Application
This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to maintain the seaworthiness of a vessel.
This unit applies to people working in the maritime industry as a Watchkeeper Deck, a Master up to 500 gross tonnage (GT), or a Master up to 80 metres Near Coastal.
This unit has links to legislative and certification requirements.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. | ||
1 | Check weather tight and watertight integrity of vessel | 1.1 | Structural members of vessel are investigated to establish weather tight and watertight requirements of vessel |
1.2 | Inspections of vessel are planned according to regulatory and organisational requirements | ||
1.3 | Checks are completed to confirm weather tight and watertight integrity of vessel at all times | ||
1.4 | Defects and damage to vessel are identified and reported according to organisational procedures | ||
2 | Take action to meet environmental changes | 2.1 | Anticipated sea and weather conditions are analysed to identify situations that may jeopardise vessel weather tight and watertight integrity |
2.2 | Effect of severe wind and rolling in associated sea conditions on vessel weather tight and watertight integrity is recognised | ||
2.3 | Effect of water on deck on vessel weather tight and watertight integrity is ascertained | ||
2.4 | Appropriate action is taken to maintain vessel weather tight and watertight integrity according to organisational procedures | ||
3 | Maintain records | 3.1 | Relevant documents and records are completed and maintained as required according to regulatory and organisational requirements |
3.2 | Relevant documents are sent to appropriate bodies and copies are filed according to regulatory and organisational requirements | ||
3.3 | Documents are stored according to regulatory and organisational requirements | ||
Evidence of Performance
Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include:
completing required records
reading and interpreting vessel specifications and drawings
taking actions to ensure and maintain the weather tight and watertight integrity of vessel.
Evidence of Knowledge
Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:
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
one’s surroundings and changes to these surroundings
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 (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements and work practices.
Assessment Conditions
Assessors must satisfy National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (NVR)/Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) assessor requirements.
Assessment must occur in workplace operational situations where it is appropriate to do so; where this is not appropriate, assessment must occur in simulated workplace operational situations that reflect workplace conditions.
Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.
Resources for assessment must include access to:
tools, equipment, machinery, materials and personal protective equipment currently used in industry
applicable documentation such as legislation, regulations, codes of practice, workplace procedures and operational manuals
range of relevant exercises, case studies and/or simulations.
Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance. |
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency. |
Range Statement
Specifies different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. | |
Structural members of vessel include one or more of the following: | 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 includes one or more of the following: | 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 include one or more of the following: | 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 include one or more of the following: | collision, grounding or fire failure to conduct appropriate inspections heavy weather damage |
Appropriate actions include one or more of the following: | 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 include one or more of the following: | equipment manufacturer instructions logbooks, including oil record and garbage log books as applicable organisational operation orders under the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM) Code plans and drawings relevant maritime regulations and legislative requirements stability data manual |
Sectors
Not applicable.
Competency Field
N – Seamanship