Elements and Performance Criteria
- Operate and monitor electrical equipment
- The vessel's batteries, starter motors and power distribution systems are operated and monitored in accordance with manufacturer's instructions
- Shore power arrangements are correctly operated and maintained and performance monitored as per company and shore authority procedures
- Poor performance and faults are identified and investigated in accordance with established practice and manufacturer's instructions and appropriate action is initiated to rectify the identified problem
- Repair faults in electrical equipment
- Identified faults in vessel's batteries, starter motors and power distribution systems are investigated using established fault-finding techniques
- Malfunctioning or faulty batteries, starter motors and power distribution systems is correctly isolated and reported or disassembled, if necessary, as per established procedures, licensing restrictions and manufacturer's instructions