The Australian Maritime College is an institute of the University of Tasmania
23Q Bachelor of Applied Science (Nautical Science)
22Q Advanced Diploma of Applied Science (Nautical Science)
Year 1 Pre Sea Deck
Year 2 Watchkeeper Deck
Year 2 Mate / Master less than 500GT
Year 2 Royal Australian Navy Bridging Program
Year 3 Chief Mate / Master
2017 Orientation and Course Information Booklet
The Australian Maritime College is an institute of The University of Tasmania
Orientation Day Information
Contents
1. Course Contacts
2. Campus map and Swanson 1st floor plan
3. Course Information
4. Unit Grid
5. Short Courses by cohort
6. Short Course Information
7. Certificate of Safety Training and TAGS
8. Web Links
9. Providing Course completion documentation to a 3rd Party - Testamur / Final Transcript
10. AMSA Pathways
The Australian Maritime College is an institute of The University of Tasmania
Course Contacts
Course Level / Intake Name Phone / Email
Pre Sea Deck
Neil Pereira
+61 3 6234 9833
[email protected]
Swanson Building F87
Deck Watchkeeper
Less than 500GT
RAN Bridging
Chief Mate / Master Darrel Silva
+61 3 6234 9754
[email protected]
Swanson Building F86
Administration / Support Name Phone / Email
Faculty Officer
(Maritime Training) Kim Groves
+61 3 6324 9728
[email protected]
Student Centre
Faculty Officer
(Maritime Training)
Academic Coordinator
Short Course Coordinator
Kelli Roach
+61 3 6324 9614
[email protected]
Student Centre
Stakeholder Engagement
Officer (Sponsored
Students) (Mon Wed)
Claire Byrne
+61 3 6324 9298
[email protected]
Vet Office - Swanson Building
Student Advisor Kellie
Brandenburg
+61 3 6324 9701
or 0408 243 787
[email protected]
Student Centre
International Student
Advisor Ginni Woof
+61 3 6324 3506
[email protected]
Student Centre
Shipboard Operational Experience (TAGS)
TAGS Book Assignment
Submission and Collection
AMC
Business Unit
AMC Reception
(Glass sliding doors)
+61 3 6324 9422
[email protected]
Swanson Building Main Reception
NCPS
F44A
F66
NCPS
Bill Du
Reza Emad
F98
NCPS
Peggy Chen
Siriwardhana Hirimbure
NCPS
NCPS
Stephen Hurd
F12
NCPSAllison James
NCPS
F43
F38
Gamini Lokuketagoda
F67
F44 Classroom
F12A F12
Samrat Ghosh
F68
NCPS
F68
F56F54
Lee-Anne Britcliffe
Phil Mackrill
Neil Pereira
F61
GMDSS Radio
Lab
Hilary Pateman
Stephen Cahoon
NCPS
F92
Meeting
Room
a
NCPS Copy Room
a
F9A
F75
F11 F13
F15
F95
F96
F94
F76a
F69
F49
F69
F57
Radio
Comms &
Electronics
F53
Elec-
tronics
F87
F76 Meeting Room
F86F79
F84
a ST
AIR
SF88
Gown Room
NCPS Storage Room
F48
F56
F58
F54Phill Lenthall, Michael Douglas & Umar Khan
Distance Education - Jackie Evans, Heather Hepburn
AMC Search Room
F81 F73
F46 Classroom
Greg Hockey
F76F76
F77
aF83F77
F71
F57
Radio
Comms &
Electronics
Pom Sooksripaisarnkit
F58
F75
NCPS
Owen Nguyen
F81
F75a
Ian Gabites / Phil Mackrill
F98
F99
F100
Shantha Jayasinghe
F45 Classroom
F65 Mohan Anantharaman
Josh Weber
F70
F85
NCPS
F93
F95
NCPS
F85
Store
F96
NCPS
F94
Chris Carstens
NCPS
NCPS
Wenming (Wendy) Shi
Vera Zhang
NCPS
F100
F99
F87
F97
F88
NCPSNCPS
NCPS
Jiangang Fei
Ruth Findlater
Jarrod Weaving
F86
Sumeet Sharma
NCPS
NCPS
NCPS
NCPS
NCPS
NCPS
NCPS
NCPS
NCPS
NCPS
F2
F72
F4
F73
Corp
Leslie Lundie / Lindsey Steers
Neil Bose F64
Director NCMEH
Jenni Rein/Allison Bird
Christine Veltman Corp
NCPS
Anthony Beckett
Margareta Lutzhoft
Hossein Ensahei
F77
F74a
F74
F79
Corp
Corp
F84
F78
David Waldron
Natalia Nikolova
Tony Beckett
F77a
Corp
F9
F13
F9A
NCPS
Corp
Vivien Drinkwater
Director NCPS
F11
Corp
NCMEH
F10F9
F3
Prashant Bhaskar
Darrel Silva
F10
F15
NCPS
Erin Crawford & Carley Williams
NCPS
F43
F12A
F42
F41
F89 - Classroom F90 - Chart Room
F40
F41
F40
F91
