USCG Approved and STCW-95 Compliant Radar Course
A team of professional licensed mariners teaches the Houston Marine 5-Day
Unlimited Radar Course, 4-day Inland Radar Course. The Unlimited
and Inland courses are run concurrently, with the Inland students
completing on the 4th day and the unlimited students remaining for the 5th
day. All classes consist of classroom training and practical assessment
exercises on radar simulator equipment.
Radar Theory will give you an overview of how a radar works while the radar simulators will provide you a chance to practice coastal/inland navigation and collision avoidance. Successful completion of this course will provide you with the skills necessary to become a "Competent Radar Observer".
Upon successful completion of the course you will have satisfied the following USCG and STCW-95 requirements:
Inland
- 46CFR 10.480 as a Radar Observer (Inland)
- 46CFR 10.480 as a Radar Observer (Unlimited)
- Radar training requirements for certification as Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch on vessels of 500 or more gross tons (ITC)
- "Control Sheets" for Table A-II/1 of the STCW-95 code