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Course Format
The course is taught in three evenings. The first
evening is a lecture covering sections one to five
below. The second evening is an oral drill covering
the material in section 6. For this session, the
class broken into small groups with about six
students per instructor. The final session is the
official exam. It consists of a written exam of
sixty multiple choice questions and a oral exam of
three questions.
Upon successful completion of the exam on the
third evening, the student will be issued a
Temporary Operating Certificate. CPS will later mail
a permanent certificate to the student. (Industry
Canada has delegated the authority to certify marine
radio operators on voluntarily fitted vessels to
CPS.)
Course Outline
- Maritime Mobile Service
- Radiotelephone Operator's Restricted
Certificate (Maritime)
- Radio Station License
- Authorities: Industry Canada, ITU, Coast
Guard
- Radio Station Requirements: records and
monitoring
- Required and Recommended Documents
- Secrecy of Communications
- International Distress, Safety and
Calling Frequencies
- Propagation and the Transmitter Power
Switch
- Procedures
- Use (and misuse) of Marine Radio
- Radio Operation, Word Spelling (Phonetic
Alphabet), etc.
- Procedural Words and Phrases
- Calling Procedure
- Simplex and Duplex Operation
- Choice of Frequencies
- Control of Communication
- Priorities
- Distress Communications
- Priority
- Frequencies to be used
- Distress Signal
- Distress Call
- Distress Message - examples
- Acknowledging and Relaying a Distress
Message
- Control of Distress Traffic
- Imposition of Silence
- Cancellation of Distress
- Urgency Communications
- Priority
- Frequencies to be Used
- Urgency Signal
- Urgency Message
- Cancellation of Urgency
- Safety Communications
- Priority
- Safety Signal
- Procedures
- Distress Simulations
- Distress Call and Message
- Acknowledgement of Mayday by CG
Radio
- Distress Relay
- Acknowledgement/Assist by other
station
- Distress Traffic
- Impose Silence by Controlling
Station
- Impose Silence by Another Station
- Distress Traffic on Scene
- Cancellation of Distress by
Controlling Station
- Homework Study
- Distress Call and Message from a
Ship
- Acknowledgement by Another Ship
- Distress Traffic
- Imposition of Silence
- Cancellation of Distress
- Distress Call and Message
- Relay by Another Vessel
- Additional Information
- Alarm Signals
- Radiotelephone Alarm Signal
- Navigational Warning Signal
- Emergency Position Indicating Radio
Beacon (EPIRB)
- Emergency Position Indicating Buoy (EPIB)
- General Electrical and Electronic
Information
- Alternative Radio Services
- Global Marine Distress and Safety System
(GMDSS)
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