate distance/speed recorders
.10 Practise:
Satellite Navigation set up procedure
.11 Use any correction tables
.12 Fixes by satellite navigation (GPS) applying applicable
corrections
.13 Compare a manually developed passage plan generated by
use of electronic systems
.14 Set up and use ECDIS or ECS as an aid to navigation

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