DEVELOPMENT OF SIMULATOR TRAINING METHODS FOR NAVIGATORS

https://doi.org/10.33815/2313-4763.2019.2.21.108-114

Abstract

Sea transport is currently one of the most cost-effective types of transport. Its comparative cheapness leads to an increase of the volume of cargo transportation by sea, but at the same time, the requirements to ensure the safety of such transportation are increasing as well. One of the methods to improve the safety of transportation by sea is the advanced training of navigators. The article considers the possibility of the development and adaptive use of the simulator training methods for navigators in order to increase the safety of transportation by sea. The analysis of IMO model courses and their applicability to the problems of simulator training for navigators is carried out. The classification of the main navigation tasks is carried out; their formalized form and optimal solution are shown. The probability function of accident-free navigation is proposed as a criterion for assessing the competence of navigators.

Today, there are a large number of various hardware and software tools to provide training and consolidation of knowledge and skills of the ship crew. The basis of the systems using these tools is a variety of simulators and stimulators, which vary in their purpose from modeling robots with separate equipment to modeling the navigation bridge. To comply with the requirements of Ukrainian and international legislation on working out the interaction of the members of the navigation bridge team and ship systems, it is necessary to use only full-sized training complexes adapted to specific tasks and as close as possible to a real object.

Despite the high level of automation, many navigation and ship control tasks are still carried out manually. This requires the navigational staff to know the features of their ship in specific conditions and to be fully aware of its navigation equipment. The use in practice of non-standard hardware and software of navigation equipment, as well as its ergonomic features, on different vessels do not allow us to follow the experience of aviation and carry out serial prototyping of real equipment for training purposes. Thus, it seems appropriate to conduct basic training for the navigational staff on individual "small" simulators using adequate mathematical models of real ships.