Training Courses

Fall Courses

Fall Courses began Wednesday October 1
Port Dover Composite School
713 St. George St., Port Dover

Depending on Demand the following courses are being or will be offered

Approx. 15 weeks	Boating	$225
Approx 12 weeks	Piloting	$135
Approx 15 weeks	Advanced Pilot	$145
	Fundamentals of Weather	$100
	Celestial Navigation

Also Starting in November
and / or February
	VHF Radio	$80
New - 3 Electronic Navigation Courses. There will be a discount if all 3 are taken.
	Navigating with GPS	$75
	Electronic Charting	$75
	Radar	$75

For additional information please call Training Officer Marg Whitehouse at 519 583-3391 or Email Marg.

Boating

Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons' premier course for the recreational boater. Whether you are interested in power or sail this course is for you. It contains expanded, detailed boating-safety information. As well, the challenge of plotting and navigation skills, and the interaction with other boaters all await you in this exciting course. Successful completion of an "accredited" examination at the end of certain sections will allow you to achieve operator competency and a Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC). Successful completion of the examination at the end of the entire course will provide you with the opportunity of Regular Membership and all its associated benefits. A CPS membership qualifies you to take the advanced courses as well.

The course kit for classroom, correspondence or independent study includes Student Notes; Homework Folder; one Training Chart "A"; Chart No. 1; Collision Regulations; Government Publications; and CPS Course Plotter.

Course Description
1. Characteristics of Boats
2. Licensing, Registration, and Other Requirements
3. Mandatory Equipment
4. Optional Equipment
5. The Magnetic Compass
6. Preparing To Launch
7. Ropes, Lines and Knots
8. Handling a Boat Under Power
9. Handling a Boat Under Sail
10. Weather
11. Skipper's Responsibilities Before Setting Out
12. Skipper's Responsibilities When Under Way
13. Collision Regulations
14. Canadian Aids to Navigation
15. Emergencies
16. Global Positioning and Charts
17. Navigation
18. An Exercise in Conning - Cruise No. 1
19. Introduction to Plotting
20. Plotting and Labelling
21. Cruising Single-handed
22. Anchors and Anchoring
23. Supplementary Topics
24. Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons
Appendix 1 - Checklists for Lay-up and Launch
Appendix 2 - Pre-launch Checklist
Appendix 3 - Transport Canada Vessel Licence Prefixes
Appendix 4 - Standards for Plotting and Labelling
Appendix 5 - Trip Plan
Glossary
Bibliography

Introductory Course -- Open To All

Boat Pro

To receive your Canadian Coast Guard Pleasure Craft Operator Card PCOC.

The PCOC card issued by CPS is recognized by both the Canadian Coast Guard and the
U.S. National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.

Cross-border boating is easy with CPS

Note The Canadian Power & Sail Squadron maintains a data base of all the PRO cards issued,
to facilitate a replacement just in case your card is lost.

Boat Pro: This two-night seminar is for operators of both small and large boats. The highly acclaimed Boat Pro Manual has been used as the template by other organizations in their rush to develop course material to meet the Government Regulations for operator competency. It was one of the first to be accredited by the Canadian Coast Guard and contains all of the information needed to achieve operator competency and a Pleasure Craft Operator Card. A leader in its field, the Boat Pro Manual is a great introduction to the boating safety and navigation information available in the Boating Course. Successful completion of a short test at the end of the classes will entitle participant to their Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC).

Table of Contents
· Know Your Boat
· Equipping Your Boat
· Safety Awareness
· Marine Rules of the Road
· The Canadian Aids to Navigation
· System
· Trailering/Transporting
· Getting Under Way
· Anchoring
· Docking
· Locks
· Water-Related Activities
· Preventive Maintenance
· Be Weather Wise
· Trip Plan
· Glossary
· References

VHF Radio Operators Course

Maritime Radiotelephone (VHF): CPS has been delegated the only authority to issue the Restricted Operator Certificates (Maritime) to Pleasure Craft Operators. Learn the phonetic alphabet, as well as correct radiotelephone operating procedures. This manual will enable you to pass the Industry Canada Restricted Radiotelephone Operator's Certificate Exam, which will be given at the conclusion of the teaching session.

The course consists of two modules:

Module One:
Introduces the student to Maritime Mobile Service, Regulations and Procedures. Students are taught the uses of marine radios, choice of frequencies, operation, phonetic alphabet, procedural words and phrases.

