Procedures Flashcards
Bridge familiarisation?
I would ensure that SMS checklist for this is present
Three sections
Front of the wheelhouse
Safety
Publications & Paperwork
Front of the Wheelhouse
Engines
How to take control
How to return control
What type we got
Emergency stop
Any critical RPM that we cant operate
Thrusters
Bow & Stern?
How to operate
Warnings or hazards that might be involved
Stabilisers
Type
How to operate
Warnings or hazards that might be involved
Steering gear
How to switch from the different modes of steering
How to switch over pumps
Which pumps we run for which month
How to take over from emergency steering
Settings for autopilot
Rate of Turn indicator
Rudder angle indicator
Radars
What we got X-band/S-band
How to operate the ARPA
How to do trial manoeuvre
How to set up parallel indexes
Blind- & Shadow-sectors
Hours of magnetron
ECDIS
Which type
How I can get my type approved training
Last update and how we update
Passwords to computer
Which programs we use
Where is the memory stick
Generate a system report to check the status
How to do a passageplan, changing parameters
Which Inputs are connected
AIS
How to operate
How to update Voyage data
Echo sounder
How to switch on
How to operate
How to set shallow water alarms
How to set the datum point
Compass
See the Magnetic compass
See the Gyrocompass & repeaters
Azimuth mirror that goes along with them
When they were last swung and adjusted
GMDSS
How to turn it on and off
How to test it
How to send any distress
How to login to satellite systems
GPS
Location
Operation
Auxiliary equipment
Internal Communication
Emergency Communication
Deck lights
Internal lights
Emergency lights
Flag locker
BNWAS
Ship’s whistle
SAFETY
LSA on the bridge (lifejackets, pyrotechnics)
Fire panel & How to isolate & turn back on detector heads)
W/T Panel & How to operate
How to start fire pumps
How to stop ventilation
How to shut off supplies
How to set off general alarm & fire alarm
How to use the PA system
CCTV System
Paperwork
SMS
Master’s standing orders
Company’s standing orders
Charts & Publications, How we update and when they were last updated
Master’s preferences
Emergency manuals
Bridge equipment manuals
Informal handover notes
Bridge Logbook
Compass Logbook
GMDSS Logbook
Garbage Management Plan
Garbage Record Book
Oil Record Book
SOPEP Manual
Security Logbook
List of defects
List of ongoing/upcoming maintenance
Entry into enclosed spaces?
PAPERWORK
Statutory Instrument 2022 No.96 - Entry into Enclosed Spaces
MGN 659
COSWP Chapter 15
SMS
If drill
SOLAS Chapter 3 regulation 19
MGN 71
SMS
Risk assessment
SOP
Permit to work
Tool box talk - Identify roles, correct PPE, stop work if deemed unsafe
Communication (Bridge - Entry - Enclosed space)
PROCEDURE
Safely open the space to mechanically ventilate, until safe for entry
Adequately lit
Atmosphere testing device in MULTIPLE places:
Oxygen (20.8%)
Flammable gases or vapours (LEL)
Carbon monoxide
Hydrogen Sulphide
Someone at entry on comms with bridge
Reporting procedure established
EQUIPMENT
Personal gas detectors to be worn
BA equipment for entry
EEBD for emergency escape
Harness, stretcher, winch
Use of intrinsically safe Radios and flashlights
Call Engineers to tag out
BREAK
Space guarded against entry
Test air again after break
FINISHED
Secure space completely at end of day or completion of work
Call engineers for tags
Close off permit
Primary Duties of the OOW?
The OOW is the Master’s representative and is responsible for the safe navigation of the ship, in full compliance with international regulations.
Navigation
Conduct proper watch handovers
Maintaining a safe navigational watch, at sea & at anchor
Maintaining situational awareness
Passage planning
Updating of charts and publications
Collision avoidance in compliance with the COLREGS
GMDSS watchkeeping
Bridge
Management of the bridge team
Familiarity with the bridge layout and equipment
Familiarity with and implementation of bridge procedures
Monitoring the performance of navigational equipment
Monitoring changes in weather, sea state & tides
ISPS
Overall monitoring and surveillance of the ship
Security Awareness
Maintain a safe watch in port
ISM
Monitor health & safety at work on board
Risk assessments
Permits to work
Follow SMS
Follow PMS
Emergencies
Management of emergencies
Paperwork
Compliance with MARPOL requirements
Maintain a log of events & workings
CALLING THE MASTER WHEN REQUIRED
Exiting the Taxi?
Visual Inspection
Mooring lines (condition, set up, tensions)
Stability inspection (List, draught marks, load lines - assigned freeboard = initial estimation of GM)
Overall condition of vessel - Sea worthiness (damages etc)
LSA equipment that I can see is in good condition and lashed correctly
Gangway
Safe working load
Correctly rigged
Handrails in place
Safety netting
Adequately lit
Sign
Fire & safety plan in a watertight container
Dynamic Risk assessment
Appropriately Manned - Gangway watch
MARSEC level posted in Port, compare this to the crew’s actions upon greeting me
and the overall security culture
On boarding
Signed on and ID checked
Overall safety culture visual check
Decks clean and clear of hazards
Lights
Doors closed, hatches closed or guarded if open
Appropriate PPE worn by crew on deck
Escorted to the Bridge
IN Bridge - Handing of Documents to the Master
Passport
CoC
GMDSS GOC
ECDIS generic and type specific
Discharge book
ENG 1
STCW
SEA
Safety Induction?
