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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Use and maintain ropes and wires
   • Knots, splices, stoppers, whippings and servings are created and used in the course of operations on board a vessel
   • Ropes are spliced neatly and securely according to their correct application and rope ends are whipped as required to maintain good condition
   • Breaking strain and safe working loads of rope and wire is determined and applied as load limits in the course of operations on board a vessel
   • Wear and damage to rope and wire are identified and recorded
   • Rope and wire are maintained and stored according to organisational procedures
2. Secure vessel at anchor
   • Anchor and equipment are prepared for use according to organisational procedures
   • Control of cable is maintained within safe operating limits during anchoring operations
   • Anchor and equipment are secured on completion of anchoring operations as instructed for anticipated forecast conditions
   • Anchoring area is kept free of loose ropes, wires and debris during all operations
3. Secure vessel at a berth
   • Mooring lines and associated equipment are handled safely at all times
   • Mooring area is kept free of loose ropes, wires and debris throughout operations
   • Rope stoppers are correctly applied to transfer mooring lines when securing vessel or tug
   • Securing a tug using tug or ships lines is carried out safely and tug lines are monitored at all times
   • Tension on ropes is maintained at an appropriate level for stage and nature of the operation
   • Tension on shore-power leads and other umbilicals is monitored
4. Lash and secure stores, cargo and access ways
   • Lashing equipment is inspected, maintained and correctly stored after use according to organisational procedures
   • Cargo is stowed according to recognised principles and organisational procedures relating to transporting and handling dangerous goods
   • Cargo is lashed and secured according to recognised principles and organisational procedures
   • Equipment and items on deck and in galley spaces are secured according to organisational procedures
   • Personnel access ways are rigged and secured according to organisational procedures
   • Accommodation spaces and personnel facilities on board vessel are checked and correctly secured for sea according to organisational procedures
5. Conduct fuelling and oil transfer operations
   • Appropriate personal protective equipment is accessed and used
   • Safety boundary for fuelling and transferring operations is established
   • Spill prevention systems are correctly deployed
   • Tank levels are correctly measured and reported pre- and postfuelling and transferring operations
   • Fuelling and transferring operations are performed safely, and associated valves and pipelines are secured on completion to avoid spillages
   • Appropriate action is taken to handle incidents arising during fuelling and transferring operations according to organisational procedures and regulatory requirements
   • Effective communication is maintained with crew during fuelling and transferring operations to ensure the safety and integrity of the vessel and crew

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions can be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.
Anchor and equipment include one or more of the following:	anchors and cables anchor buoy anchor securing arrangements anchor windlass sea anchor
Lashing equipment includes one or more of the following:	chains ropes tensioning device webbing wires
Incidents include one or more of the following:	failure of communications systems leakage from faulty valves and hoses tank overflow

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Performance Evidence

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

anchoring a vessel in varying weather conditions applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements and safe work practices including: chemical and biohazard safety lifting techniques and methods of preventing back injury coiling and stowing ropes correctly ensuring currency of relevant legislative and regulatory knowledge handling ropes and wires safely handling, stowing and securing dangerous, hazardous and harmful substances and liquids safely identifying and correctly using personal protective equipment lashing and securing moveable equipment, especially on deck, in holds and freezers measuring and reporting tank levels correctly operating anchoring equipment under various conditions such as anchoring, weighing anchor, securing for sea and in emergencies performing: eye splice, joining and a short splice in 3 strand hawser laid rope appropriate whippings on ropes and line eye and joining splice in 8 strand multiplait mooring rope eye splice (with locking tuck) in 6 strand flexible steel wire rope preparing and throwing a heaving line securing a vessel at its berth according to operational requirements securing from fuelling and transferring operations tying a figure-eight knot, reef knot, bowline, half hitch, clove hitch, round turn and two half hitches, rolling hitch, sheet bend and timber hitch using basic crane, winch and hoist signals using knots and hitches and securing arrangements.

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Knowledge Evidence

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

basic crane, winch and hoist signals capacities, safe working loads and breaking strengths of mooring equipment correct application of common knots and hitches dangers of working with ropes under tension different type of personal protective equipment and their application function of mooring and tug lines and how each line functions as part of an overall system maintenance of different types of rope, wire and chain methods of securing cargo including vehicles, stores and equipment on a vessel before it puts to sea preparations for fuelling and transfer operations procedures and order of events associated with mooring to a buoy or buoys procedures and order of events for making fast and letting go mooring, tug lines and wires procedures and precautions for safe handling, stowage and securing of cargo and stores, including dangerous, hazardous and harmful substances and liquids procedures for connecting and disconnecting fuelling and transfer hoses procedures relating to incidents that may arise during fuelling and transferring operations purpose and application of lock out tags purpose and application of the Australian Dangerous Goods (ADG) Code or International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code purpose of a permit to work and restricted access guidelines purpose of safety data sheets (SDSs)/material safety data sheets (MSDSs) relevant WHS/OHS requirements, work practices and pollution control regulation and policies safe working practices, procedures and personal shipboard safety when working aloft safe working practices, procedures and personal shipboard safety when working over the side types of anchors, principles, method of operation and use in various conditions.

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