PRE-STUDY
We’ve designed our courses to get someone with little or no marine experience to get to the required level with no pre-study required. However, for the ROCM course it is useful to learn the Phonetic Alphabet (alpha, bravo, charlie …..) – see below.
If English is not your first language, you may want to familiarize yourself with some marine terminology, so below is a PDF of our SVOP/ MEDA3 course manual. Please do NOT read the whole book, the following pages are all you need to read to familiarize yourself with some basic marine terminology:
- pages 32-38 (Basic Boat Terminology and Vessel Hull Types),
- pages 58-60 (Lateral Buoys),
- pages 102-108 (Collision Regulations Definitions)
Datum SVOP SDVBS course manual download (ready only)
You can also bring a dictionary to class. You can even use a printed dictionary during the exam. Electronic dictionaries (such as on smart phones) are NOT permitted during the exam.
Phonetic Alphabet for the ROCM
Click here for a downloadable/ printable PDF of the phonetic alphabet PDF
Please see below the Phonetic Alphabet. It would be useful to learn this for the ROCM course. It’s also good to know as a mariner and also handy in daily life when you have to spell something to someone over the phone : )
| A – alpha B – bravo C – charlie D – delta E – echo F – foxtrot G – golf H – hotel I – india J – juliet K – kilo L – lima M – mike | N – november O – oscar P – papa Q – quebec R – romeo S – sierra T – tango U – uniform V – victor W – wiskey X – x-ray Y – yankee Z – zulu |