F91
NCPS
F72
NCPS
NCPS
F97
NCPS
NCPS
STAIRS
F65F66
NCPS
Sankaramoorthy Narayanasamy
F59
GMDSS Radio
Lab
NCPS
NCPS
NCPS
F63
Classroom
NCPS
F93
F70F71
STAIRS
Store
F44a
F67 F64
F48
Staff
Room
F75 F74
Phil Leersen
Wyuna Meeting Room
F38 F39
F39F42
Corp
F2
F3
Board Room
F3a
F3aSwanson Building - First Floor Room MapSwanson Building - First Floor Room MapSwanson Building - First Floor Room MapSwanson Building - First Floor Room Map
STAIRSF4
Flagpoles
F83 Casual Lecturers Office NCPS
Pantry
LIFT
F74
STAIRS
F78
F49
Newnham Campus Map
University of Tasmania
Australian Maritime College
The Australian Maritime College is an institute of The University of Tasmania
PREFACEPREFACEPREFACEPREFACE
This booklet contains important information for your course.
It is important that you read and understand each section of this document.
If you have any questions relating to information in this booklet, please refer to the course
coordinator.
Best wishes for an enjoyable period of study!
Please note:
AMC is continually improving and updating the course and individual units as the need arises
within the guidelines of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and the International
Maritime Organisation (IMO). Therefore the content of this information booklet is subject to
change without notice. Unit lecturers are however required to advise students of any changes
to the curriculum prior to assessment.
The Australian Maritime College is an institute of The University of Tasmania
Course Guidelines
The course you are enrolled in is approved and accredited by the Australian Maritime Safety
Authority (AMSA). The course incorporates the requirements necessary to obtain a certificate
of competency as Deck Watckkeeper, Mate/Master < 500 GT or Chief Mate/Master. Seatime is
required as per Australian Maritime Safety Authority Marine Order 70.
Course Structure Course Structure Course Structure Course Structure Year 1 Year 1 Year 1 Year 1
2 academic units - 13 week semester plus study week and examinations
11 short courses of varying lengths delivered before and after Pre Sea Deck semester.
Pre Sea DeckPre Sea DeckPre Sea DeckPre Sea Deck
Unit Unit Unit Unit
codecodecodecode Unit nameUnit nameUnit nameUnit name Unit lecturer(s)Unit lecturer(s)Unit lecturer(s)Unit lecturer(s)
JND150 Fundamentals of Marine Navigation Ian Moist
JND151 Shipboard Operations 1 Noel Frichot/TBA
Year 1 Short CoursesYear 1 Short CoursesYear 1 Short CoursesYear 1 Short Courses
Unit Unit Unit Unit
codecodecodecode Unit nameUnit nameUnit nameUnit name Unit lecturer(s)Unit lecturer(s)Unit lecturer(s)Unit lecturer(s)
JVD170 Elementary First Aid* St John Ambulance
JVD171 Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting* Emergency Response Team
JVD172 Personal Safety and Social
Responsibilities* Emergency Response Team
JVD173 Personal Survival Techniques* Emergency Response Team
JVD174 Security Awareness* On line study and assessment
JVD182 Marine Confined Space Entry Emergency Response Team
JVD183 Marine Damage Control Emergency Response Team
JVD184 Long Range Operator Certificate of
Competency Emergency Response Team
JVD185 Marine Communications (Signals) William Jay
JVD186 Tanker Familiarisation (Liquefied
Gas)
Sankaramoorthy Narayanasamy / Josh
Weber
JVD187 Tanker Familiarisation (Oil and
Chemical)
*STCW Short courses which comprise Australian Maritime Safety Authority Certificate of Safety Training
**JVD186 and JVD187 are not required for university award but are required for Australian Maritime Safety
Authority certificates of competency.
The Australian Maritime College is an institute of The University of Tasmania
