Annual General Assembly 2004 - Tasmania

Session 2A

Novel Approach For Assessing The Results Of Radar - ARPA Simulator Training

Tanzer SATIR^(1,2), Serdar KUM^(1,3), Nobuyoshi KOUGUCHI⁽⁴⁾ and Masao FURUSHO^(1,5)
(1) ITUMF (Istanbul Technical University, Maritime Faculty),
34940, Tuzla Istanbul-TURKEY
(2) tsatir@itu.edu.tr
(3) kumse@itu.edu.tr
(4) Kobe University, Faculty of Maritime Sciences, JAPAN
kouguchi@maritime.kobe-u.ac.jp
(5) furusho@itu.edu.tr

SUMMARY

The final purpose of this study is to develop one novel approach for assessing and analysing the results of the Radar and ARPA simulator training that is improved by each maritime university and institute in the world. There are many different kinds of Maritime Education and Training (MET) simulator in the maritime training universities/institutes all over the worlds. These MET simulators are going to be one of a major training facility in maritime universities/institutes. These MET simulators include Radar-ARPA, GMDSS, Ship handling, Cargo handling and Engine room simulator and so on.

The Standard Training Certificate and Watch keeping (STCW 95) have additional standards for Radar and ARPA simulators as simulating the operational capabilities. The instructor should not only consider the capabilities of simulator facility but also take into account the ability to assess the results of training for MET. Then we had some experiments for assessing the results of Radar and ARPA simulator training. There were four scenarios. The first scenario has one own ship and one target ship. These ships get sufficient distances in head-on situation. There are one own ship and two target ships on the second scenario. The first target ship comes from the port side and the other came from starboard side in three ways stand off situation. The third scenario has one own ship and three target ships. All target ships are crossing in a row ahead of own ship. Last scenario has total seven vessels, one of them is own vessel, other six vessels are target vessels. In these experiments, three different groups of student were chosen for experimental subjects to analyse the results. The first group of students was second year students who had had no lessons on this Radar and ARPA simulator training. The second group was third year students who had had the lessons on the Radar and ARPA simulator training. The third group fourth year students who had finished the long term on board training and they understand how to use operate the Radar and ARPA equipment. Each group consists of ten students.

Consequently authors analyzed the results of these experiments, compared these experimental results of different academic year students and show the efficiency and effectiveness with the training and lesson about Radar and ARPA. Finally authors propose one novel approach for assessing the results of Radar and ARPA simulator training based on these experimental results and some recommendations for future MET training.

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