COSWP CHAPTER 2
I would have a walk-around with a senior officer, who would show
me around the vessel
Critical, first 24 hours - before being assigned to shipboard duties
Communication
Safety matters
IMO Symbols & signs
Alarms
Muster list
Muster stations
Station bill (Responsibilities in a safety emergency)
Fire plans
Call points
Escape routes
LSA equipment (location, usage & donning)
FFE equipment (location, usage)
Fire- & watertight-doors
Medical equipment
Security procedures on board
Location of SMS, SOLAS training manual, MLC booklet, ISPS plan, Garbage management plan
Accommodation, crew mess
Drug & alcohol-policy
Reporting procedures
Within the 1st week
Health and hygiene on board
Housekeeping on board
MARPOL responsibilities
In-depth walk-through responsibilities as officer, Muster list
Bridge familiarisation with officer signing off
Arrival/Departure checklist?
Follow SMS checklist
Navigational equipment
Echo sounder
Check the chart and verify depth
Set range scale
Set gain
Set shallow water alarms as per UKC
Radar
Visual check (antenna, heading marker)
Start up - allow for warmup
VRM
EBL
Performance Monitor
Trial manoeuvre
Brilliance, Range, Gain, Tune, Clutter
Parallel Indexes
ECDIS
Load passageplan after masters approval
Monitor the plan
AIS
Update voyage data
GMDSS
Switch on, if not already
Correct channels as per passage plan
Obtain latest weather report
Compass
Do as compass error
Mechanical
Steering checks
Has to be done within 12H of arrival / departure
I would call the engineers:
They are going to test the emergency communications from the steering flat
They will be checking signs of leakage and correct operation, local controls
They will check for full operation from port to starboard and monitor what we are doing from the bridge
They will check isolation valves, alarms and emergency stops
On the bridge:
We are gonna use both pumps separately and together, testing follow up and non-follow up
We are gonna check our rudder angle indicator (and rate of turn indicator if at sea)
With our stopwatch we will test hard over to hard over response time to match previous tests and not exceed 28 seconds
After testing from the bridge, we are gonna the exactly the same from both wingstations
After testing we will make a separate log entry
Engines
I would call the engineers to get the engines ready for standby for when the master comes up to test them
Additional
Power on deck (windlasses etc)
Tell crew to stand by the mooring stations
Prepare pilot card, pilot ladder
Ensure correct people are onboard
Synchronise clock with ER
Test internal communications with ER
Prepare anchor
Bring in gangway
Fire Drill?
Paperwork
SOLAS chapter 3, reg 19 requires us to participate in drills
MGN 71
COSWP ch 4
SMS
Contingency plans
Meeting with HOD’s/Master
HoR
Defects/limiting factors
Plan
Make it as realistic and safe as possible
How?
Where?
Objective?
Before
Risk assessment
Potential toolbox talk with some members (one may be a casualty)
Check of all equipment prior
Go on break/back to work
Sound the Alarm and perform the drill
During
Monitor the drill, correcting any dangerous behaviours as they come
up.
This should then turn into an abandon ship drill.
After
De-brief - issues?, Good/Bad?
Defects
Objective reached?
Corrective training?
Equipment all to be placed back in its lockers,
BA bottles to be re-filled
Log the drill
Life boat - davit controlled launch?
Paperwork
MGN 560
SMS
SOLAS Training Manual
Operation
Boarding at stowage position (as this is what a yacht is likely to have on board)
Lowered using break wire
Remove covers, lashings and charging cable
Rig painters
Comms established between Officer and Bridge
Fit drain plugs
Release harbour pins
Release gripes using Senhouse slip
Board crew & passengers wearing lifejackets
Run engine 1m before waterline
At waterline, release brake wire
Release brake wire
Use engines to manoeuvre away from ship
Tricing Pendants
Used to avoid swinging of life boat when vessel is rolling
Bowsing tackles
Secures the vessel to the side of the ship, during embarkation.
We rig Bowsing tackle because the Tricing Pendants are not strong enough to carry the weight of the boat
Maintenance checks
Visual inspection of vessel
Markings visible
Bowsing tackles & tricing pendants.
Rescue equipment present
Painters ready to go
Charging cable connected and working
Presence of drain plug
Gripes/Senhouse slip
Harbour pins are (if in Port
Hook/falls are green in a state of operational readiness
Run engine for 3 minutes
Rescue boat?
Paperwork
MGN 560
SMS
SOLAS Training Manual
Meeting with HOD’s/Master
HoR
Defects/limiting factors
Plan
Make it as realistic and safe as possible
How?
Where?
Objective?
Before
Risk assessment
Toolbox talk with involved crew - Duties, PPE, Questions
Check of all equipment prior
Go on break/back to work
Sound the Alarm and perform the drill
During
Remove covers, lashings and charging cable
Rig painters
Comms established between Officer and Bridge
Rig On/Off load hook
Inspect equipment (crane, Hook, strong points, tag lines)
Look over the side
On order from bridge, swing out, lower without crew first
Bring boat up, Board crew and launch
Run engine before hitting waterline
Release hook & painter lines
Use engines to manoeuvre away from ship
Reset On/Off load hook
After
De-brief - issues?, Good/Bad?
Defects
Objective reached?
Corrective training?
Equipment all to be put back
Boat to be fuelled if needed
Log the drill
