battery types, care and maintenance commercial vessel classifications and survey requirements for various operational systems and their components compatibility and durability of construction materials construction and layout of a typical commercial vessel, including layouts for pipework, tail shaft assembly and installed machinery environmental controls and regulations for primary, secondary or ancillary systems and their components ethical behaviour and industry codes of practice features and characteristics of typical faults and signs of deterioration in operational systems and components features of different engine types and sizes forms, causes and prevention of corrosion in a marine environment insurance, liability and professional indemnity requirements for self and others interaction of vessel structures and mechanical systems maintaining watertight integrity operational characteristics and performance specifications for different types of marine internal combustion engines and propulsion machinery usually found on vessels of up to 750 kW propulsion power principal features of fittings and machinery found on typical small vessels and characteristics of engine/plant and ancillary equipment procedures for: checking fittings, machinery and components reading and interpreting machinery performance readings and indications purpose and content of safety data sheets/material safety data sheets (SDSs/MSDSs) relevant sections of state and territory maritime regulations, National Standard for Commercial Vessels (NSCV) and Uniform Shipping Laws (USL) Code dealing with maintaining small vessels report writing requirements for a range of different survey tasks safety, environmental and hazard control precautions and procedures relevant to checking and basic maintenance of fittings and machinery typical problems related to inspecting and maintaining operational systems typical vessel and machinery specifications, operating manuals and specifications WHS/OHS legislation, policies and procedures. |