The aim of the ARPA course is to train students in radar observation and plotting and in the operational use of ARPA in different collision avoidance situations. The training is consistent with the provisions of the STCW Convention and required IMO Model courses. A student successfully completing this course knows how to operate ARPA radar; properly assess the navigational situation according to the radar and its capabilities; knows and recognizes radar errors; is aware of the radar’s limitations and its’ properties which influences the wrong interpretation of radar’s image; knows how to use radar plotting method; use ARPA radar for identification of dangerous objects and plan collision avoidance in different circumstances; coordinate and perform search and rescue on the sea. On successful completion of the course and assessments, a document may be issued certifying that the holder has successfully completed a course of training which meets or exceeds the level of knowledge and competence specified in the STCW Convention.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students × Lab exercises in English
5
2
Cargo handling 2
Cargo handling 2
The objective of the course is to upgrade the knowledge gained in the course Cargo Handling. The upgrade involves computer planning and managing the cargo handling process. The process of cargo handling on modern ships and terminals in ports is becoming complex and therefore impossible without modern technology. After this course, the student will be prepared for future tasks that will be required from him / her at work
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
5
3
Communication equipment
Communication equipment
The aim of the course is to train students to work with modern communication devices on board. Within the course student will get theoretical and practical knowledge of the Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), the devices within this system and procedures how to use them for distress, urgent, safety and routine calls. With the practical use of the simulator, the student will gain a sense of working with real devices.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
5
4
Distribution logistics
Distribution logistics
Students get familiar with general facts of logistics (all of its subsystems, with emphasis on distribution logistics), distribution centres and types of distribution centres. The subject also enables an insight into the warehouse business (storage processes, with an emphasis on picking process (picking methods, picking strategies, picking routes) and distribution strategies (direct distribution, indirect distribution). Due to their specific nature, students also receive knowledge about distribution of city logistics, packet distribution as well as distribution of dangerous goods, perishable and oversized goods. The subject enable students to acquire the competencies and knowledge of planning and managing transport and storage processes and solving problems in the distribution of goods.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
5
5
Fundamentals of Transport System
Fundamentals of Transport System
The course will cover the basics of transport systems, focusing on fundamental concepts in transport, system analysis of the transport system, characteristics of individual transport system subsystems (modes of transport) as well as analysis of the European transport system and European transport policy. At the end of the course the students shall gain knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of transport systems, their design, operation and evaluation.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
6
6
Informatics in traffic
Informatics in traffic
Students shall learn the basic features, operations, methods, and examples of various forms of information and communication technology, with a focus on transport, traffic, and logistics activities. They shall be able to perform complex SQL queries.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students and ⑤ and × Lab exercises in English
5
7
Information and computer science
Information and computer science
Students shall learn the basic features, operations, methods, and examples of various information and communication technology tools and systems (computer systems, business information systems and databases, data transfer methods and types of computer networks, systems of electronic data exchange, the basic concepts, and forms of e-commerce applications used in modern enterprises, and expert systems), with a focus on transport, traffic, and logistics, as well as basic programming in Matlab, and SQL.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students and ⑤ and × Lab exercises in English
7
8
Information and computer science (Maritime studies)
Information and computer science (Maritime studies)
Students shall learn the basic features, operations, methods, and examples of various information and communication technology tools and systems (computer systems, business information systems and databases, data transfer methods and types of computer networks, systems of electronic data exchange, the basic concepts, and forms of e-commerce applications used in modern enterprises, and expert systems), with a focus on maritime transport, as well as basic programming in Matlab, and SQL.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students and ⑤ and × Lab exercises in English
5
9
Information support of logistics
Information support of logistics
Students shall learn the information tools and technology, which is used for efficient execution of various logistics activities along the supply chain and thus be able to identify the basic characteristics, methods, and examples of applications and reasons for the use of a particular form of information system or other IT tools designed for these purposes. Core content includes: knowledge about importance, role, and types of business information systems for the logistics business, types of supply chains information support, information and intelligent systems designed for traffic, transport and logistics support/use, decision support tools and technologies, business intelligence tools and technologies, cloud computing – logistics cloud, Internet of Things concept, Big Data concept, and Data Analytics, and Blockchain technology in logistics.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students and ⑤ and × Lab exercises in English
