GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress and Safety System) This short course unit is an integral component of mandated competencies required by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), Australia’s national maritime safety regulator. This short course provides the skills and knowledge required to comply with accepted safety practices and standards in using GMDSS equipment on board ships and...

On completion of this unit a student will be able to use an Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) to maintain safety of navigation. ECDIS is a computer-based navigation information system that complies with International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations and is accepted as complying with the conventional paper charts required by regulation V/19 of the 1974 IMO Safety of...

Entrepreneurship is a way of looking at business that is focused on opportunities, creativity, and innovation. It is also about having a passion for doing the things that are important to you, be they related to business or not. It is about challenge and persistence. It is about the development of an enterprising mindset, from which you can create the opportunities for your satisfaction. To...

Entrepreneurship is a way of looking at business that is focused on opportunities, creativity, and innovation. It is also about having a passion for doing the things that are important to you and making the world a better place by solving problems in innovative ways. It is about challenge and persistence. It is about the development of an enterprising mindset and being the kind of person who sees...

Songwriting gives you the tools and opportunity to express yourself through the development of your own original songs. In this unit you will study compositional techniques integral to song writing through a focus on using and communicating in a variety of forms: melodies, rhythms, harmonies, song structures, and lyrics. However, you will go beyond technical knowledge to align emotional intent...

This unit is designed for students undertaking the Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE) who are enrolled in a Tasmanian school or college. After a general introduction to Asia and Asian studies, College teachers will use materials made available from the University of Tasmania to teach on these three major themes: The People of Asia: Ethnicity and diversity; Young Asia: Youth culture, pop...

Object Design is a pathway unit offered by the School of Creative Arts and Media (CAM) at the University of Tasmania. It introduces you to design concepts across a wide range of disciplines and materials. This is a year-long theme-based unit where, with the support of your teachers, you will engage in design activities around iterative practice to develop a creative response to a design brief....

Strategy is concerned with an organisation's long-term direction - with making strategic choices about how to use resources best and align the firm with the operating environment. Business Strategy enhances your knowledge of strategy formulation, implementation and evaluation with a business, and the key contextual factors and managerial decisions that influence this process. The unit develops...

This unit introduces the field of forensic practice, including crime scene investigation, forensic science, e-forensics, forensic interventions in social work, the sociology of forensic science, and related ethical considerations. The unit provides an overview of the history and development of forensic investigation techniques, as well as specific approaches and methods within the field,...

This online short course unit is an integral component of mandated competencies required by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), Australia’s national maritime safety regulator. Providing the skills and knowledge required to recognise and report security threats and applies to deck and engine workers working in the maritime industry requiring a Certificate of Safety Training. *It...

The service industry is increasingly identified as contributing to worldwide business growth and is seen as a critical source of employment. Furthermore, the provision of services is playing an increasingly important role in the marketing strategies of goods manufacturing companies, because B2B manufacturers seek to differentiate their offerings by including significant value-adding service...

This unit is the first of two University Connections Program music project units for year 11/12 students aimed at providing an intensive course of study and experience in a Music Theatre production or large musical ensemble. Designed to explore the processes and artistic elements embedded within music and music theatre performance, this unit takes you from preparation and skill development to...

This unit is the second of two University Connections Program music project units for year 11/12 students aimed at providing an intensive course of study and experience in a Music Theatre production or large musical ensemble. Designed to explore the processes and artistic elements embedded within music and music theatre performance, this unit takes you from preparation and skill development, to...

This unit is based in the workplace and supports students to become investigators at the level of a Detective. Over a twelve-month period, students will collect evidence to demonstrate their attainment of each Intended Learning Outcome and associated criteria. ...

To provide candidates with the skills & knowledge required to apply algebraic & trigonometric techniques, as well as basic principles of physics, to calculations & problems involved in other modules. ...

The demand for trained, experienced and effective marketing practitioners is growing. Marketing is a discipline that seeks to ‘make sense’ of the commercial world around us, a skill that can benefit any enterprise. As such, more and more firms (including government agencies and non-profit organisations) are seeking people capable of putting marketing theory into practice by formulating and...

This unit provides students with theoretical and practical electronics knowledge applied to various ship-board systems. It addresses the analogue, digital and power electronics involved with engine room and bridge equipment such as radar, echo sounder, gyro compass, communication, computer networking etc… This unit meets the requirements for knowledge, understanding and proficiency set out by...

Prepare students to respond to a medical emergency in a support capacity under the supervision of senior crew members. ...

This unit provides the students with the knowledge and skills to plan, manage, and carry out ¿¿maintenance and repair work involving large marine diesel engines, steam systems and ¿ancillary equipment on commercial vessels and related platforms. This includes liaising with ¿shore based sub-contractors while observing and in line with safety and ¿statutory ¿requirements This unit meet the...

This short course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and use control measures to maintain the watertight and structural integrity and participate in practical exercise in the application and use of correct techniques to reduce water ingress into the vessel. ...