1. Capacity of project boats
It can be assumed that, during the five years of the project the sea-training capacities of the three project boats will be the following in student/days (SD):
| Ship | Month | Sea-days per | Trainees crew | S/D | |
| year | project | ||||
| Canopus | 16.7 | 200 | 1 000 | 12 (1) | 12 000 |
| Orion | 16.7 | 200 | 1 000 | 4 (2) | 4 000 |
| Antares | 16.7 | 200 | 1 000 | 4 (2) | 4 000 |
| Cruzeiro do Sul | 16.7 | 200 | 1 000 | 4 (2) | 4 000 |
| 24 000 | |||||
b) Twelve trainees on board should not be difficult to handle with a revolving system organized as follows:
| Teacher | No. of trainees |
| Captain (Bridge) | 2 |
| Mate (Deck) | 2 |
| Sea-Training expert (deck) | 2 |
| Bosun (deck) | 2 |
| Chief Enginer (engine room) | 2 |
| Second enginer (engine room) | 1 |
| Cook (galley) | 1 |
2. Sea-training needs
The sea-training programme given in ANNEX 4 of the project document foresees a total of 205 days at sea for each student obtaining the grade B during his 4 years training in the ETCM, i.e. a yearly average of 51 days. This amount should be considered as a minimum for practical training. The basic sea-training needs during the five years of the project will be approximately the following:
| Course | S/D |
| - Introductory course: about 350 students each one at sea for about 15 days | 5 250 |
| - Fishermen D: about 175 students, each one at sea for about 90 days | 15 750 |
| - Motorists D: about 85 students, each one at sea for about 90 days | 7 650 |
| - Lieutenants C: about 60 students each one at sea for about 50 days | 3 000 |
| - Motorists C: about 35 students each one at sea for about 50 days | 1 750 |
| - Lieutenants B: about 25 students each one at sea for about 50 days | 1 250 |
| - Motorists B: about 13 students each one at sea for about 50 days | 650 |
| Total | 35 300 |
3. The need for training in the commercial fleet
Capacity of project boats is about 11.300 S/D below requirements i.e. about 47% inferior to these needs. As the FTCM cannot acquire another boat similar to the Canopus, with a capacity of 12,000 S/D, and as training, as far as possible, must be given on industrial ships, the FTCM will be obliged to make the necessary arrangements with the fishing fleet for applying part of the programme given in the school on board commercial fishing boats, as proposed in ANNEX 4 of the project document.
