Elements and Performance Criteria
- Follow safety and hazard control procedures
- Tests and inspections of ropes and equipment are conducted according to regulations and company procedures
- Hazards are identified and action is taken to eliminate or minimise risk to personnel, port facilities, vessel and the environment
- Safety precautions and hazard minimisation procedures and regulations are followed at all times during mooring or unmooring operations
- Safe distance from snapback zones and demarcated area is maintained during tensioning and slackening of lines
- Action is taken to secure vessel and to maintain safety of vessel and persons involved, in a mooring or unmooring incident
- Use personal protective equipment
- Follow safety and emergency procedures
- Wharf, port and vessel emergency procedures are accessed and implemented
- Safety drills are conducted according to company procedures
- Escape routes, and internal and external communications and alarm systems are correctly used according to regulatory requirements and established port procedures
- Emergency communications, and alarm signals and systems are used according to port emergency procedures and regulatory requirements
- Report safety incidents and emergencies
- Safety incidents or emergencies that occur during mooring or unmooring operations are correctly and accurately recorded according to regulations and company procedures
- Required reports on safety incidents or emergencies that occur during mooring or unmooring operations are prepared and referred to designated personnel according to regulations and company procedures