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Your new mate has arrived, he has an ML5 medical, what is this?
An ML5 is a medical certificate valid for inshore use. Depending on the category of area of use of my ship, that would be valid if we sailed within 60 Nm less then 24 meters, if we had to go offshore he would need to have an ENG1
Your new mate has arrived, he has an ML5 medical, his medical has expired but you need to sail today. What do you do?
If his medical is expired I would prefer not to go to sea. However, if he have a valid ENG1 medical unrestricted it can be extended for three months
Certification required by the chef?
Basic STCW training (4), needs to be refreshed every 5 years
ENG1 or ML5
Passport
Discharge book
Basic food Hygiene Level 2
His basic firefighting cert is not there, you need to leave port, what do you do?
I would not leave port, I am required to have the STCW certificates in date. I wold get another Chef if possible
you mentioned discharge book where would you get that from?
A discharge book I required for all seafarers working onboard ship.
If he is a British citizen or working on a British flagged boat I can apply directly to the MCA
Who looks after the crew?
The Master, that is his role. Safety of life.
As the master we must insured that they have appropriate certifications, passports, that they are medicaly fit, must assured that food and water and accommodations are appropriate.
The master look for the crew, the passengers, the ship and the marine environment.
What’s in the OLB - you mentioned the Births & Deaths section. Let’s imagine a crew has died onboard from an accident. What are you going to do?
Where do you log it?
Who do you contact?
What are your considerations coming into your next port?
What are your obligations as the Master?
What will you do with the deceased’s belongings?
1 confirm that they are dead
2 create a report of the death (ship’s captain medical guide)
*cause of death (natural, injury, accidental,…)
3 Retain body or take sufficient pictures, detailed information, evidences
4 Inventory of belongings
5 Hand over to any competent authority asap
6 If needed to dump the body, a list of characteristics (race, hair colour, tattoo etc)
7 Contact Uk ship register and complete form MSF4605
What is the Workboat Certificate?
“Certificate” means the certificate appropriate to a vessel to which the Code is applied
How long is a Workboat Certificate valid?
This must be kept on board your boat and is valid for 5 years.
What certification would you expect to have on board a vessel 199gt ?
-Certificate of Registry
-International Tonnage Certificate
-SCV2 or SWB2
-International Load Line Certificate
-United Kingdom Load Line Exemption (UKLLE) Certificates
-Document of Compliance for the Carriage of Dangerous Goods
-Garbage management plan if more than 15 passengers
What is a loadline certificate and DoC ?
-It is the limitations on the draught to which a ship may be loaded
The International Convention on Load Lines (CLL) was signed in London on 5 April 1966, amended by the 1988 Protocol and further revised in 2003.
Vessels operating at sea for non-pleasure purposes must under Merchant Shipping legislation hold a valid Load Line Certificate.
Alternative arrangements for small vessels have been made in the form of Codes of Practice. These vessels are issued with Small Commercial Vessel or Workboat Certificates in lieu of the Load Line Certificate or Load Line Exemption Certificate.
-A Document of Compliance (DOC) will be issued to a Company when the shore-side aspects of the SMS are fully compliant with the requirements of the ISM Code. The DOC is specific to the ship type(s) operated by the Company and for which the SMS is implemented at the time of audit.
Working over in Holland, flag state inspection, what documents would you need to be carrying?
Full Load Line Certificate
When operating in non-UK waters, it is the responsibility of the vessel
Owner/Operator/Master to ensure they comply with the appropriate Port State’s
regulatory requirements and that they seek approval from that Maritime
Administration before operating in their waters and adhering to any additional or
alternative criteria.
You find a cigarette stub in an ashtray; what will you do?
Full disciplinary procedure
That would be against Ship company orders
Full disciplinary hearing
Collecting evidences
Asking Question
Inviting to a hearing, let them know what they have been accused of and recording the result
Now the stewardess has had enough of this trip and refuses to take part in the abandon ship drill, what do we do?
Refuse to take part in a safety drill is dereliction of duty, not following a command = gross misconduct.
However, as the Master we have to take good care of the crew, so we have to know why.
Would need to talk with the stewardess. She could be bullied or harassed or simply tired.
I would have a look at her hours of work and rest.
I would check before initiate the hearing procedure.
I would conduct the drill, inform the crew that a member will be missing for the drill, and then do the whole procedural sequence
A crew member reports they are being bullied - what are my actions?
Being bullied = gross misconduct = have to go trough disciplinary hearing.
read code of safe conduct
Have them leave the ship
Behaviour towards others.
A person’s anti-social behaviour can be a nuisance to others on board. In extreme circumstances, it can also place the ship and the crew at risk of danger. Such behaviour includes but is not limited to excessive noise, abusive language, harassment, bullying, aggressive attitudes and offensive personal habits. Seafarers should also be considerate towards those who need to sleep whilst others are awake.
