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The SSNR course is split into 2 modules:
Electronic Charting System (approved) and Bridge Watchkeeping – to give candidates the essential education and training needed to keep a safe navigational watch and to use electronic charts, and other electronic aids to perform effective Bridge Watchkeeping in small vessels.
Small Ships Radar and Meteorology – to give candidates the essential education and training needed to use radar and obtaining Metrological information to maintain safety of navigation in small vessels.
These modules can be completed in a full week, or individually, depending on client and employer needs.
The workboat code edition 3 can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-workboat-code-edition-3
The workboat 3 code came into force on 13th December 2023. This Code must, from the date of entry into force (13 December 2023), be used for new workboats and pilot boats.
Existing vessels that are certificated under the Brown Code, its equivalent standard published in the technical Annex to MGN 280(M), or Workboat Code Edition 2, Amendment 1 shall meet the requirements of Workboat Code Edition 3 by the vessel’s next renewal examination or three years after the date of entry into force of the Code, whichever is later, except, where references to previous requirements are explicitly specified within individual sections of the Code they may comply with such requirements.
New vessels which have their keels laid, or are at a similar stage of construction, between the entry into force of Workboat Code Edition 2 and the date of entry into force of the Code, may be considered as existing vessels that are certificated under Workboat Code Edition 2; or shall meet the requirements of Workboat Code Edition 3 in full.
It should also be noted that, where any existing vessel upgrades, and phases-in, to the Workboat Code Edition 3 regime, it must do so fully. A vessel cannot meet a combination of the Workboat Code Edition 3 standards and those of earlier codes or standards.
This Code should be read in conjunction with SI 2023 No. 1216.
Workboat Code Edition 3 applies to workboats that operate to sea, and to all dedicated pilot boats operating either at sea or in categorised waters.
Table A5.3 (Mandatory Training) states :
For vessels carrying radar – “All Masters, and crew likely to use radar shall complete an MCA approved Small Ships Navigation and Radar Course, or alternatively, any course that may be specified as recognised or approved by the MCA (see MIN 698)
For vessels carrying Electronic Chart Plotters – “All Masters, and crew responsible for navigation shall complete an MCA approved Small Ships Navigation and Radar Course, or alternatively, any course that may be subsequently specified as recognised or approved by the MCA (see MIN 698). In addition, all vessel owner/operators and Masters shall ensure that all crew including the Master is appropriately familiar with the specific electronic chart systems equipment onboard the vessel.”
The SSNR course offered by South Shileds Marine School complies with the above.
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