Students acquire knowledge of:

• the basic principles of metrology;
• the rules for conducting measurements and maintaining shipboard instruments;
• the design and operating principles of shipboard control and measuring instruments;
• basic electrical circuit diagrams of electrical measuring instruments;
• basic functional diagrams of remote and automated measuring systems.

Students acquire skills in:

• keeping engine room logbooks while technically and accurately determining the values of physical quantities using shipboard instruments;
• installing portable control and measuring instruments to determine the values of physical quantities;
• determining the accuracy of instrument readings;
• organizing metrological support for instruments;
• monitoring the proper functioning of instruments;
• performing technical maintenance of instruments.

The acquisition of learning outcomes for the educational component is achieved through studying the educational material in the following sections:

Basic concepts of metrology and measuring technology.

Measurements, methods, tools, measurement errors and their classification.

Measurements, methods, means, errors. The value characterizing the thermal state of the system.

Pressure of gas, liquid, saturated steam.

Characteristics of measuring quantities. Classification of liquid and gas flow measurement methods.

Basic methods and means of measuring the level of liquids in various tanks.

Methods and technical means of measuring the power of ship engines.

Methods and devices for measuring rotational movement parameters.

Methods and devices for quality control of working environments.