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A Summary of GDS Ship Engine Room Simulator (ERS) charateristics to fit into your training program
With our product, certified by the Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Class NK) as a Class A (Full Mission) Engine Room Simulator, our purpose is to ensure that the instructors can efficiently utilize this training environment in their Maritime Education and Training (MET) programs and that the trainees can have a productive training.
Developed by GDS Engineering R&D; our product called Ship Engine Room Simulator (SERS);
- Meets IMO STCW 2010 requirements (with Manila Amendments).
- Supports training programs using IMO Model Course 2.07 (2017 Edition).
- Certified by Class NK for meeting both IMO STCW 2010 and Model Course 2.07.
- The simulator is the digital twin model of a real ship (ref. to User Manuals for complete references and details)
- Configurable for an individual training study on a Workstation/PC
- Configurable for group studies with distributed system configuration using distributed computers and large touch-screen panels as well as association of hardware consoles and panels.
- Provides automated training reports.
- Includes high voltage training functions
- Simulates all engine room machinery and systems with over 50 Graphical User Interface (GUI) Panels.
- All systems are interfaced with all engine room parameters, any change in any parts of the systems is immediately affect the other systems, as in reality!
- Emphasizes all aspects of the electrical operations with realistic functions.
- Easy graphical user interfaces that considerably decrease the time for learning and allowing instructors to directly move on to the training objectives.
- Includes 5 User Manuals, allowing to apply the manuals to training programs directly.
- Includes Exercise Workbooks for students to come to the simulator center with their study books. When books and user manuals are incorporated, it provides a similar work studies in real ships.
- Exercise Book I is to use in the Operational Level of STCW 2010 training / competency levels. There are more than 10 example exercises are provided; already meeting the STCW objectives.
- Exercise Book II is to use in the Management Level of STCW 2010 training/ competency levels. There are more than 10 example exercises are provided; already meeting the STCW objectives.
- Engine room systems are simulated with high resolution rendered components providing easily readable GUIs on screens, which considerably decrease the learning time and moving on to the training subjects.
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Use ERS Exercise Workbooks and Manuals in your Operational and Management Level Trainings: Students Love it!
GDS Ship Engine Room Simulator (Ship ERS or SERS™)
User Manuals and Exercise Workbooks
ERS User Manuals Set for Meeting IMO Model Course 2.07 (2017 Ed.) Exercise Objectives and STCW 2010 Training Requirements, Supplemented with Root Cause Analysis Exercises
SERS™ is provided with a total of seven (7) user manuals, student exercise workbooks, and documents as complementary to the training practices. All these documents are supplied with a license purchase.
SERS User Manual Vol I (Software Description) describes the SERS software with the SERS Graphical User Interface (GUI) Panels accessed from the SERS Main Graphical User Interface (GUI) Panel.
SERS User Manual Volume II (Engine Room Operations) includes the operational instructions on how to operate the engine room systems and machinery using the SERS. The training institutions can directly use the contents of this manual in their training procedures. There are also exercises included for use by the trainees for reporting.
SERS User Manual Vol III (Installation & Configuration) describes the installation and the configuration of the software and hardware items. Using this manual, SERS can be configured to run as a Distributed System and the touch screen hardware panels can be assigned to desired GUI panels using the configuration files.
SERS User Manual Volume IV (Instructor’s Manual) includes guides, information, and additional exercise tips for the instructors to utilize SERS in their trainings according to a specific training objective.
SERS Philosophy Document provides how SERS may be used in a curricula or in engine room simulator training programs. It provides guides for selecting the configuration of the SERS according to the training objectives.
Student Exercise Workbooks per IMO Model Course 2.07 (2017 Version)
Student Exercise Workbook, Volume I: We are already using the simulator in our own training programs and developed Volume I with exercies that meets each objectives of the IMO Model Course 2.07. Volume I exercises includes the Engine Room Operational Level training objectives.
Student Exercise Workbook,Volume II: Volume II exercises includes the Engine Room Management Level training objectives in accordance with IMO Model Course 2.07.
Using the SERS™ document set in classroom study also promotes the real-world engine room best work practices of using manuals in operation and management of the engine room machinery and systems.
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