SECTION 1.0 Maritime Mobile Service
1.1 Regulations

SECTION 2.0 Procedures
2.1 Uses of marine radio
2.2 Radio Operation
2.3 Procedural words and phrases
2.4 Time
2.5 Call Signs
2.6 Calling
2.7 Choice of frequencies
2.8 Telephone calling
2.9 Radio checks
2.10 Control of communications
2.11 Priorities

SECTION 3.0 Distress communications
3.1 Priority
3.2 Frequencies to be used
3.3 Distress signal
3.4 Distress call
3.5 Distress message
3.6 Action by other ships
3.7 Distress traffic
3.8 Imposition of silence
3.9 Cancellation of distress

SECTION 4.0 Urgency communications
4.1 Priority
4.2 Frequencies to be used
4.3 Urgency signal
4.4 Urgency message
4.5Cancellation of urgency

SECTION 5.0 Safety communications
5.1 Priority
5.2 Safety signal
5.3 Procedures
5.4 Example of a safety call

SECTION 6.0 Distress simulations
6.1 Involvement with Canadian Coast Guard radio stations
6.2 Distress call and message
6.3 Homework study

SECTION 7.0 Additional information
7.1 Alarm signals
7.2 General electronic information
7.3 Alternative radio services

Module Two:
Covers Digital Selective Calling and the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System, (DSC/GMDSS). This module is of great importance. The availability of DSC is being greatly expanded. All mariners, including recreational boaters, will want to take advantage of the many features and capabilities of this innovative form “automatic “ radio.

Successful completion of this course will qualify the student for a “Restricted Operator’s Certificate (Maritime)” ROC (M), with DSC endorsement.

SECTION 1.0 Traditional system
1.1 Regulations
1.2 Procedures
1.3 Shortcomings

SECTION 2.0 Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
2.1 System overview
2.2 GMDSS concept

SECTION 3.0 GMDSS regulations and application
3.1 Equipment requirements
3.2 Sea areas
3.3 Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI)

SECTION 4.0 Digital Selective Calling (DSC) radios
4.1 GMDSS primary component
4.2 Classes of DSC radios
4.3 Functions
4.4 DSC procedures

SECTION 5.0 Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs)
5.1 EPIRBs
5.2 COSPAS-SARSAT satellite systems

SECTION 6.0 Other GMDSS equipment
6.1 MF DSC radios
6.2 Portable VHF radios
6.3 NAVTEX receivers
6.4 Search and Rescue Transponders (SARTs)

SECTION 7.0 DSC practical exercises
7.1 Distress call
7.2 Urgency call (all ships)
7.3 Safety call (all ships)
7.4 Routine call (to another ship)
7.5 Acknowledging calls (distress, all ships, routine)

Advanced Courses

Restricted to CPS Members that have passed the CPS Boating Course.

Piloting: A graduate of the Piloting Course will have the theoretical knowledge to be able to handle a boat in rough weather, and to deal with emergencies. Course content: Boating Course subjects are expanded to include Relative Bearings and the Running Fix; effects of current and leeway, and new skills in marlinspike and coastal navigation are learned.

Advanced Piloting: Prerequisite: Piloting Course. You will learn advanced coastal navigation principles to enable you to know, at all times, where you are. The vessel's position can be determined by using landmarks and aids to navigation - allowing for current, leeway, tides and tidal currents. Course content: Become familiar with charts; the compass; steering and timing a course; tides and tidal currents; effects of current and leeway; methods of determining position; Running Fixes; aids to navigation; electronic navigational aids, and the sextant.

Celestial Navigation: Prerequisite: Advanced Piloting. This course combines the original works of Junior Navigator and Navigator and applies the sciences of cartography and astronomy to set a course and determine a position at sea. Emphasis is placed on "how" to navigate and, with basic math and calculator skills, the student will have little difficulty. For proper study, the student will require the use of Bowditch, current-year Nautical Almanac and Star Finder (these items must be ordered separately). The student will also require a scientific handheld calculator with trigonometric capability. Course content: Use of the sextant, electronic navigation, the Nautical Almanac, sight reduction by formula and scientific calculator, the Pilot and Great Circle charts and much, much more. Course kit includes: Student notes, homework folder, forms, sight reduction table, dip short tables and necessary charts.