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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.
Ship types include one or more of the following:	bulk carrier container general dry cargo passenger ro-ro tanker

Shipping terms include one or more of the following:	hogging panting pounding racking sagging

Key personnel includes one or more of the following:	crew master officers

Shipping organisations and authorities include one or more of the following:	Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) classification societies IMO National Maritime Safety Committee state and territory marine authorities

Personal and social responsibilities include one or more of the following:	alcohol and drug abuse discipline finance health and fitness hygiene relationships safety

Engine room resource management principles include one or more of the following:	allocation, assignment and prioritisation of resources assertiveness and leadership considering team experience effective communication obtaining and maintaining situational awareness

Personal task and workload management techniques include one or more of the following:	coordination managing resource constraints managing time constraints personnel assignment planning

Potential malfunctions and emergencies include one or more of the following:	accidents breakdowns collisions explosion fire flooding groundings

Performance Evidence

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

access information required to undertake watchkeeping duties in routine and emergency situations

apply effective decision making techniques

assess own work outcomes and maintain knowledge of current codes, standards, regulations and industry practices

develop, implement and oversee standard operating procedures

identify and determine appropriate ways of responding to malfunctions and emergency situations in daily watchkeeping operations

identify, interpret and process numerical and graphical information required to undertake watchkeeping duties in routine and emergency situations

identify methods and procedures needed to implement watchkeeping duties on commercial vessels

read and interpret written instructions, procedures and information relevant to watchkeeping duties.

Knowledge Evidence

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

bridge instrumentation, controls and alarms

bridge resource management systems

causes of groundings, collisions and casualties

composition of bridge/engine room management team

enclosed spaces

engineering watchkeeping procedures and practices

fatigue management principles and techniques

functions of unmanned machinery space (UMS) controls, alarms and indicators

hierarchy and organisational structure of shipboard personnel

key international and Australian Standards relating to shipping

key shipping authorities and organisations

maritime communication techniques

navigational hazards and implications for watchkeeping

personal and social responsibilities on board ship

procedures for dealing with malfunctions and emergencies

rudder and propeller control and vessel manoeuvring characteristics

sections of International Maritime Organization (IMO) Standards of Training, Certification & Watchkeeping (STCW) Convention and Codes and Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) Marine Orders dealing with watchkeeping principles, arrangements, procedures, roles and responsibilities

signs of fatigue

types of ships and key features of ships

watch handover procedures

work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation and policies.