General Health and Safety Flashcards
AMI Systems General health and Safety
AED
Artifical External Defibrillator
CDC
Centers for Disease Control
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
EEBD
Emergency Escape Breathing Device - a type of respiratory protective equipment. This is not meant for confined spaces. This can be donned in ten seconds.
FGCE TTP
Foreign Gas Carrier Examiner Tactics, Techniques and Procedures provides PSCOs and apprentice marine inspectors with Coast Guard tactics, techniques, and procedures applicable to certificate of compliance examinations of foreign-flagged liquefied and compressed gas tank vessels.
FPVE
Foreign Passenger Vessel Examiner
FSS
Fire Safety System
Fusible links and plugs
Fusible links and plugs contain wiring.
Head
A bathroom on a vessel containing a toilet. It may or may not contain a sink and a shower.
ILO
International Labor Organization
LMS
Learning Management System
MIPSA
Marine Inspector Performance Support Architecture
MISLE
Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement - a database used by USCG
OCMI
Officer in Charge, Marine Inspections
PPE
Personal Protective Equipment
PSCE
Port State Control Examiner
PTC
Performance Test Checklist
SCBA
Self-contained breathing apparatus - a part of respiratory protective equipment
SOLAS
Safety of Life At Sea - international convention for maritime safety
STF
Slips, Trips and Falls (hazards)
vessel classification
Vessel classification is the subchapter under which the vessel is inspected. For example a barge, passenger vessel, or cargo ship.
vessel type
vessel type is defined as the “subclass” of the vessel classification. For example, barge “types” are deck barge or tank barge. Passenger vessel “types” are small passenger vessels, cruise ship, or ferry.
Water closet
A space housing a toilet. This space may or may not contain a sink.)