5
10
Intelligent transport systems and services
Intelligent transport systems and services
ITS systems offer new, advanced methods to achieve more sustainable mobility in the present-day ICT aware society. A key aim of the course is study new developments in the field of ITS systems and services, usefulness for all stakeholders in traffic and transport, from the viewpoint of advanced road usage, workload reduction, safety, transport efficiency, significant improvement in comfort and environmental conservation. Students shall learn the characteristics and use of different sensors, networks, and other digital equipment used for communications between vehicles, and infrastructure.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students and ⑤ and × Lab exercises in English
5
11
Marine Propulsion Engines
Marine Propulsion Engines
Students will gain knowledge about the expected power of propulsion machinery for different ships, comparison between 2- and 4-stroke diesel engines, gas turbines and diesel-electric drives with different views. They will learn about the development of guidelines for marine engines and intelligent engine. Students will gain knowledge about engine monitoring and safety in the ship engine room. The content is practically supported by simulator exercises and excursion to the shipyard.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
4
12
Maritime construction elements
Maritime construction elements
Marine propulsion and maintenance of all the necessary auxiliary machines and installations is a complex problem requiring a thorough knowledge of all the elements. For undisturbed and safe operation, it is undoubtedly necessary to get to know the structural elements of the ship's machinery and equipment. The student must master basic knowledge of ship construction elements. In addition to learning about the mechanical elements themselves, students within the course are trained to check the load capacity and durability of simpler elements and constructions. The acquired knowledge will help them in practice and in understanding other professional subjects. Special emphasis is also placed on getting to know the relevant regulations and standards prescribed by the classification institutions (shipping registers) and the importance of respecting them. Students are also trained to pursue new achievements in the construction and equipping of ships and ship equipment.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
5
13
Maritime economics and business of shipping companies
Maritime economics and business of shipping companies
Building from the basic knowledge and understanding of the economic concepts, the students will first get a brief introduction into maritime economics and then learn about all the segments in the functioning of the shipping company from selecting the ship type, financing method, classification society, registry, and insurance company as well as crew members, to executing voyages in an economically sound and safe manner. The students will understand the difficulties and challenges that the shipping companies face in operational, tactical, and strategic planning.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
5
14
Maritime English
Maritime English
The learning objective of the course is to teach students how to communicate in English, the official language of the maritime industry since 1973. Future Officers of the Watch learn how to use standard marine communication phrases in spoken and written communication to be able to engage in intership, intraship and ship-shore communication, in particular to enhance navigational safety. They will understand reference books, manuals and other publications required to ensure safe and efficient work on board ships.
× Lab exercises in English
5
15
Maritime transportation system
Maritime transportation system
The course describes the structure of the maritime transport system but also the characteristics of each transport sub-system: road, rail, air, inland waterway transport. Students will explore the ports, terminals and different technologies and port equipment that is used to transport the cargo. The focus of the course is in the development of new ports and new technologies.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
4
16
Modeling and planning
Modeling and planning
Modeling is reverse engineering of real world by creating virtual world. It is carried out when we would like to evaluate how a cargo terminal, a road intersection or a production line that we imagined would function. exercises. Students will build and simulate a model on their own. Part of the course is modeling of different transportation systems and phenomena. Importance of verification and validation, continuous and discrete models for planning of traffic systems and logistic terminals will be studied by use of simulation software
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
5
17
Professional English 2 - PTTL, VS
Professional English 2 - PTTL, VS
Students are trained to improve receptive comprehension (listening and reading) and productive usage (speaking and writing) in reference with different traffic technology and transport logistics topics. The course consists of lectures, seminar classes and computer lab tutorials. The focus of the course is Business English that is used in transport and logistics. During the course students learn to study by means of professional web resources, i.e. on-line glossaries and dictionaries, professional journals and transport logistics videos. All participants have to give an oral presentation, and they are encouraged to develop learning strategies for lifelong learning.
x Lab exercises in English
5
18
Professional English I – TPL-uni
Professional English I – TPL-uni
Students distinguish among academic and professional text genres. They improve in particular reading and writing skills as well as lexical and grammatical knowledge. They are able to find relevant information in English-language resources, summarise and paraphrase academic and professional texts, and present their findings. Within the context of subject-specific genres, they develop subject-specific terminology.
