Furuno INS Training Center has become the first training centre in the world to have the training course "IMO Model Course 1.32 Operational use and understanding of Integrated Bridge Systems (IBS), including Integrated Navigation Systems (INS)" certified by DNV SeaSkill.
"The navigation systems are becoming more and more sophisticated and provide a wider range of information to the user," said Ken Helle Jensen, Training Manager at Furuno INS Training Centre.
"Many tasks that were handled manually in the past are now automatically processed, and other systems like power management, engine automation, are all integrated. It is a new era in navigation, and the navigators have to get acquainted with this new technology."
Recent grounding accidents indicate that the introduction of IBS/INS and ECDIS creates a challenge to the skills and capabilities of the operators. A short familiarization training provided by the manufacturer is not always enough if the crew does not have prior experience in operating integrated navigation systems."
Furuno decided in 2005 to raise the level of training provided by Furuno, by establishing Furuno INS Training Center in Copenhagen. During 2005 Furuno INSTC developed their own ECDIS training course based on the IMO Model Course 1.27 and received, as the first manufacturer in the world, certification from DNV SeaSkill to validate the compliance of IMO Model Course 1.27.
The decision to make the ECDIS training comply with IMO Model Course 1.27 was the recognition of the challenges to the navigators created by the introduction of ECDIS onboard the vessels.
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