Qualifications and additional responsibilities of the officer of the navigational watch
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Qualifications and additional responsibilities of the officer of the navigational watch

  33 Before acting as sole look-out in a trial, the officer of the navigational watch should:

  • 1. have at least 12 months of seagoing service as a qualified officer of navigational watch on board a ship; and

  • 2. be familiar with all equipment on the bridge and with all guidelines applying to the trial, and should have demonstrated such familiarity to the master.

  34 The officer of the navigational watch should also be aware of the following:

  • 1. who is on call if assistance is needed; how assistance can be called most expeditiously; and the time required for assistance to arrive on the bridge;

  • 2. what change in circumstances requires the master to be notified or assistance to be requested;

  • 3. that the trial should be suspended whenever it cannot be continued safely in the officer's judgement; when the operational conditions are outside those under which the trial was authorized to take place; or when the workload exceeds the officer's ability to accomplish all required tasks properly; and

  • 4. a trial should not be conducted or continued when the alarm transfer system is powered by a stand-by power supply.

  35 The person designated as officer of the navigational watch during a trial should, before assuming the watch, evaluate his physical and mental condition and be satisfied that he is fully rested and fit for duty and should also determine that all essential bridge instrumentation is functioning properly, and that the bridge safety system is in operation.

Parent topic: Annex - Draft Provisional Guidelines for Conducting Trials in which the Officer of the Navigational Watch Acts as the Sole Look-out in Periods of Darkness
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