The training on gas-fuelled ships is divided into the following
categories:
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.1 category A: Basic training for the basic safety
crew;
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.2 category B: Supplementary training for deck
officers; and
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.3 category C: Supplementary training for engineer
officers.
8.2.1.1
Category A training
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.1 The goal of the category A training should
provide the basic safety crew with a basic understanding of the gas
in question as a fuel, the technical properties of liquid and compressed
gas, explosion limits, ignition sources, risk reducing and consequence
reducing measures, and the rules and procedures that must be followed
during normal operation and in emergency situations.
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.2 The general basic training required for the
basic safety crew is based on the assumption that the crew does not
have any prior knowledge of gas, gas engines and gas systems. The
instructors should include one or more of the suppliers of the technical
gas equipment or gas systems, alternatively other specialists with
in-depth knowledge of the gas in question and the technical gas systems
that are installed on board.
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.3 The training should consist of both theoretical
and practical exercises that involve gas and the relevant systems,
as well as personal protection while handling liquid and compressed
gas. Practical extinguishing of gas fires should form part of the
training, and should take place at an approved safety centre.
8.2.1.2
Categories B and C training
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.1 Deck and engineer officers should have gas
training beyond the general basic training. Category B and category
C training should be divided technically between deck and engineer
officers. The company's training manager and the master should determine
what comes under deck operations and what comes under engineering.
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.2 Those ordinary crew members who are to participate
in the actual bunkering work, as well as gas purging, or are to perform
work on gas engines or gas installations, etc., should participate
in all or parts of the training for category B/C. The company and
the master are responsible for arranging such training based on an
evaluation of the concerned crew member's job instructions/area of
responsibility on board.
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.3 The instructors used for such supplementary
training should be the same as outlined for category A.
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.4 All gas-related systems on board should be
reviewed. The ships maintenance manual, gas supply system manual and
manual for electrical equipment in explosion hazardous spaces and
zones should be used as a basis for this part of the training.
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.5 This regulation should be regularly reviewed
by the company and onboard senior management team as part of the SMS
system. Risk analysis should be emphasized, and any risk analysis
and sub-analyses performed should be available to course participants
during training.
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.6 If the ship's own crew will be performing technical
maintenance of gas equipment, the training for this type of work should
be documented.
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.7 The master and the chief engineer officer should
give the basic safety crew on board their final clearance prior to
the entry into service of the ship. The clearance document should
only apply to gas-related training, and it should be signed by both
the master/chief engineer officer and the course participant. The
clearance document for gas-related training may be integrated in the
ships general training programme, but it should be clearly evident
what is regarded as gas-related training and what is regarded as other
training.
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.8 The training requirements related to the gas
system should be evaluated in the same manner as other training requirements
on board at least once a year. The training plan should be evaluated
at regular intervals.