NVIC 12-14 Task 2.7.F

Maintain a safe navigational watch

OICNW-A2.7 Bridge resource management

Knowledge of bridge resource management principles, including:

.1 Allocation, assignment, and prioritization of resources

.2 Effective communication

.3 Assertiveness and leadership

.4 Obtaining and maintaining situational awareness

.5 Consideration of team experience

On a vessel underway or on a simulator, when the candidate is acting as part of the bridge team, and is assigned duties to monitor the vessel’s navigation and determine the risk of collision with all vessels using an ARPA meeting all national and international performance requirements, a GPS or DGPS receiver and all the bridge equipment identified in the performance standard,

the candidate determines and plots the vessel’s position at suitable intervals, and plot or systematically observes all approaching vessels and informs the bridge team of dangers to navigation, intended course changes, and vessels that pose a risk or danger of collision.

The candidate:

1. Determines the vessel’s position and plots it at suitable intervals;

2. Identifies all aids to navigation;

3. Notifies the bridge team immediately of the following:

   a. When planned course changes must be made;

   b. Effects of tides or currents are setting the vessel off its intended course; or

   c. There is doubt about the vessel’s position;

4. Determines by visual and radar/ARPA bearings that risk and danger of collision exists with approaching vessels in vicinity; and

5. Notifies the bridge team of the following:

   a. Danger or risk of collision exists with any approaching vessel;

   b. Recommended course change to avoid the risk or danger of collision; and

   c. Recommended speed change to avoid the risk or danger of collision if the engines are available.