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directions, tide tables, notices to mariners and radio navigational warnings.

3 Radar navigation
3.1 The Administration should decide whether or not to incorporate the radar syllabus below in the general requirements for certification of officers in charge of a navigational watch. If the Administration decides not to include the syllabus in the general requirements, it should ensure that the syllabus is taken into account for purposes of certification of officers in charge of a navigational watch serving on vessels fitted with radar equipment and plying within limited waters.
3.2 Knowledge of the fundamentals of radar and ability in the operation and use of radar and ability to interpret and analyse information obtained by use of radar, including the following:
.1 factors affecting performance and accuracy;
.2 setting up and maintaining displays;
.3 detection of misrepresentation of information, false echoes, sea returns, etc.;
.4 range and bearing;
.5 identification of critical echoes;
.6 course and speed of other ships;
.7 time and distance of closest approach of crossing, meeting or overtaking ships;
.8 detecting course and speed changes of other ships;
.9 effect of changes in own vessel's course or speed or both;
.10 application of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972.

4 Watchkeeping
4.1 Demonstrate thorough knowledge of content, application and intent of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, including those Annexes concerned with safe navigation.
4.2 Demonstrate knowledge of the content of Recommended Basic Principles to be Observed in Keeping a Navigational Watch on Board Fishing Vessels.

5 Electronic systems of position fixing and navigation
5.1 Ability to determine the ship's position by the use of electronic navigational aids, where applicable, to the satisfaction of the Administration.

6 Meteorology
6.1 Knowledge of shipborne meteorological instruments and their application.
6.2 Knowledge of the characteristics of the various weather systems affecting the limited waters concerned.

7 Compasses
7.1 Ability to determine and apply compass errors.

8 Communications
8.1 Knowledge of radiotelephony and visual signalling to the extent required by the Administration.
8.2 Knowledge of the adverse effect of misuse of radiotelephone equipment.

9 Fire‑fighting
9.1 Knowledge of fire prevention and use of fire-fighting appliances.
9.2 Attendance at an approved fire-fighting course.

10 Life-saving
10.1 Knowledge of life-saving appliances provided on fishing vessels. Organization of abandon ship drills and the use of the equipment.
10.2 Attendance at an approved survival at sea course.

11 Emergency procedures and safe working practices for fishermen
11.1 Knowledge of the items listed in the appropriate sections of the FAO/ILO/IMO Code of Safety for Fishermen and Fishing Vessels, part A, and in chapter VIII of the Annex to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977.

12 Fishing