Navigation and Operations Workbook

[Lewisscott22]

Firstly, I apologise if I have missed something major, but I would very much appreciate some guidance.

As of now, I have about 40 pages of work for my navigation and operations workbook and I am soon to start my second sea phase (FDSC). I have completed six months already and have a further 6 months to go.

The TRB states that the workbook should be split into sections which correspond to the main task sections in the TRB.

Does this mean:



- I link each entry with a training task in section 4? For example -

Task number: B02.7 (a) - Fix the vessels position by visual bearings only.
I would then go on with an example of how to do this and provide a diagram.



- Or does this relate to section 5 (Marine National Occupational Standards) For example -

A11 - Take personal emergency action on board a vessel

Outcomes of effective performance

I would state that I would be able to (8) Take relevant action where 'abandon ship' is identified according to my level of responsibility.

Knowledge and understanding

I would (e) show an understanding of the equipment in survival craft and its use.



I suppose to sum-up my questions it would be am I doing this in accordance with section 4 or section 5?

Thanks in advance

[tlloyd1983]

Don't worry too much. I didn't follow that guideline for my Nav/Ops workbook, neither did anyone else I know. Just put anything interesting in there, don't worry too much about being so rigid with it's contents. Mine was all over the place, usually if I did something out of the ordinary, I would type it up, throw in some pictures. In the end, I think I did about 70 pages? But I threw away a lot of stuff, then rewrote it so it was more like a 'Deck Cadets for Dummies' kind of thing than a workbook. My oral examiner complimented me on it, so it must of been ok.

As far as I know, the only company who want you to link workbooks to tasks is SSTG, and cadets were being chewed out and having to rewrite their workbooks before their orals.

[Lewisscott22]

Don't worry too much. I didn't follow that guideline for my Nav/Ops workbook, neither did anyone else I know. Just put anything interesting in there, don't worry too much about being so rigid with it's contents. Mine was all over the place, usually if I did something out of the ordinary, I would type it up, throw in some pictures. In the end, I think I did about 70 pages? But I threw away a lot of stuff, then rewrote it so it was more like a 'Deck Cadets for Dummies' kind of thing than a workbook. My oral examiner complimented me on it, so it must of been ok.

As far as I know, the only company who want you to link workbooks to tasks is SSTG, and cadets were being chewed out and having to rewrite their workbooks before their orals.

Ah, I read your orals report this afternoon. Nice to see a report from Plymouth.

Really? You think so? Fair enough. I mean mine is a bit rough too - for example for fixing positions I managed to get hold of some canceled charts and cut them up.

Yeah, I am sponsored by SSTG.

Some also want a contents section very early - which is a bit annoying if I want to add something in and reprint.

This, completing the tasks, the uni work and everything else to be done at sea is going to b brilliant...

[tlloyd1983]

Well,

You will have to tow the company line and do it as SSTG want it done. It's not a bad way of doing it. As for for the fixing positions, if you want to tidy them up, you can do them again on graph paper nice and tidy.

Plymouth MCA, the smell of fish still lingers...

[alistairuk]

Some also want a contents section very early - which is a bit annoying if I want to add something in and reprint.

This, completing the tasks, the uni work and everything else to be done at sea is going to b brilliant...

When I did mine; all of mine was printed on A4 / A3 sheets and then put into 2 ring binders (1 for nav and 1 for ops). I got those coloured dividers and created sections that roughly matched the sections in the TRB...

Then wrote the "contents" as a summary on the content divider card... ie. not a detailed contents just what was in each section (eg: Gyro Errors, Celestial Fixes) were in one section.

Everyone does it differently - some people use work books which presents the problem that you cant then reorder it! One person had 5 of the large size folders (stuffed full) making up theirs!