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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Rig and maintain personnel and pilot access ways
  2. Perform tasks aloft and over vessel’s side
  3. Lash and secure cargo
  4. Perform tasks aloft and over vessel’s side

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non-essential conditions can be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

Personnel access equipment includes one or more of the following:

accommodation ladders

brows

gangways

man baskets

pilot ladders

combined pilot accommodation ladders and pilot hoists

Cargo to be lashed includes one or more of the following:

containers

general cargo

roll-on-roll-off vehicles

timber deck cargo


Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements, performance criteria and range of conditions on at least one occasion and include:

adapting to differences in vessels, equipment and standard operating procedures

applying basic rigging operations and using associated equipment according to safe working practices including:

checking and using rigging gear when rigging loads

lashing cargo, in a range of situations

using and maintaining ropes, wires and chains

splicing natural fibre and synthetic ropes

rigging accommodation ladders, gangways and man baskets

rigging and unrigging pilot ladders and hoists

rigging a sea anchor to control a specified rate and direction of drift and/or angle to sea

applying basic rigging operations under normal and adverse conditions of sea and weather:

during berthing and unberthing operations

while anchoring or mooring

when berthed, anchored or moored

while underway

applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements and work practices

communicating with other personnel using effective:

listening techniques

questioning to confirm understanding

verbal and non-verbal language

completing work systematically with required attention to detail

complying with relevant maritime regulations

following required work schedule according to company requirements

reading and applying instructions, safety and standard operating procedures and precautions including:

shipboard rigging procedures

International Safety Management (ISM) Code safety management system (SMS) procedures

WHS/OHS regulations and hazard prevention policies and procedures

manufacturer guidelines

housekeeping processes

recognising routine problems during rigging operations on a vessel

selecting and using rigging and lifting slings and equipment according operating instructions

taking action to promptly report and/or rectify accidents, safety incidents and operational problems, according to regulations and procedures

tying required knots and demonstrating rope handling skills including:

becket/buntline hitch

clove hitch

common seizing

common whipping

double sheet bend

eye splice

figure of eight

marlin spike hitch

racking seizing

reef knot

rolling hitch

sail maker's whipping

sheet bend

sheep shank

short splice

timber hitch

truckie hitch

west country whipping

working safely and collaboratively with others during rigging operations on a vessel.


Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements, performance criteria and range of conditions and include knowledge of:

applicable sections of relevant maritime regulations

breaking strain and safe working load for slings and equipment

legal requirements for constructing a pilot ladder

maintenance and storage procedures for equipment used when working aloft or over the side

maritime communication techniques

precautions and procedures for working aloft and over the side

principles and procedures for lashing and securing cargo, including inspection and maintenance requirements for lashing equipment

principles of rigging equipment, deterioration and care, and maintenance requirements for different types of rope and wire

procedures for rigging and preparing personnel access ways

procedures for rigging and unrigging pilot ladders, hoists, rat-guards and gangways

procedures for splicing natural fibre and synthetic ropes

relevant WHS/OHS requirements and work practices

type and function of rigging, safety and associated equipment, and their limitations

types of knots, bends and hitches in common use, their characteristics, applications and limitations, and methods of tying them using synthetic and fibre rope of varying construction and size.