GMDSS General Operators Certificate (GOC)

GMDSS GENERAL OPERATORS CERTIFICATE (RADIO)

Successful completion of this certificate permits you to operate a GMDSS radio installation, including satellite communications equipment, on compulsorily fitted vessels sailing in any of the GMDSS sea areas A1, A2, A3 or A4.

Entry Requirements:

Minimum 18 years of age

Note: Delegates are required to provides photographic identification (driving licence or passport) and 2 passport size photographs on the first day of the course.

Duration:

2 weeks

Location:

Scottish Maritime Academy, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire

Course Structure

Safety of Life At Sea (SOLAS) - General Radio Regulations; Distress communications and log-keeping

Practical operation of MF/HF terrestrial transceiver; VHF transceiver; Navtex; HF/MF/VHF/DSC equipment; Inmarsat C System; Inmarsat B Systems; SART and EPIRB.