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Skills for Work Course — Maritime Skills (Intermediate 2)

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Title: SfW Maritime Skills
Level: Intermediate 2 (SCQF level 5)
Code: C269 11
Edition: Version 1, February 2010
Download: SfW Maritime Skills Intermediate 2 (SCQF level 5) Arrangements

 

Structure of the Course

The mandatory Units are:

Seamanship: An Introduction (F8L0 11)

1 Unit credit

Maritime Environment: An Introduction (F8KV 11)

1 Unit credit

Small Boat Engineering (F8KR 11)

½ Unit credit

Health and Safety in the Maritime Sector (F8KT 11)

1 Unit credit

Employability and Careers in the Maritime Sector (F8KP 11)

½ Unit credit

 

Note: for Unit specifications, search for the relevant Unit code in the NQ Unit factility of our site search.

Summary of Course content

The Course provides a broad experiential introduction to maritime skills.

Candidates will explore a variety and range of career opportunities- local, national and global in the maritime sector including commercial sea-fishing, the Royal Navy, the Merchant Navy, Inland waterways and marine leisure, ports and harbours. They will be introduced to the operation of boats and their equipment in the Unit – Maritime Skills: Seamanship: an Introduction (Intermediate 2). Boat handling, the use of ropes, wires and chains and effective anchoring, mooring and the securing of a vessel are tackled in the practical situation. An introduction is given to marine navigation where candidates learn how to use a marine chart to plot the position of a vessel using standard marine instruments and how to take account of the weather in all aspects of the marine industry. The safety aspects of any job in the maritime sector are tackled in the Unit – Health and Safety in the Maritime Sector (Intermediate 2). Safe working practices on board ship, the life saving principles, basic first aid and basic fire safety are considered. The basic engineering involved with small boats such as pumping and steering mechanism are reviewed and the routine care and maintenance of the engine and auxiliaries on a boat are considered practically.

Central to the Course is developing the employability skills valued by employers in general and necessary for effective work in the maritime sector. These skills are embedded in the different Units providing candidates with the opportunity to practice and develop these skills through practical and team-working activities in real or simulated working environments and investigations throughout the Course. Candidates will also be involved in self-evaluation of these skills, seeking feedback from others, identifying areas of improvement, taking account of feedback received and reviewing their progress throughout the Course.

 

Summary of content of each Unit:

Seamanship: An Introduction

This Unit introduces candidates to the operation of boats and their equipment. It will enable candidates to develop basic boat handling skills and an awareness of safety requirements in a maritime environment. Effective anchoring, mooring and the securing of a vessel will also be considered. The candidates will learn from this Unit the use of ropes, wires and chains.

Maritime Environment: An Introduction

The Unit develops the understanding of the weather and its effects on maritime activities in the United Kingdom. Charts are studied and basic navigation tasks are tackled to enable candidates to plot a course and calculate the distance between two points.

Small Boat Engineering

This Unit introduces candidates to the basic engineering involved in small boats, for example: the construction of boats, the boat’s method of propulsion, the steering of the boat, the types of engine, the differences between diesel fuel oil and petrol fuel oil, the uses and differences of hydraulic oil and lubricating oil and the routine care and maintenance of engine and auxiliaries on a boat.

Health and Safety in the Maritime Sector

The Unit will equip candidates with a basic understanding of health and safety issues, the safety procedures required for both working onboard a boat and in the maritime environment in general. They will be introduced to the process of carrying out an assessment of risk and learn how risks can be minimised through safe working practice. Practical survival in the water will be practiced and basic fire safety considered. The candidates will also be introduced to the knowledge and skills necessary to deal effectively with casualties who are injured or who suffer a sudden illness, prior to being placed in the care of medically qualified personnel.

Employability and Careers in the Maritime Sector

In this Unit, the sub-sectors and the career opportunities in the Maritime sector are investigated. Candidates will review their performance in specified employability skills and evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses throughout the Unit.

Assessment approaches

The Course will be assessed with a combination of written and/or oral and performance evidence.

The evidence will be produced at appropriate points throughout the Course and gathered in a folio of evidence.

Each Unit will be supported by a National Assessment Bank (NAB) item, which will provide an assessment package and will exemplify the national standard.

Experience of the workplace

Through their experiences of the various practical skills and self reflection in the Course, candidates should become aware of steps to employment or further training and this will help them to make valid personal choices regarding careers and further study.

It is recommended that centres work in partnership with other organisations to assist in offering a realistic maritime working environment. This may be schools working with colleges, employers or training providers to ensure that candidates have opportunities which allow them to develop desirable employability skills. This could also include site visits, guest speakers from the industry and simulated exercises.

Resource requirements

Since practical and experiential learning is central to this Course, it is important that candidates have access to a variety of real or simulated maritime environments. This could include site visits, simulated workplace settings or visiting speakers from industries and/or services.

Progression

The Course of its Units may provide progression to:

Publication of NABs

NABs will be published on the secure part of SQA's website by August 2010.

Maritime Skills Alliance Assessment Strategy

Internal Assessment Reports