× Lab exercises in English
5
19
Safety in Transport and Logistics
Safety in Transport and Logistics
The course will cover the basics of safety and security in transport and logistics. The topics will focus on the development of safety and security, the factors defining them, and the basics of safety research with particular focus on mechanisms of transport accidents. At the end of the course the students shall gain basic knowledge and understanding of the safety in all transport modes (road, rail, maritime and air transport), as well as basics of the designing of the elements of the transport system and the supply chains, from the transport safety and security perspective.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
5
20
Ship electronic devices
Ship electronic devices
We face students with the fact of how misunderstanding or poor interpretation of data is one of the leading causes of ship collisions, so each student must fully understand the main and auxiliary functions of an individual device. The student will get acquainted with the demanded skills of a modern ship electronics operator. The objective of this STCW steered course is to train students in the form of lectures, tutorials and seminar work also to extend abstract thinking.
x Lab Exercises in English ● Available only for Erasmus+ students
4
21
Ship theory
Ship theory
A student who will master the substance will be able to explain the technical data of the ship, their significance and their use. He will be able to find technical requirements in international conventions and technical rules. In the course, students will became familiar with the equipment of the ship and understand when and how it is used to work safely and reduce the risk of human injury and environmental.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
6
22
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management
Students get familiar with the general facts about the logistics and supply chain (supply chain types, supply chain flows, supply chain sub-systems). The acquired knowledge enables students to organize and optimize individual segments of the supply chain. Students are even able to appropriately manage supply chain relationship, are able to manage risks and performance. Special attention is also given on the new technologies, methods and strategies to achieve lean and agile supply chain.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
5
23
Transport and Logistics Infrastructure
Transport and Logistics Infrastructure
The course will cover the basic characteristics of land (road, rail), water (maritime, inland water ways) and air transport infrastructure. The topics covered will include also transport terminals (freight, passenger and intermodal transport logistics terminals – ports, airports, logistics centers) as well as tube (tunnel, pipeline) transport infrastructure. At the end of the course the students shall gain the basic knowledge of individual types of transport logistics infrastructure including characteristics of their design, use and maintenance.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
6
24
Vapor and gas power systems
Vapor and gas power systems
The students will get familiar with basics of heat transfer mechanisms, heat exchangers, condensers, steam boilers etc... Basic construction and operation principles of machinery systems, including: marine steam turbine, marine gas turbine and marine boiler will be presented
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
5
Second semester (Summer / Spring)
25
Cargo handling
Cargo handling
The objective of the course is to present all general and specific tasks and procedures related to load/unload all kind of dry cargoes. Students have to understand cargo space and weight distribution on the ship, together with the effect on transverse and longitudinal strength. They acquire the necessary knowledge how to obtain from the ship's documentation all the information related to different cargoes, procedures, international and national regulations. Computing transverse and longitudinal stability in accordance with international rules is the main goal during exercises.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
5
26
Celestial navigation
Celestial navigation
The course aims to introduce the concepts of spherical trigonometry, rhumb line, great circle, voyage planning and celestial navigation methods. In addition to course, we will provide practical aspects of astronomic observation and astrophotography through additional practical exercises
Available only for Erasmus+ students
4
27
Fundamentals of traffic flow theory
Fundamentals of traffic flow theory
The students will familiarize with basics of traffic flow theory, microscopic and macroscopic modeling. Syllabus includes theoretical background and practical traffic flow simulation cases such as intersection microsimulation. 1. Vehicle in traffic (braking, headway, overtaking, lane changing) 2. Homogeneous traffic flow (density and volume, relation of density and volume, optimum speed) 3. Traffic flow properties (point and area measurement, empirical models) 4. Vehicle following theory (basic models, stability) 5. Continuous traffic flow models (fundamental equation, congestion)
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
5
28
Informatics in logistics
Informatics in logistics
Students shall be aware of information tools and technology, which is used for efficient execution of various logistics activities along the supply chain and thus be able to identify the basic characteristics, methods, and examples of applications and reasons for the use of a particular form of information system or other IT tools designed for these purposes. They shall learn about the tools of Logistics 4.0 and 5.0, and the aim and the role of Artificial Intelligence tools and techniques used in logistics.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students and ⑤ and × Lab exercises in English
5
29
Intermodal Transport
Intermodal Transport
The course will cover the basics of intermodal transport, focusing on institutional aspects, various segments and actors, transport infrastructure and networks, as well as technology (transport and transhipment, intermodal loading units) intermodal transport. At the end of the course the students shall gain knowledge and understanding of the approach to the design and development of passenger and freight intermodal transport system.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
