ECD611 ECDIS (Generic) Electronic Chart Display Information systems

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Course code

ECD611A
Locations and dates

Nelson:

7 July 2025
Length

40 hours, delivered over 5 consecutive days, 8.30am-5.00pm.
Fees

Tuition: 2141.00

Student levy: 32.00
Credits

5

STCW requires that all masters and officers in charge of a navigational watch (Watchkeeper Deck) on a ship fitted with ECDIS must have completed a generic ECDIS course.

ecdis electronic chart display and information system short course

NMIT’s Generic ECDIS training is based on IMO Model Course 1.27 and approved by Maritime New Zealand.

NMIT has both Kongsberg and Transas ECDIS simulator, students will cover the following topics:

Operate ECDIS equipment
Use the navigational functions of ECDIS
Select and assess all relevant information and take proper action
Acquire and develop a knowledge and understanding of the basic principles governing the safe operation of ECDIS
Understand ECDIS data and their presentation
Understand system-related limitations and potential dangers
Generate and maintain displays
Operate all basic navigational functions and all specific functions for route planning and route monitoring
Select and use the navigational data and display the data in the appropriate manner
Ability to perform loading and updating
Recognise and analyse nautical alarms during route planning and route monitoring as well as sensor alarms
Assess the impact of the performance limits of sensors on the safe use of ECDIS
Understand the importance of a back-up system and its limited performance
Assess errors, inaccuracies and ambiguities caused by improper data management
Awareness of errors in displayed data, errors of interpretation
Risk of over-reliance on ECDIS and be able to take proper action. In addition, knowledge of the principal types of electronic chart
Knowledge legal aspects in the operational use and management of ECDIS

This course can only take 6 students at a time due to computer stations. Some courses are run as part of the Mate Fishing Vessel - Unlimited and Diploma in Nautical Science programmes, and may, therefore, have limited places for individual students.

Additional courses can be run in exceptional circumstances. If you have a group of mariners in your organisation who need to complete this course, please contact us directly by emailing iminz@nmit.ac.nz.