Arpa Online

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Thiscourse provides training in the basic theory and use of automatic radar plotting aids (ARPA) for those who will be in charge of a navigational watch in vessels equipped with ARPA, and it satisfies the ARPA training requirements of the STCW Code Table A-II/1 for Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch and Table A-II/2 for Masters and Chief Mates on ships of 500 gross tonnage or more.

The course combines lectures with extensive hands-on practice using an online Radar/ARPA simulator*. The methods by which the ARPA acquires targets, tracks them, and derives information on their movements will be covered in sufficient depth to allow an appreciation of the limitations of detection and accuracy, and the dangers of over-reliance on ARPA.

The exercises will provide practice in setting up the radar, the selection of operational alarms and ARPA facilities, and the use of these to derive information about other ships, i.e. the movement, the ranges at closest points of approach (CPA), and the time to closest points of approach (TCPA), the recognition of potential threats, and the use of ARPA to determine the action to take to avoid close quarters situations in accordance with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREG 1990) and the subsequent monitoring of such action.

System Requirements

This course must be completed on a Windows computer. Internet access is required. The preferred web browser is Google Chrome, but you may use Edge or Safari if necessary.

Written Examination

The written exam will be delivered via our USCG approved online HALO Exams software. You will receive 3 attempts for your exam. If you fail all 3 attempts of your exam, you will be required to re-take a portion or all of the course. A re-take fee of $50.00 will cover the cost of re-enrollment and additional exam attempts.

The American Rescue Plan Act is one of the most impactful pieces of federal legislation passed since the New Deal nearly a century ago. Cook County is in a unique position to invest the great majority of these federal dollars due to more than a decade of fiscally sound measures. Over $700 million is going directly to communities, giving County residents and businesses a rare opportunity to support long-term, equitable, transformative programs.

Community input has been essential for ensuring American Rescue Plan funding best meets the needs of Cook County residents. Cook County conducted a broad community engagement process beginning with its website, an online survey for the public to outline funding priorities, door-to-door canvassing and numerous virtual public meetings.

To guide our American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) spending plan, Cook County used the socio-economic outcomes to advance racial equity outlined in For Love of Country as an aspirational guide for setting a vision for addressing systemic barriers and reducing racial inequity. As Cook County developed its ARPA Spending Plan, the Cook County Equity Fund Taskforce provided input on key funding needs. Additionally, some members of the Cook County Equity Fund Taskforce submitted independent ARPA proposals or advised bureaus and departments under the Offices of the President on ARPA proposal development. Importantly, the Cook County Equity Fund Taskforce intentionally linked ARPA Spending Plan input to recommendations related to structural and systemic transformation. By recommending ARPA initiatives provide seed funding for planning and program design, the Cook County Equity Fund Taskforce could focus policy recommendations on sustaining the positive outcomes of these programs.

Cook County has launched 74 programs with funding from the American Rescue Plan Act. Some of our more transformative initiatives are spotlighted here, and will continue to be updated as new programs roll out.

Through Build Up Cook, Cook County is leveraging our staff, resources, and experience to support historic federal investments in public infrastructure by working hand-in-hand with our partner municipalities.

The dashboard below provides real time data and transparency into when and where ARPA funds are disbursed. Please note that you will find a drill down of each of our pillar priorities on the second page of the dashboard and by clicking on the corresponding pillar. Some of our programs are highlighted on this website, and you can find more information on our pillars in the "Investing in Communities" section. (dashboard is best viewed on desktop)

Baltimore City has chosen to establish an online application process for the American Rescue Plan Act funding. Funding will be available to support projects for City agencies and nonprofit organizations. Projects must have a minimum request of $250,000 to be considered.

Was curious what if anyone on here has taken any online courses with NEMO and if it was a good experience? Also wondering if anyone has done radar and arpa through NEMO and how that exoerience was/ how it worked

I used NEMO for their online AFF revalidation after being recommended by some friends. There course videos were dated and the test format was more annoying than anything (was just a headache of a course in general). In my opinion, this course is inadequate and NEMO is acting as a license-revalidation mill. Every person with an AFF cert should take the topic seriously and go to an in person training. Sorry to be a winger. Cheers

I had a similar experience with NEMO AFF. The Basic Blended BST/ BFF in person was good but I also felt like a moron when trying to complete the online AFF. Beside being tedious, it was super glitchy. I gained zero skills or retainable information from it.

While I see the value and potential of online learning I am very dissapointed by what I have found at NEMO. As a matter of fact this latest round of SCTW course work that I have done at in person at MPT, MITAGS and NE Maritime and their NEMO system has been thoroughly dissapointing. Maybe I have just been unlucky but the quality of the training at all of my classes has been subpar at best. Most mariners in my classes that I speak to about this agree. Somethings gotta give here.

It has become mostly a moneymaking opportunity for the benefit of the schools that overcharge us for low quality (everybody must be able to pass) courses, most of which have very little practical value.

I just took my lifeboatman course through Northeast Maritime. I cannot speak for the fully in person courses because I did a blended online with one day in person. Over all I think this organization is a scam. Their product is not worth the price they charge. Their online interface for the course is unprofessional and lacks useful content. It fails to address the breadth of course information required to pass the course. It is riddled with typos and apart from a video demonstrating a life raft release, uses branded west marine adds as course content. When I took the course in person I was given the wrong address in the email, then bad directions to find the restroom at the facility, then bad directions to find the building we were actually taking the course in. I got the vibe from the instructor that this is just what he does to fill time between hitches. He managed to turn a full day course into a 3 hour event which I was thankful for because sitting in a basement listening to his sea stories was not what I had paid for. To top it all off, I did not receive my certificate for several months. When I was getting my paperwork together to submit for my upgrade, I emailed them to ask for a copy. Their response was that I had not completed the course because I was wearing headphones during my online exam. Ok, my bad, but when were they going to tell me this?! The software they use for exams does a room check and okays you to start, then at the end told me I passed. Why would I think to go back to that software after completing the course to check if they had revoked their statement that I passed? Overall I found this organization to be a waste of time and money. Go elsewhere if you can.

The Local Government ARPA Investment Tracker is an online resource that compiles information from local governments to offer a detailed picture of how large cities and counties (with populations of at least 250,000) are deploying the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund dollars.

This tracker project is a partnership between Brookings Metro, the National Association of Counties, and the National League of Cities, aimed at highlighting innovative, evidence-based, well-targeted uses of ARPA funds.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was the first wide-area packet-switched network with distributed control and one of the first computer networks to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite. Both technologies became the technical foundation of the Internet. The ARPANET was established by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (now DARPA) of the United States Department of Defense.[1]

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