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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Check weather tight and watertight integrity of vessel
  2. Take action to meet environmental changes
  3. Maintain records

Required Skills

Required Skills

Complete required records

Read and interpret vessel specifications and drawings

Take actions to ensure and maintain the weather tight and watertight integrity of vessel

Required Knowledge

Application of appropriate safety environment and hazard control procedures

Characteristics of stress and the principal stresses acting on a vessel

Corrosion control methods

Damage control measures that may be required to maintain the integrity of the hull

Fundamental actions to be taken in the event of partial loss of intact buoyancy

Fundamentals of watertight integrity

Maintenance procedures contained in the safety management system

Principal materials used in the construction of a vessel

Principal structured members and layout of a vessel and the proper names for various parts

Principles and procedures to ensure the watertight integrity of vessel hull

Procedures for checking and inspecting vessel seaworthiness

Stability trim and stress tables diagrams and stress calculating equipment

Work health and safety WHSoccupational health and safety OHS requirements and work practices

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

attention to appropriate level of detail in recordkeeping

awareness of ones surroundings and changes to these surroundings

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 maintaining seaworthiness of a vessel can be conducted

marine operations site where assessment of damage control measures may be demonstrated

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 maintaining seaworthiness of a vessel

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.

Structural members of vessel may include:

Bulkheads including the collision bulkhead

Frames

Freeboard deck

Hatch and tank openings

Longitudinal and transverse girders

Shell plating

Tank tops

Various types of keel arrangements

Watertight and weather tight compartments

Inspections of vessel may include:

Inspection of hull and fittings during dry-docking

Inspections required after completion of maintenance work

Inspections required after docking prior to refloating

Inspections to be made after any situation which may have caused damage to the vessel

Pre sailing inspections

Routine inspections

Defects and damage may include:

Corrosion to operating or structural parts of the vessel

Damage to the vessel through cargo shift

Hatch cover seals

Structural damage through collision, grounding or fire

Watertight door seals and closing arrangements

Situations that may jeopardise vessel weather tight and watertight integrity may include:

Collision, grounding or fire

Failure to conduct appropriate inspections

Heavy weather damage

Appropriate actions may include:

Avoiding adverse weather

Checking the security of the vessel

Closing openings

Ensuring appropriate equipment is in readiness for damage control

Ensuring free surface is minimised in ballast and fuel tanks

Ensuring freeing ports allow water taken on deck to clear

Ensuring passenger distribution does not exceed allowed limits

Ensuring stores, cargo and equipment are properly stowed and lashed

Establishing procedures for restoring or managing weather tight and watertight integrity during an emergency

Maintaining the stability condition within approved limits

Testing of tanks and other watertight areas

Relevant documents and records may include:

Equipment manufacturer instructions

Log books, including oil record and garbage log books as applicable

Organisational operation orders under the ISM Code

Plans and drawings

Relevant maritime regulations and legislative requirements

Stability data manual