1.) Apply safety rules, regulations, and procedures for intermediate navigation technology.

2.) Analyze federal boating laws and regulations, including registration related to marine navigation.

3.) Explain rules of navigation pertaining to light and day shapes, right of way, and whistle signals.

4.) Differentiate between privileged and burdened vessels.

5.) Explain common types of distress signals related to navigation.

6.) Describe the buoyage system of the United States.

7.) Identify lights and light ships, including light sector, range lights, ranges of visibility, geographic range, and luminous range.

8.) Interpret charts, including metric charts and feet and fathom charts, soundings, and landmarks.

9.) Determine the role of the International Association of Lighthouse Authority in the maritime industry, including aids to navigation, colors, heights, conversion scales, traffic separation schemes, correction data, notes, and terms.

10.) Explain fundamentals of Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation, including accuracy and all weather capabilities.