Elements and Performance Criteria
- Analyse regulatory framework impacting on commercial shipping operations
- Functions of International Maritime Organization (IMO), its fields of influence, role of member states, adoption of recommendations through maritime legislation and exemptions are analysed
- Role of International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention in relation to shipboard practices is analysed
- Key provisions of Australian maritime legislation are analysed
- Role of AMSA in relation to maritime safety, protection of marine environment, and aviation and marine search and rescue is explained
- Role of Flag State administrations, Port State Control and other methods of implementation and enforcement of international agreements and conventions is analysed
- Role of insurance underwriters, Protection and Indemnity (P & I) Clubs and procedures for lodging claims following machinery failure and/or damage are analysed
- Role of classification societies, IACS and Memorandum of Agreement with Flag States is analysed
- Role of ship owners and ship management companies regarding ISM Code and ship management responsibilities regarding operation and maintenance is analysed
- Role of independent inspection agencies and adoption of inspection and maintenance guidelines for different ship types is analysed
- Standards of Training, Certification & Watchkeeping (STCW) crew training requirements and implications for emergency response, administration, operation and maintenance are analysed
- Key provisions of the Code of Safe Working Practice for Australian Seafarers are analysed
- Analyse maintenance strategies relating to classification surveys
- Analyse statutory survey requirements
- Areas of vessel covered by statutory surveys are identified
- Statutory requirements for change of Flag, owner, and term expiry during layup are identified
- Records and documentation required for statutory surveys are identified
- Load line measurements and conditions of freeboard assignment are analysed
- Key areas of maintenance and testing of load line items and actions for addressing identified maintenance requirements and defects are identified
- Areas covered by safety construction surveys and associated faults, maintenance and repairs are identified
- Procedures for planning safety equipment surveys and actions for addressing identified maintenance requirements and defects are analysed
- Requirements for survey preparation under MARPOL are analysed
- Survey requirements for safety radio, chemical and gas tanker certificates of fitness, and passenger ship safety certificates are analysed
- Application of Port State Control surveys, Flag State jurisdiction and IMO guidelines in relation to vessel detention and identification of substandard ships are analysed
- Analyse factors influencing vessel stability
- Loss of GM due to addition, removal or shift of mass on board is calculated
- Action to be taken with partial loss of intact buoyancy is specified
- Angle of Loll is explained
- Causes of vessel instability during ballasting, bunkering, cargo pumping and other daily routines and possible corrective and avoidance measures are assessed
- Risks associated with carrying thixotropic bulk cargo, deck cargo or grain and consequences of cargo movement or loss are outlined
- Damage and intact stability requirements for merchant ships, countermeasures for Ro-Ro vessels and damage control assessment following collision or grounding is assessed
- Operational procedures to minimise and control flooding are prepared
- Stability requirements for routine and emergency dry docking, including stability assessment for the docking duration, are specified
- Factors causing ship squat and other influences on vessel manoeuvrability are assessed
- Maintain class certification
- Methods for repair and maintenance are analysed
- Properties of ordinary and high tensile hull grades of steel are analysed
- Processes and materials used in underwater hull repairs are assessed
- Methods of minimising and controlling internal and external hull corrosion, including bacterial corrosion of bilges and fuel tanks, are evaluated
- Examination and repair techniques for fixed pitch and controllable propellers are assessed
- Dismantling, inspection, repair and re-assembly of thrusters and rudders is explained
- Methods of performance testing shipboard pumping systems are evaluated
- Causes of common faults and methods of assessment of shipboard pumping systems are identified
- Condition monitoring of machinery is compared with planned maintenance systems
- Causes of damage to and losses of bulk ships and tankers, and appropriate remedies are explained
- Types and purpose of special and enhanced surveys are outlined
- Analyse International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code requirements
- Analyse safe working practices in enclosed spaces
- Hazards of shipboard enclosed spaces are analysed
- Methods and regulatory requirements for testing atmosphere in enclosed spaces are outlined and evaluated
- Function, status and limitations of chemist certificate of compliance is explained
- Limits of exposure to common atmospheric hazards are stated
- Typical safe entry permit for enclosed spaces, covering hot work and cleaning, evacuation procedures, training and contingency evaluation is prepared
- Dangers of using cleaning solvents and painting in enclosed spaces using product safety data sheets (SDS)/material safety data sheets (MSDS) and work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) guidelines are assessed
- Analyse dry docking procedures and responsibilities of engineering staff
- Dockyard contract, docking specifications and survey requirements are used to plan preparation of vessel for docking, explaining variations required for emergency docking
- Dock work schedules, responsibilities for engineering personnel and procedures for dock entry, duration and refloating are prepared
- Inspection and maintenance procedures for hull and machinery items in dock are explained
- In-water hull cleaning methods and preparation essential for in-water surveys is evaluated
- Types and application procedures of coatings used to protect ship hulls and tanks are identified
- Procedures for vessel layup to satisfy class, insurance, owner and statutory requirements are prepared
- Inspection and reactivation processes after prolonged layup are outlined
- Analyse shipboard vibration
- Appropriate terms are applied when describing vibration
- Influence of materials, construction, loading patterns and ship type on natural hull vibration patterns is assessed
- Significance of hull response to excitation by sea state, machinery and propulsion systems is explained
- Methods of prediction and in service assessment of resonant vibration are evaluated
- Vibration related structural and equipment damage and failure is identified
- Solutions to troublesome vibration are proposed
- Acceptable vibration limits using relevant standards are established
- Analyse vessel bunkering requirements
- Requirements for bunkering orders are analysed
- Procedures for taking bunkers are analysed
- Bunkering guidelines for spills and fire are analysed
- Methods and requirements for sampling fuels are analysed
- Procedures for assessing the quality and quantity of fuels are explained
- Communication requirements and procedures during bunkering operations are analysed
- Methods for monitoring levels and facilitating changeover of tanks are analysed