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Shore-based training courses are run from R.N.X.S. Association premises. Practical courses can be arranged. The School is equipped with overhead projector, video, radio simulator, GMDSS simulator, PC and a range of maritime software. Other maritime navigational aids are available for use by the candidates during courses.
Course Schedule 2002 - 2003 (updated regularly)
Ayrshire Branch
11th November 2002 Day Skipper (evening class 22 Weeks)
11th November 2002 Coastal skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore (evening class 22 Weeks)
Practical Day Skipper, DoT Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore can be arranged
Sunday 23rd February 2003 SRC (VHF) Course
Sunday 23rd March 2003 SRC (VHF) Course
Sunday 27th April 2003 Diesel Engine Course Fee's 2002 - 2003
Day Skipper theory 80.00
Day Skipper Intensive theory 160.00
DoT Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster offshore theory 90.00
Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster offshore Intensive theory 180.00
Short Range Certificate (SRC) 45.00*
VHF to SRC Upgrade 20.00*
Diesel Engine 40.00
First Aid 50.00
*SRC Certificate & Upgrade course price
does not include the license fee
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DAY SKIPPER The shore based Day Skipper theory course has no prerequisites it assumes no knowledge. It teaches parts of the Boat, small boat Navigation, Safety, Seamanship and elementary Weather Forecasting.
Syllabus covers the following subjects
Parts of a boat.
Rope-work, anchors, anchorages and moorings.
Nautical terms.
Personal safety.
Rules of the road for prevention of collision at sea.
Navigational charts and instruments
Chart-work, dead reckoning, estimated position course to steer
Compass variation deviation.
Tides, tidal streams, tides at standard and secondary ports.
Passage planning, preparing a trip.
Weather forecast.
DOT COASTAL SKIPPER/YACHTMASTER
OFFSHORE This course continues where the Day Skippers course ends. The syllabus does make provision for some revision, but the prerequisite for this course is Day Skipper Certificate.
Syllabus
Revision of compass, variation and deviation.
Revision of dead reckoning, estimated position, position lines and fixing.
Pilotage transits, leading and clearing line transits.
Tides, tidal streams, tides at standard and secondary ports, tidal anomalies.
Visual aids to navigation.
Satellite navigation system, navigating in restricted visibility.
Metrology interpreting forecast maps and faxes.
International rules of the road.
Passage planning.
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Central Scotland Sea School is Recognised by the R.Y.A.
as a shore based training establishment, and is authorised to run the following courses.
Day Skipper
DoT.Coastal Skipper/Yacht-Master offshore
Intensive Courses for Day Skipper and Dot Coastal/Yacht-Master can be arranged
S.R.C. (G.M.D.S.S.)
Diesel Engine
First Aid
Practical courses For Competent Crew, Day Skipper and Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster can also be arranged.
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DIESEL ENGINE MAINTENANCE Basic Course aimed at small boat sailors with little or no knowledge of small boat diesel engines. The course will teach the basic principals of running and maintaining the engine, how to prevent or cope with minor problems and how to rectify them. This is a classroom-based course with some hands on experience. The duration of course is one day 6-8 hours.
MARINE RADIO OPERATORS
SHORT RANGE CERTIFICATE
(SRC) Course Duration, 8 hours minimum and includes Global Marine Distress Signaling System GMDSS. This course will teach radio voice procedure and the use of the GMDSS equipment, using GMDSS and VHF Simulators. There is an oral and written assessment.
FIRST AID A recent addition to the Courses offered by Central Scotland Sea School. The course covers First Aid in the latest Edition First Aid Manual, with a few additions, taking into account the environment on a vessel. The course duration is 8 hours minimum.
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