Keep the mental picture up-to-date with inputs from the wide range of real world information available to you.įor example, understanding voyage plan data, including deviation from the plan, safety/legal requirements, boat capability and operational requirements, fuel reserves, course deviations and speed deviations. Understanding is a combination of real world observations, knowledge and experience.īy matching observations with knowledge and experience you develop an accurate mental picture of your environment. Level 2: Understand-create a mental picture It sounds simple but it is a process that requires discipline, as well as knowing what to look for, when to look for it and why.įor example, gather passage plan data, including safe navigational tracks, available depths of water, weather, sea state, current and tides, fuel reserves, speed. Then direct your attention to the most important and relevant aspects of your surroundings and compare this experience with knowledge built up in your memory. Put simply, situational awareness means having an accurate understanding of what is happening around you and what is likely to happen.īuild a mental picture of your environment, using vision, hearing and touch to scan the environment.
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