Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify and interpret safety management system legal framework
- Current SMS, relevant legislation, standards, and workplace policies and procedures impacting on the maritime industry are identified and accessed
- Relationship between SMS, relevant legislation, standards, and workplace policies and procedures is accurately interpreted to assist in identifying requirements for a range of different commercial vessel operations
- SMS documentation requirements for a commercial vessel operation are identified
- Master and crew member legal obligations and duties for training employees are identified
- Consequences of non-compliance with SMS, relevant legislation, standards, and workplace policies and procedures are clarified
- Contribute to activity that reflects safety management system legal framework
- Contributions are made to monitoring compliance with SMS, relevant legislation, standards and workplace policies and procedures for size and nature of operation
- Contributions are made to ensuring all work carried out on board vessel is undertaken in a safe manner according to SMS and relevant legislation, standards, and workplace policies and procedures
- Non-compliance with SMS, relevant legislation, standards, workplace policies and procedures is identified and appropriate action is taken
- Limits of own expertise and legal responsibilities are recognised, and appropriate sources of expertise are accessed as required
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of safety management system legal framework and maritime industry requirements for commercial vessels
- Sources to access current information covering applicable legislation and guidelines relating to SMS are utilised
- Knowledge of SMS, relevant legislation, standards, and workplace policies and procedures is regularly updated
- Relevant information on SMS and SMS requirements is provided to seafarers and crew either on board a vessel or through general enquiry services