Must be a few of you on here who have done it? Is it hard to get or is everything covered in the training? Someone like me who is virtually mechanically retarded,would I have problems passing?
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jonesy
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hey jonesy, yeh mate i did it in january. Its pretty full on course, abit harder than i expected. it covers alot of material. but id say it was relativly easy. i read in ur blog u did a uni degree so you should find it no worries 
it does pay to do abit of study every night. there a few diagrams you need to memorise, like a free standing fuel tank, diesel fuel system, battery configurations, cyclone diagram. I did find the whole thing interesting and very insightful. I enjoyed the navigation part, prob found stability the hardest.
the course is made up a few components over 4 weeks.
* 2 weeks on coxsawin it self;
* 4 days on engineering
* 2 days radio
* and 4 days ESS(shipboard safety) if you havnt already done it, (i did mine a year earlier for equinox) - which gives you senior first aid, firefighting ticket and survial at sea.
* an exam
* then an oral at marine branch on the whole thing..
you can also do it in parts if u got work comitments ect, like i did the engineering, then week later radio, then next month the other 2 weeks on coxswain.
I got all the books, small ships manuel, radio book, flash cards, and a heap of notes i could lend you if you need it. if you got any other questions just ask, i did it only recently so its all pretty fresh hey! and if i think of anything else ill post it up here. hope that helps!
cheers
it does pay to do abit of study every night. there a few diagrams you need to memorise, like a free standing fuel tank, diesel fuel system, battery configurations, cyclone diagram. I did find the whole thing interesting and very insightful. I enjoyed the navigation part, prob found stability the hardest.the course is made up a few components over 4 weeks.
* 2 weeks on coxsawin it self;
* 4 days on engineering
* 2 days radio
* and 4 days ESS(shipboard safety) if you havnt already done it, (i did mine a year earlier for equinox) - which gives you senior first aid, firefighting ticket and survial at sea.
* an exam
* then an oral at marine branch on the whole thing..
you can also do it in parts if u got work comitments ect, like i did the engineering, then week later radio, then next month the other 2 weeks on coxswain.
I got all the books, small ships manuel, radio book, flash cards, and a heap of notes i could lend you if you need it. if you got any other questions just ask, i did it only recently so its all pretty fresh hey! and if i think of anything else ill post it up here. hope that helps!
cheers
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