The Seiche Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) course provides comprehensive training for personnel new to the offshore industry who are interested in passive acoustic monitoring. The 3 day course is aimed at delegates with a scientific background, preferably in biology and marine sciences who have completed the JNCC marine mammal observer course.
There are 2 days of classroom sessions with lectures on sound in water, marine mammal evolutionary biology and sound production, anthropogenic noise sources and their effect on marine mammals. PAM principles and the role of the PAM operator, Seiche PAM hardware with deployment and operations, PAM software and an introduction to PAMguard.
There are hands on sessions in the classroom to reinforce the lectures and encourage the delegates to get to grips with the system, it’s set up and operation and troubleshooting.
The final classroom session is an interactive PAMguard workshop where delegates work with the instructor to build a functioning PAMguard data model. Simulated sources and recordings are used to show how the effective use of detectors enables PAM operators to detect and localise vocalising marine mammals.
Day 3 is a practical session on a vessel where delegates use what they have learned to take an active role in set up, deployment and operation of the Seiche PAM system at sea and run through troubleshooting scenarios.
We do encourage all delegates to bring their own laptops to the course. Lunch is provided within the course costs for the 2 days you are in the classroom, however not for the practical day on board the boat. Travel and accommodation are not provided in the course fee.
The next courses will take place at Plymouth Aquarium on the 10 – 12th February 2014
Cost £450
To find out more about this course or to book this course please contact: Sarah Hancock sarah@seiche.eu.com
Sarah Hancock
Training Co-Ordinator
Seiche Measurements Limited
Bradworthy Industrial Estate, Langdon Road, Bradworthy, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7SF, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1409 404050 Fax: +44 (0)1409 240276 Mob: +44 7825544436
http://www.seiche.eu.com
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