Target Group:

Chief Engineers – Engine Officers – Technical superintendents -ETOs

Entry Requirements:

Certificate of Competence as Engine Officer and ETO.

Learning Environment:

Instructor-led, to be delivered in a U-type sitting Arrangement or Online supported with an online simulator.

Goal:

Refresh knowledge and enable attendees to conduct routine checks and maintenance safely, excellence in trouble shooting.

Objectives:

1. Electrical safety.
2. Understanding electrical drawings and symbols. Tracing electrical circuit diagrams.
3. Use of various measuring instruments and electrical tools
4. Circuit breakers, fuses, relays & contactors
5. Understand the wiring of electrical starting arrangement of motors from basic to more complex systems.
6. Troubleshooting of electrical system.
7. Electronic components – semiconductors, diodes, transistors, thyristors, operational amplifiers, triodes, and rectifiers
8. Applications of electronic components on board and troubleshooting of electronic systems and case studies.
9. PLC architecture, concepts of ladder diagram, PLC fitted systems, troubleshooting in PLC.
10. Boiler / IGG Automation with PLC – Tracing the logic circuit.
11. Basic automation concepts, introduction to automation.
12. PID control and tuning.
13. Concepts of SIPART valve positioner PS2.
14. Understand the concept of the generator excitation system and associated control unit, AVR, and ACB.
15. A brief introduction to VFD and Soft starters.

Certification and reference:

The course meets the objectives listed in STCW Code sections A-III/1; A-III/2

Evaluation:

Knowledge-based tests, Classroom performance