5
30
Marine Propulsion Engines
Marine Propulsion Engines
Students will gain knowledge about the expected power of propulsion machinery for different ships, comparison between 2- and 4-stroke diesel engines, gas turbines and diesel-electric drives with different views. They will learn about the development of guidelines for marine engines and intelligent engine. Students will gain knowledge about engine monitoring and safety in the ship engine room. The content is practically supported by simulator exercises and excursion to the shipyard.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
6
31
Materials and welding
Materials and welding
Materials and welding technologies introduce the basic characteristics of the materials from which the elements of the ship's items are produced and the basic technological procedures of welding and processing of steels that are located on the ship and are connected with the activity of the manufacture and maintenance of the vessels. The course covers the production of materials, crystallography, introduction to ferrous and non-ferrous materials and alloys and heat treatment of steels. It covers destructive and non-destructive testing of materials and corrosion. An overview of welding technologies is done.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
4
32
Movers, refrigeration and auxiliary machinery
Movers, refrigeration and auxiliary machinery
The students will get familiar with basics for refrigeration cycles and air conditions, efficiency of refrigeration cycles and substance property tables. Additionally, basic construction and operation principles of machinery systems, including: other auxiliaries, including various pumps, air compressor, purifier, fresh water generator, heat exchanger, refrigeration, air‐conditioning and air supply systems will be presented.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
5
33
Organization and business of transport companies
Organization and business of transport companies
The course provides knowledge on theory, analysis and practice in the field of organization and business in transportation companies. Students learn different types of calculations (workload, cost price, sales price, optimal combination of production factors, loan repayments etc.) and the basics of accounting (elements and understanding of basic financial statements), hence the elements needed in business decision making.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
5
34
Ports and terminals
Ports and terminals
This course provides students with the basic knowledge of the structure and techniques in a modern port. The main themes of the course refer to the definition of ports and terminals and the use of new technological process in the ports. As a result, students will understand how the ports work and how to use different data from the ports to prepare a project.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
5
35
Professional English 1 - PTTL, VS
Professional English 1 - PTTL, VS
Students learn how to approach different topics from the fields of traffic technology and transport logistics. The course consists of lectures, seminar classes and computer lab tutorials. The focus of the course is English that is used when dealing with different modes and means of transport. This course of English for Specific Purposes is designed to improve four skills of language learning: listening, speaking, reading and writing, while acquiring special technical vocabulary that is used in traffic technology and transport logistics. All participants have to give an oral presentation, and they are encouraged to blend their knowledge of English with the knowledge gained at other courses.
x Lab exercises in English
5
36
Transport and Manipulation Means
Transport and Manipulation Means
The course will cover technical and technological characteristics of the transport means used in land (road and rail), water (sea and inland waterways) and air transport, as well as of manipulation means, while taking into consideration the type of cargo and cargo handling units (pallets, ISO containers, intermodal loading units) handled. At the end of the course the students shall gain knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of transport and manipulative means and their role in the transport logistics processes, which forms the basis for their proper selection and efficient use in both passenger and freight transport.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
6
37
Transport Law
Transport Law
Students shall learn the basic characteristics and rules of transport law. The course will give students general insight on the transport contract, the conclusion of the contract, rights and obligations of involved parties, the liability of the carrier, limitation of liability and lien. in maritime transport, air transport, rail transport, road transport, multimodal transport and general on transport insurance. Students will also learn about transport documents, both paper and electronic. The focus of the course is to prepare students for practical use of theoretical knowledge and application of learned legal rules.
● Available only for Erasmus+ students
3
38
Transport technologies
Transport technologies
The main goal of the subject is to manage theoretical basics of transport technologies in all transport industries. Subject specific competences of the subject refer to knowledge of basic processes and the stages of technological procedures in traffic processes in all transport sectors. The student gets basic knowledge of traffic technologies and learn about the possibilities of using them.The course comprises processes of defining transport technology as scientific discipline and practical activities, theoretical basis of transport technologies, characteristics of modern traffic technologies in individual transport sectors, basics of intermodal transport, processes of organizing and performing efficient transport service and technological calculations in transport processes.
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