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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Analyse regulatory framework impacting on commercial shipping operations
  2. Analyse maintenance strategies relating to classification surveys
  3. Analyse statutory survey requirements
  4. Analyse factors influencing vessel stability
  5. Maintain class certification
  6. Analyse International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code requirements
  7. Analyse safe working practices in enclosed spaces
  8. Analyse dry docking procedures and responsibilities of engineering staff
  9. Analyse shipboard vibration
  10. Analyse vessel bunkering requirements

Required Skills

Required Skills

Access information required in routine and emergency situations

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

Explain advanced concepts of ship operation and maintenance and impart knowledge and ideas verbally in writing and visually

Identify interpret and process complex numerical and graphical information required to analyse marine engineering functions and shipboard engineering related problems

Identify hazards and risks and determine appropriate ways of responding to hazards malfunctions and emergency situations

Identify methods and procedures needed to perform duties such as preparing for drydocking and statutory surveys

Read and interpret legislation and regulations related to maritime operations

Required Knowledge

Australian maritime legislation

Classification societies

Dry docking

procedures

responsibilities of engineering staff

Enclosed spaces

Flag State responsibilities

Hierarchy and organisational structure of shipboard personnel

IMDG Code requirements

Key international and Australian standards relating to shipping

Key shipping authorities and organisations

Maintenance strategies relating to classification surveys

MARPOL

Port State Control

Regulatory framework impacting on commercial shipping operations

Repair and maintenance methods for hull work pipe work and pumping systems machinery propellers and other items to satisfy maintenance of class position

Safe practices for working with lifting gear

Safe working practices in enclosed or confined spaces

Shipboard vibration

Statutory survey requirements

Types of ships and key features of ships

Vessel stability

Watertight integrity

WHSOHS legislation and policies

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria the required skills and knowledge the range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

The evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the Elements Performance Criteria Required Skills Required Knowledge and include

developing effective planning documents

providing the required amount of detail in reports

ensuring currency of relevant legislative and regulatory knowledge

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Performance is demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts

Resources for assessment include access to

industryapproved marine operations site where advanced knowledge of ship operation and maintenance can be demonstrated

technical reference library with current publications on commercial shipping

tools equipment and personal protective equipment currently used in industry

relevant regulatory and equipment documentation that impacts on work activities

range of relevant exercises case studies andor other simulated practical and knowledge assessments

appropriate range of relevant operational situations in the workplace

In both real and simulated environments access is required to

relevant and appropriate materials and equipment

applicable documentation including workplace procedures regulations codes of practice and operation manuals

Method of assessment

Practical assessment must occur in an

appropriately simulated workplace environment andor

appropriate range of situations in the workplace

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate to this unit

direct observation of the candidate demonstrating advanced knowledge of ship operation and maintenance

direct observation of the candidate applying relevant WHSOHS requirements and work practices

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended

In all cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess Required Knowledge

Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language and literacy requirements of the work being performed and the capacity of the candidate


Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below.

Key provisions of Australian maritime legislation includes:

AMSA legislation

Levy legislation

Marine pollution legislation

Navigation legislation

Shipping industry legislation

Shipping registration legislation

Other relevant legislation

Key provisions of the Code of Safe Working Practice for Australian Seafarers includes:

Anchoring, docking and mooring

Carriage of dangerous goods

Entering and working in enclosed or confined spaces

General provisions

General duties and responsibilities

Manual lifting and carrying

Painting

Permit to work systems

Reporting of accidents

Safe access to ship

Safe movement about the ship

Safety in living accommodation

Shipboard:

emergencies and emergency equipment

health and safety

Specific vessel types

Tools and materials

Upkeep of wire and fibre ropes

Welding flame cutting and other hot work

Working:

aloft and over the side

with electricity and electrical equipment

with dangerous and irritating substances and radiations

in machinery spaces

in galleys, pantries and other food handling areas

Areas covered by classification must include:

Specific notations for cargo pumping arrangements for tankers

Areas covered by classification may include:

Automation

Boilers/pressure vessels

Cargo gear

Hull

Machinery

Tailshaft

Survey methods may include:

Continuous

Alternative

Special surveys

Classification surveys must include:

Hull work

Machinery

Pipe work

Pumping systems

Propellers

Areas of vessel covered by statutory surveys must include:

Links with classification society requirements for endorsement of class certificates

Loss of GM must include:

Derrick hook loads

Free surface effect

Operational procedures to minimise and control flooding must include:

Action to ensure watertight integrity of ship

Rules relating to watertight doors

Stability requirements for routine and emergency dry docking must include:

Stability assessment for docking duration

Properties must include:

Repair techniques and limitations

Weld ability

Welder qualification tests

Methods of minimising and controlling internal and external hull corrosion must include:

Bacterial corrosion of bilges and fuel tanks

Methods of performance testing shipboard pumping systems must include:

Bilge and ballast systems

Hydraulic deck machinery

Shipboard pumping systems must include:

Bilge and ballast systems, including predictive health monitoring

Hydraulic deck machinery

Planned maintenance systems must include:

Guidelines for classification society approval of substitution for continuous machinery surveys

Principles of IMDG Code may include:

Contains dangerous goods packagings/tanks which are of appropriate strength and which will prevent goods escaping

Groups dangerous goods together based on hazards they present in transport (classification)

Lays down principles for ensuring dangerous goods that will react dangerously together are kept apart

Lays down principles for where to place dangerous goods on board ship to ensure safe transport

Provides emergency response advice for dangerous goods involved in a fire or spillage on board ship

Requires standard documentation to be provided when dangerous goods are being transported

Uses hazard warning labels and other identifying marks to identify dangerous goods in transport

Emergency situations may include:

Dangerous goods

Disposal of dangerous/toxic materials

Firefighting

First aid

Hazard reduction

Reporting

Hazards of shipboard enclosed spaces must include:

Re-entry of compartments after a major fire

Release of a fixed firefighting medium

Hazards of shipboard enclosed spaces may include:

Engulfment

Explosion

Fire

Lack of oxygen

Toxic gases

Inspection and maintenance procedures for hull and machinery items in dock must include:

Hull coating systems

Measurement and evaluation of clearances

Terms may include:

Amplitude

Anti-node

Frequency

Mode

Node

Resonance

Solutions may include:

Damping

Detuning

Modification of ship:

design

operation

Communication may include:

Checklist

Rate

Safety

Stock method

Two way radio