Companies
1 Companies should provide ship-specific
introductory programmes aimed at assisting newly employed seafarers to
familiarize themselves with all procedures and equipment relating to their
areas of responsibility. Companies should also ensure that:
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.1 all seafarers on a ship fitted with
free-fall lifeboats should receive familiarization training in boarding
and launching procedures for such lifeboats;
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.2 prior to joining a ship, seafarers
assigned as operating crew of free-fall lifeboats should have undergone
appropriate training in boarding, launching and recovering of such
lifeboats, including participation on at least one occasion in a
free-fall launch; and
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.3 personnel who may be required to operate
the GMDSS equipment receive GMDSS familiarization training, on joining
the ship and at appropriate intervals thereafter.
2 The familiarization training required by
paragraph 3 of section A-I/14 should at least ensure attainment of the abilities
that are appropriate to the capacity to be filled and the duties and
responsibilities to be taken up, as follows:
Design and operational limitations
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.1 Ability to properly understand and
observe any operational limitations imposed on the ship, and to
understand and apply performance restrictions, including speed
limitations in adverse weather, which are intended to maintain the safety
of life, ship and cargo.
Procedures for opening, closing and securing hull openings
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.2 Ability to apply properly the procedures
established for the ship regarding the opening, closing and securing of
bow, stern, and side doors and ramps and to correctly operate the related
systems.
Legislation, codes and agreements affecting ro-ro passenger ships
Stability and stress requirements and limitations
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.4 Ability to take proper account of stress
limitations for sensitive parts of the ship, such as bow doors and other
closing devices that maintain watertight integrity, and of special
stability considerations which may affect the safety of ro-ro passenger
ships.
Procedures for the maintenance of special equipment on ro-ro passenger
ships
Loading and cargo securing manuals and calculators
Dangerous cargo areas
Emergency procedures
3 The familiarization training required by paragraph 4 of section A-I/14 should
at least ensure attainment of the abilities that are appropriate to the
capacity to be filled and the duties and responsibilities to be taken up, as
follows:
Design and operational limitations
- .1 Ability to properly understand and observe any operational limitations
imposed on the ship, and to understand and apply performance restrictions,
including speed limitations in adverse weather, which are intended to
maintain the safety of life, ship and cargo.
Legislation, codes and agreements affecting passenger ships
- .2 Ability to understand and apply international and national requirements
for passenger ships relevant to the ship concerned and the duties to be
performed.
Master
3 The master should take all steps necessary to
implement any company instructions issued in accordance with section A-I/14. Such steps should include:
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.1 identifying all seafarers who are newly
employed on board the ship before they are assigned to any duties;
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.2 providing the opportunity for all newly
arrived seafarers to:
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.2.1 visit the spaces in which their
primary duties will be performed;
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.2.2 get acquainted with the location,
controls and display features of equipment they will be operating
or using;
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.2.3 activate the equipment when
possible, and perform functions, using the controls on the
equipment; and
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.2.4 observe and ask questions of
someone who is already familiar with the equipment, procedures and
other arrangements, and who can communicate information in a
language which the seafarer understands; and
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.3 providing for a suitable period of
supervision when there is any doubt that a newly employed seafarer is
familiar with the shipboard equipment, operating procedures and other
arrangements needed for the proper performance of his or her duties.
Crew members
4 Seafarers who are newly assigned to a ship
should take full advantage of every opportunity provided to become familiar
with the shipboard equipment, operating procedures and other arrangements
needed for the proper performance of their duties. Immediately upon arriving on
board for the first time, each seafarer has the responsibility to become
acquainted with the ship’s working environment, particularly with respect to
new or unfamiliar equipment, procedures or arrangements.
5 Seafarers who do not promptly attain the level
of familiarity required for performing their duties have the obligation to
bring this fact to the attention of their supervisor or to the attention of the
crew member designated in accordance with section A-I/14, paragraph 2.2, and to identify any
equipment, procedure or arrangement which remains unfamiliar.