10c. Marine Engineering - Safety Engineering and the Environment
Updated 12 July 2023
Marine Engineering - STCW III/1 CoC | |||
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Competency/ Module: Safety Engineering and the Environment | |||
Knowledge, understanding and proficiency | Recommendation of working group regarding the outcome and objective. | Rationale | Action required |
Outcome1: Explain the current Health and Safety legislation covering employers and employees | Keep | Relevant | None |
1.1 Health and Safety at Work Act | Contextualise | We must make sure Cadets clearly understand how the outcome relates to work at sea and it is essential to make sure that this context is given with reference to current and future seagoing technologies and practices. | Ensure candidates understand the relationship between regulations, COSWP, other best practice guidance and internal policies/procedures/SMS |
1.2 Provision and use of work equipment regulations | Contextualise | We must make sure Cadets clearly understand how the outcome relates to work at sea and it is essential to make sure that this context is given with reference to current and future seagoing technologies and practices. | Ensure ergonomics are considered – how the design or equipment affects its use. Providing complicated or inappropriate equipment can lead to increased incidents as well as musculoskeletal disorders |
1.3 Management of Health and Safety at Work Act | Keep | Relevant | None |
1.4 Personnel Protective Equipment regulations | Contextualise | We must make sure Cadets clearly understand how the outcome relates to work at sea and it is essential to make sure that this context is given with reference to current and future seagoing technologies and practices. | Raise awareness of issues with improperly fitting PPE, and how PPE provision should consider diversity and inclusion. For example, smaller clothing for women, different requirements as not everyone is ‘average’ size and shape. |
1.5 Enclosed space regulations, risk assessment and guidance (as per COSWP) | Keep | Relevant | None |
1.6 Noise at work regulations | Keep | Relevant | None |
Outcome 2: Explain the handling, storage and disposal of dangerous substances | Keep | Relevant | None |
2.1 Manual handling regulations | Keep | Relevant | None |
2.2 Control of substances hazardous to health regulations | Keep | Relevant | None |
2.3 Chemical hazard identification and packaging regulations | Keep | Relevant | None |
2.4 Environmental protection act | Keep | Relevant | None |
2.5 Introduction to extreme temperatures, pressure, corrosivity and toxicity of fuels. | Add | This is relevant for modern and future fuels and will need to be considered by seafarers on board. | Add this outcome |
Outcome 3: Explain work equipment safety requirements | Keep | Relevant | None |
3.1 Provision and use of work equipment regulations | Keep | Relevant | None |
3.2 Lifting Regulations (LOLER) | Add | This is required knowledge for onboard engine room operations. | Add this outcome. |
Outcome 4: Carry out a suitable risk assessment within a workplace environment | Keep | Relevant | None |
4.1 Relevant health and safety legislation | Keep | Relevant | None |
4.2 Risk assessment process | Contextualise | We must make sure Cadets clearly understand how the outcome relates to work at sea and it is essential to make sure that this context is given with reference to current and future seagoing technologies and practices. | Include the following in this outcome: - Understand the theoretical process of decision making, the influence of perceptual bias on decision making, and can apply this knowledge in their own decision making - Dynamic Risk Assessment |
4.3 Actions required following risk assessment | Contextualise | We must make sure Cadets clearly understand how the outcome relates to work at sea and it is essential to make sure that this context is given with reference to current and future seagoing technologies and practices. | Include the following in this outcome: - Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and implement policies and procedures applicable to their role to understand how to develop operating procedures and policies that take the human element into consideration, ie the importance of consultation, communication and review, their impact on all crew members and the benefit of policies |
Proposal submitted by: | Any other outcomes for this competency, above and beyond STCW which would be needed due to use of modern technology and impact of future fuels onboard: | ||
Objective | Reason Why | Action required | |
Cadet Training & Modernisation Working Group | Include Human Element Factors throughout the syllabus | To provide seafarers with a contextualised understanding of the Human Element in the maritime industry, showing how they can put theory into practice in the work they carry out at sea. | Raise awareness throughout the Cadet’s training of the areas in which human element factors will have an impact. Recommendations on where this can be included have been noted throughout the entire syllabus. Not every template has Human Element Factor recommendations but please do add any you feel may have been missed. |
Cadet Training & Modernisation Working Group | Include Data Science skills throughout the syllabus | Data Science Skills (Comprehension, Analysis, Presentation, etc…) are already required within much of the syllabus. A further, specific focus on these skills needs to be taught where relevant. | A specific topic will need to be introduced to improve Cadets’ Data Science skills. Practical application of data science skills should be highlighted throughout the syllabus. Not every template has Data Science recommendations but please do add any you feel may have been missed. |
Cadet Training & Modernisation Working Group | Ensure all outcomes are contextualised to help Cadets understand what they are learning in relation to what they will experience at sea. | While some outcomes are intrinsically linked to work carried out at sea, some need to be contextualised to show how they apply to work on board. Where this is the case, it is important to make sure Cadets clearly understand how the outcome relates to work at sea and it is essential to make sure that this context is given with reference to current and future seagoing technologies and practices. | Where outcomes do not specifically cover a topic which relates to work carried out at sea, more must be done to contextualise the outcome and make it relevant to the maritime industry, giving specific shipping examples of how the outcome may be applied in a modern shipping context. Not every template has contextualisation recommendations but please do add any you feel may have been missed. |