Essential Competencies for River Navigation Course
This course equips participants with essential skills for safe and efficient river navigation, covering journey planning, vessel handling, traffic management, emergency response, and professional lookout duties to ensure compliant and reliable operations on inland waterways.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Essential Skills for River Navigation Course develops practical abilities for safe and efficient travel on inland waterways. You'll learn to plan journeys, manage under-keel clearance, deal with shallow-water effects, and confidently use radar, ECDIS, AIS, and navigation aids. You'll also build strong emergency response, crew teamwork, risk evaluation, and ongoing improvement to ensure dependable and rule-following river operations on every voyage.
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Develop skills
- Shallow-water vessel handling: manage squat, UKC and draught in narrow river passages.
- Expert river journey planning: create secure paths, ETAs and backup mooring spots quickly.
- Inland waterway traffic control: manage locks, bridges, barges and navigation markers with assurance.
- Emergency and safety exercises: react to mist, engine failure and pollution hazards swiftly.
- Professional river lookout duties: use CRM, checklists and risk-focused choices.
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