Crew Connect DP Academy
Most DP training asks "do you know the answer?" This asks: you're on watch — what do you do next? Mini guides that teach the reasoning, paired with decision chains that test whether you can actually apply it under a developing situation.
Learn it. Prove you understand it. Prove you can apply it.
DP Knowledge
Mini guides covering one system or failure mode at a time — what it is, why it matters, how to recognise it going wrong, and what the risk actually is.
DP Competency
Knowledge Checks and Mock Exam packs test whether the concepts have actually stuck — not just whether you can recall a definition.
DP Decision Simulator
Leading-question chains and branching scenarios put you inside a developing situation — recognise it, decide, live with the consequence, reassess.
When more than one thing goes wrong at once
Full branching scenarios — 13 decision nodes each, multiple real endings depending on what you choose. Every Mini Guide teaches one failure in isolation; these test whether you can hold several at once, under pressure, with someone pushing you to keep going.
Loss of Position
A DP2 OSV during a critical close-proximity task. A quiet GNSS drift, an authority-gradient decision, a generator trip — does it stay a near-miss or become a real excursion?
13 decision nodes · multiple endings
GNSS Spoofing — Gangway Crossing
A DP2 SOV alongside a turbine, technicians actively crossing. Two GNSS references start agreeing with each other — is that confirmation, or the same fault twice?
13 decision nodes · multiple endings
Closed-Bus Blackout, Riser Connected
A DP3 drillship, riser connected, closed bus. One generator's trend is worth splitting the bus over — before it decides for you.
13 decision nodes · multiple endings
Every guide, one decision chain each
Read the guide, then work the same situation through 8 linked decisions in the Decision Simulator.
DP Fundamentals — What DP Actually Does
DP Fundamentals
PRS — Loss of a Position Reference
Position Reference Systems
PRS — Bad or Unreliable Reference
Position Reference Systems
GNSS — Jamming and Spoofing
Position Reference Systems
Gyro — Heading Reference Failure
Sensors
Thruster — Loss of a Thruster
Thrusters & Propulsion
Power — Generator Trip
Power Generation
Redundancy — Worst Case Failure
Redundancy & Assurance
ASOG — Green to Yellow
Operational Activity Planning
Loss of Position — Full Decision Scenario
DP Emergencies · Branching scenario
DP Class Notation — Equipment Class & Redundancy
DP Fundamentals
Power — Blackout
Power Generation
Alarm Management — Reading What the System Is Telling You
DP Watchkeeping
Drive-Off — Uncommanded Thrust
DP Emergencies
Human Factors — Why Competent People Make the Wrong Call
DP Watchkeeping
DP Capability — Reading the Margin
DP Capability
Watchkeeping & Handover
DP Watchkeeping
Diving / DSV Operations
Industrial Mission
ROV Operations
Industrial Mission
Offshore Wind — Walk-to-Work
Industrial Mission
Drillship / MODU Well Operations
Industrial Mission
Crane Operations & Construction Support
Industrial Mission
DP System Resilience — Defence in Depth
Redundancy & Assurance
DP Computer & Network Failure
DP Control System
Fire & Flooding Affecting DP Systems
DP Emergencies
Entering & Leaving DP
DP Operations
What this is — and isn't
- ✓ A place to build and rehearse DP judgement between formal courses, familiarisation and full-mission simulator training
- ✓ Grounded in IMO MSC.1/Circ.1580, IMCA guidance (M103, M117, M166, M190, M220, M252) and MTS PDDP2
- ✓ Free to use while this section is in active development
Not an approved DP system, a substitute for your vessel's DP Operations Manual/FMEA/ASOG, an authority to operate, or a certification provider. Always follow your vessel's approved procedures and the Master's authority.
Start with Mini Guide 01
DP Fundamentals — the control loop every other guide builds on.
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