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Elements and Performance Criteria

Range Statement

Specifies different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.
Operating situation must include:	headreach requirements of the manoeuvre safe water stopping distances tide weather

Suitable mode of steering must include:	automatic pilot emergency steering manual steering

Orders include one or more of the following:	communication with tugs and pilot vessel communications with Vessel Traffic Services engine helm internal communication with engine room and berthing stations

Anchoring and berthing operations include one or more of the following:	manoeuvring in: shallow waters estuaries rivers restricted waters

Operational environment includes one or more of the following:	heavy traffic areas ice marine park areas shallow and restricted waters traffic separation zones

Alterations must include:	adjustment of speed to assist collision avoidance allowance for current and wind appropriate speed in reduced visibility speed adjustment for heavy weather conditions

Adverse weather conditions include one or more of the following:	fog and restricted visibility wind and sea conditions that may impact on the safety of the vessel

Preparations include one or more of the following:	advice to Master allocation of extra lookouts reduction in speed resources to engage manual steering

Nature of emergency includes one or more of the following:	beaching collision damage to the vessel disabled or partially disabled vessel fire grounding loss of steering gear person overboard